Ive posted a few times here and decided I might as well introduce myself.
The username ubriaco is Italian for drunk, so you can guess my heritage.
I have been a brewer for 4 years now, and went all grain after about 10 batches, Im on batch 108 or something now. A year ago I moved to 10 gallon batches and now can make 15 gal batches (although I probably never will, big batches means less brewing).
My fiancee is my brewing partner, and we focus on IPAs and anything Belgian. Not to say I dont like other styles, but we decided a while ago, why brew anything but your favorites ( we do make other stuff like porters and stouts etc. but that only accounts for about 5% of our yearly output). By the way I have never met an alcoholic beverage I didnt like, they all have....well.....alcohol.
found out about TBN from a little card that came with a sack of grain from NB a while ago and have listened to all the archives since. We have a 5ft tall wooden penguin that stands next to my kegorator that had its head cutoff and made into a hookah 10 years ago, that lends its name to our brewery. Although now the cavity in his head only houses my tap handles.
My profession is plant molecular genetics, and I am a PhD student. Also in my M.S. I was trained as a barley breeder, so that brings an interesting perspective to brewing.
anyway, all of you are freaking hilarious and I enjoy reading the posts and listening thoroughly.
Vinnie
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