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Welcome Old Buzzard, although I'm disappointed you took that name on the forum, as we used it to describe a number of the old timers on here. Now we'll have to use names like "Dirty Old Man", "Wretched Old Man", "JoeChianti" and such.

And Inkleg. Inkleg, Inkleg, Inkleg. What can I say?

Welcome to the Borg Old Buzzard! MB, BD, LME, DME, all grain. However you get your beer, we're here to help. Glad you found your way over here!!

Welcome to the obsession Old Buzzard, also a Newbie from Xmas '13 BUT HOOKED BIG TIME!

Welcome from one noob to another.

Welcome! Remember, if she laughs at your hobby, she doesn't get to drink your beer!

Bluejaye wrote:Welcome! Remember, if she laughs at your hobby, she doesn't get to drink your beer!

I like that rule.

Welcome Buzzard. We have beer.

Welcome!!

Glad to have you here, Buzz.

Well I actually win on several fronts with SWMBO. 1 she never really liked beer. 2. She's very supportive since I don't have a lot of free time to golf, fish, hunt anymore. 3. She contracted celiac's and thus unhappily gluten free - thus can't touch the beer. 4. I convinced her that I could make hard cider that would be better than Mike's Hard Lemonade, which she actually likes and can actually drink - so I'll probably be hitting the group up for good recipes.

Thanks for the warm reception. Already enjoying this greatly.

Prost!

Old Buzzard wrote:Well I actually win on several fronts with SWMBO. 1 she never really liked beer. 2. She's very supportive since I don't have a lot of free time to golf, fish, hunt anymore. 3. She contracted celiac's and thus unhappily gluten free - thus can't touch the beer. 4. I convinced her that I could make hard cider that would be better than Mike's Hard Lemonade, which she actually likes and can actually drink - so I'll probably be hitting the group up for good recipes.

Thanks for the warm reception. Already enjoying this greatly.

Prost!

I have no experience myself with gluten-free beer, but I believe you can use sorgum to make beer.

JP, that's right. I'm pretty sure there are gluten-free mixes available.

JP & John,

Thanks for the info! The other big obstacle is she doesn't like beer. Actually she doesn't drink much of anything except for the occasional Mikes and Piña Colada - while I'm an equal opportunity drinker. More for me.

I'll have to check my notes but should be doing my first tasting very soon after 4 weeks of conditioning of my first two batches of MB.

Love that first batch! (Not mine, it was very mediocre. But it did confirm that I could make beer) Strap yourself in, it's a hell of a ride!