Hi guys, I just stumbled on this forum because I'm very interested in learning how to make my own brew For a beginner like me it would be cool to have a section or sticky thread like "start here" that would contain all info for a beginner. Does it exist? If not, take it as a suggestion. Can you recommend some initial thread? Cheers! Andre
welcome. you should get a book. honest. Palmer and Papazian already wrote some very good ones in fact. and some others too. our forum is a good place to throw around ideas, pick up ideas from others, ask arcane questions and general discussion. but we don't maintain a faq or "how to" section. there are many good resources available. we don't really need to re-invent the basics. feel free to ask any question you might have. just know that nobody is going to be able to condense 300 pages of data into a few paragraphs. brewing is not difficult, but this is not something you learn at breakfast and then master in the afternoon. brewing is deep man. Cheers.
Another vote for How To Brew. There are no beginner FAQs (other than rules type stuff) on the BA forums. But if you want to suggest it, I think the place to do that would be.... http://beeradvocate.com/community/forums/feedback-help.32/ The people that could make this happen won't likely see your post in the homebrewing forum. Edit: Scurvy311 posts a FAQ-like thing once in a while. It's spread over two posts in this thread... http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/homebrew-kits.86717/#post-1263506
I always recommend finding a homebrew club around you. They'll usually let you sit in on a meeting and you can just bring craft brew to the meeting. You'll make friends quickly and ask around. Most will let you sit in on a brew session, if they aren't already brewing at the meets.
I also learned a fair amount from Northern Brewer's vids. http://www.northernbrewer.com/learn/resources/
Doing your homework first will make the difference between so-so results and great results. Also keeping things simple is extremely helpful in obtaining initial success. And I can already tell you that fermentation temperatures are going to be key, along with sanitation. If the fermentation temperature is too high, you'll probably not like the resulting beer, so you'll need to figure this part out before you start your first batch.
