Seeking homebrew guidance...

[kaisersozei]

Welcome to the hobby! Another long-time homebrewer here, always nice to see another convert.

There's a "What's in your fermenter?" thread, I'd check that out for more information and tips on this board. Otherwise, the forums at HomebrewTalk are a tremendous source of information.

Outside of what's already been posted here, I've learned the following along the way:

• Charlie Papazian's book (The Joy of Homebrewing) was my first book on the subject and is still my go-to when I have any questions.
• There are tons of recipes on the internet. For starters, I would experiment within your favorite style. That way, you have some basis for comparison.
• Write everything down.
• Or don't write everything down.
• Don't worry too much about your beer. If you follow clean technique, it's pretty hard to really screw up a recipe.
• Measure your bottling sugar carefully! That's one area where a mistake is hard to correct--especially if you add too much! Bottle geysers!
• Air & light are a beer's worst enemies. But still: if you follow clean technique, it's pretty hard to really screw up a recipe.

I could go on & on, but that's about all you really want to know

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

Gerard