For those unfamiliar with it, here's how it works:
You sign up in this thread and post your Brewing Level (more on this below). Then, I pair you up with someone else who has signed up. The two of you communicate by Personal Messages or emails, or whatever works best for you, and come up with a beer style and recipe together. Then you each brew it, and it's fun. You don't have to actually exchange any beer unless you want to. You don't have to brew your individual batches at the same time, either. There's no deadline for having your beer done. You just have to work together to create a recipe. Perhaps you'll try a style you've always wanted to make ("I've heard good things about Cream Ales, and thought it would be interesting to make one...."), or perhaps you'll use a technique you've heard about but haven't tried ("This might be a good chance to try First Wort Hopping..."), or an ingredient that intrigues you ("I've heard people say favorable things about Biscuit Malt; let's try some of that!").
That's the idea behind the RCE. It'll stretch your brewing muscles, it'll get you more familiar with another Borg member, and best of all, you get BEER!
The Levels are as follows:
Level 1 - Only made recipes from hopped kits, such as Mr. Beer or Brew Demon. No other experience with brewing techniques.
Level 2 - Have experience with steeping grains, hop boils, recipes with DME/LME
Level 3 - Have done Partial Mash
Level 4 - Have done All Grain
I will pair Level 1 brewers with Level 2 brewers, and I will pair Level 3 brewers with Level 4 brewers. In case of an overabundance of a certain Level, I'll think of something. It usually works out okay.
Please don't sign up for this unless you're committed to following through. In the past, we've had people sign on, then get abducted by aliens, never to be heard from again. DON'T BE THAT GUY! It's not fair to the person you get paired with.
Cut-off date for sign-up is September 15, at which time I'll start a new Brewhouse thread to announce the pairs. Then, it's up to you.
Who's in?
