Greetings all! I have listened for almost the entire run of the show (yes, all of them, including the one we don't mention) and have just now gotten around to getting on the forums.
A little about myself:
I live in Corvallis, OR. For those of you who don't know, that is where a lot of new hops species are created, such as, Willamette, Cascade, Mt. Hood, Newport, etc., etc. I have been homebrewing for about 5 years and have just recently built 70qt all grain mash-tun out of a cooler and some PvE pipe. Up until this, I have been doing a lot of extract with specialty grains, mini-mashes, and stovetop mashes. I am also building a stir plate right now, but can't seem to get the magnet to balance right. I think it has something to do with the fact that my flask is convex bottomed and my stir-bar isn't big enough (1/2inch or so for a 1 liter erlenmyer). I try to brew on average every other week or so.
Likes:kittens, walks on the beach, BUB, raunchy humor
dislikes:People who take life too seriously, broccoli, mass produced lagers
Hopefully all of the demand from homebrewers and craftbrewers during these hard times will convince the big growers to plant more aroma varieties.
