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Hi to All,
I've been scouring the forum for hours and have come to the realisation that there is a lot of advice given to newbies yet we don't hear the results of that advice. From the "ELDERS" point of view, wouldn't it be nice if you knew if your advice actually resulted in a successful outcome?
I'm drawing a long metaphorical bow here but it seems like a lot of newbies are like expectant mothers that have a midwife/medical team that were there for 8 months or so nurturing the birth process...then... WOW...baby born...ring the relatives, drink the champagne, name the little blighter but....forget to tell the professional team how good it all was!
In short, what I am saying is that if we had a "stickie" (is that the correct word?)...that newbies could connect to with a bit of a blurb on how it all ended...good or bad...not withstanding, then it could it could give a focus to other newbies.
Also it would allow the great and respected "ELDERS" of this community to know how well they were doing.
Any ideas on this?
Cheers

Yoda my master.

I am a 1 year newbie and find that all the question i have put forward have come back with very easy to understand responses and methodology.

An extremely helpful site that i recommend to all my mates who are looking at HBing.

Thanks

Luke!!!

Good call Svyturys

Ive been HBing for a couple of months now and im on my 7th brew. I found this site whilst my first brew was fermenting and the help I have recived from the guys here has been invalubal. It has helped to give me the confidence to experiment and play around with things a little. Also you know there is help for any problem you might come across at the touch of a key board.
Ive gone from my first brew of a can of goo and a brew enhancer, to using better yeast's, hops and grains. All of which would have taken me alot longer to get to if at all. And its thanks to such people as Chris, kevnlis,TL and warra48 to name but a few.
So from me thanks guys, to this point I have only drunk stubbies from batch 1 and 2 of my brews but they have both been way above the expectation I had when I first started out. Hopfully it will get better and better from herer on in.

The example you used of a new born baby rings true to me as I have a new brew apprentice, my 10 day old son Dan (my first). Im sure he will enjoy many good time making beer with his dad.

That all from me but thanks again guys you make it much easyier to start out and im sure you help stop alot of newbies from giving up after the first batch.
Cheer Rob

Congrats on the new addition Pom! He'll be draining your supplies before you know it

Pom wrote:Good call Svyturys

Ive been HBing for a couple of months now and im on my 7th brew. I found this site whilst my first brew was fermenting and the help I have recived from the guys here has been invalubal. It has helped to give me the confidence to experiment and play around with things a little. Also you know there is help for any problem you might come across at the touch of a key board.
Ive gone from my first brew of a can of goo and a brew enhancer, to using better yeast's, hops and grains. All of which would have taken me alot longer to get to if at all. And its thanks to such people as Chris, kevnlis,TL and warra48 to name but a few.
So from me thanks guys, to this point I have only drunk stubbies from batch 1 and 2 of my brews but they have both been way above the expectation I had when I first started out. Hopfully it will get better and better from herer on in.

The example you used of a new born baby rings true to me as I have a new brew apprentice, my 10 day old son Dan (my first). Im sure he will enjoy many good time making beer with his dad.

That all from me but thanks again guys you make it much easyier to start out and im sure you help stop alot of newbies from giving up after the first batch.
Cheer Rob

What he said, especially the bits in bold.
I'm upto brew #8 since March, but have drank around 60% of what I've made - and it keeps getting better and better.
Cheers guys.........literally.

Congrats, Pom, on the new brewer, hope all is going well there.
I originally did a thanks to the elders with my "Woohoo and thanks.." post.
For the sake of newbies I thought I would do a quick recap of my ,now, TWO positive experiences.
I bought two Coopers micro brew kits.
Two brews were laid down.
1) Used exactly what came with kit.
2) What came with the kit, but I substituted Saflager S23 for the kit yeast.
Let's call 1) the "ale" and 2) the "lager".
I kept ale at around 18C and lager at about 12C...both in the same room next to each other, had to use towels with a plastic container of ice laid on its side (top off) on top of the fermenter in order for the icy water to drip down the towel in order to keep the lager fermenter cool.
The adventures in this part of the cycle are documented in my "Strange airlock situation" posts.
Both brews got through but there was a problem in secondary fermentation.
I stored the bottles in a cool place. The lagers were perfect in the cooler spot...hence successful.
The ales, after a week, were absolutely flat, so I scoured the forum and realised that secondary fermentation should be at 21C or above. I put them near the heater, did the rotation of the bottles as suggested, (in order to get the yeast out of the bottom of the bottle...seems to be the logic here) and sampled the following today. "Full head, fine bubbles and a great taste despite the greenness".
Another triumph for the forum.
The interesting thing to note here is that the only difference between the two brews is the brewing temperature and the yeast. I can say that there is a VERY distinct difference in taste between the two brews. BOTH are good but they have very noticeable differences...twins...a girl lager and a boy ale.
Love them both.