Future Brews  
I've stuck with ales thus far, but was recently given another refrigerator, so now I have a third for lagering! I've brewed pales, IPAs and DIPAs quite a bit. I've brewed several batches of American Wheats, Ambers, Imperial Reds, Porters, Stouts, fruit beers and even a Belgian Dubbel. My next move is into old ales, barley wines and imperial stouts. I look forward to the challenge of the higher gravity beers.

Primary  
Big Black Eye Cascadian Dark

Secondary  
Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Bottled  
Spotty Vision Barleywine

Kegged  
Double Dueling Double IPA Condemnation Stout Impaler Imperial Red

I've always flirted with the idea of
homebrewing since a friend turned me on to
the possibility when I was in the Marine
Corps. Neither of us ever found the time
or money to get started, but we always
talked about the beers we would brew and
what we would name them. It wasn't until
a couple of years ago that my
father-in-law was clearing out his
basement and asked if I would like to take
"all this old brewing equipment"
off his hands. It was almost enough to
get started, so I decided to run with it.
I went to our local homebrew store, told
them what I recently inherited and asked
what else I would need. A few weeks
later, I was boiling up my first batch of
American Pale Ale. I was fortunate enough
to not have spoiled it. It came out quite
drinkable, which boosted my confidence. I
moved over to all-grain after about 4
batches of extract and have been all-grain
brewing since. I look forward to
conversing and learning from all of you!

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