G'day all; first post

KIP · Post by **KIP** » Saturday May 26, 2007 12:16 pm

Hello, mates, from Arkansas in the United States! Pleased to make your collective acquaintance. I've noticed that nearly everyone on this site lives in Oz, with a couple of exceptions. I hope you fine folks from Down Under won't mind having a yank rubbing elbows with you at the cyberbar.

I haven't purchased any HB equipment yet; my living arrangement is unstable right now. But eventually I would love to get into homebrewing.

Meanwhile, I have been doing a lot of reading online, and a Google search led me to this website, and ultimately to this forum. I've found that there is a wealth of good information here. I've learned a lot from several of you, notably Oliver, Greg, Leigh, Dogger, rwh, a couple of Chrises, and too many names to recall. I now have a better idea how I would like to go about getting started and what kind of equipment I want to get when the time is right. I just wanted to thank everyone for their insight, humo(u)r, and willingness to share.

Cheers,

John

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday May 26, 2007 6:47 pm

Welcome aboard.

Cheers,
Greg

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Saturday May 26, 2007 9:07 pm

Welcome Kip, your in the right place for the info you need to brew good, no scratch that, magnificent beers.

The ppl on here are only to happy to help you with your mission and believe me, your beers will go from good to absolutely magnificent in no time at all..

Good luck and just remember to have fun with it

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Saturday May 26, 2007 9:23 pm

that's a fantastic first post, especially when compared to some i've seen in my forum trawling.

couldn't be happier to have a friendly fella like you rubbing elbows 'ere, welcome

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Sunday May 27, 2007 5:35 am

Hi there

wambesi · Post by **wambesi** » Sunday May 27, 2007 7:44 am

Hey KIP, welcome mate. Don't worry we won't hold that Yank thing against you...much!

Nah seriously welcome to the forum and believe me in no time you'll be handing out advice, I havn't been long on here myself but learnt an amazing amount and gave out my first advice the other day....scary!

Oh and there is also that thing about my beers getting better since being here, lots of little tips everywhere, my notes folder is getting huge!

Nick

r.magnay · Post by **r.magnay** » Sunday May 27, 2007 7:58 am

G'day KIP, I don't think anyone here has any objections to having a septic on board, I don't. From what I hear about your beer over there you would be pretty keen to get cranking on the homebrew I would say, mind you there is a few below par beers here too, which probably explains why this site is so popular. I am only a kit brewer so you probably won't get a lot of useful info out of me, but I agree with most of the replies so far. Your beers will improve because you visit this site, and pretty much all you want to know will be answered here! Sometimes there is a bit of bullshit gets on here, but mostly just good fun and information. Welcome!

KIP · Post by **KIP** » Sunday May 27, 2007 8:22 am

r.magnay wrote:G'day KIP, I don't think anyone here has any objections to having a septic on board, I don't.

Septic?

Hey, I took a bath last week!

Thanks to the lot of yer. I feel like one of the blokes already.

Cheers,

John

r.magnay · Post by **r.magnay** » Sunday May 27, 2007 3:15 pm

"Septic Tank",.............Yank........... Aussie rhyming slang!

No slur on the state of your hygiene!

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday May 27, 2007 4:21 pm

I dont know Ross...those Arkansas boys like to wrestle their prey down in god knows what?

and you should see how they handle their women

b

welcome KIP, just keepin it real...

KIP · Post by **KIP** » Sunday May 27, 2007 4:30 pm

Yeah...whatever...

Fortunately, unlike Bill Clinton, we don't all go for 15-year-old girls!

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday May 27, 2007 4:51 pm

Enough Said...hey some advice, after those first few brews, or perhaps before, get your recipes together and take them into your HBS, i ask lots of questions and it seems to get me some good deals all over the place,

book to buy Charlie Papazian's "Joy of Homebrewing " vol 3 is what I have, sets it all out for you as the beginner

start experimenting with hops asap, they just smell tooo good!

b

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Sunday May 27, 2007 8:01 pm

G'day KIP and welcome,

You will get some great advice on this site. The boys know a hell of a lot about brewing, bottling, kegging and all aspects of brewing.

Cheers

Boonie

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Sunday May 27, 2007 8:40 pm

they also now know the origin of dunny

crap & beer

or rather

beer & crap

you decide what to do first

b

KIP · Post by **KIP** » Monday May 28, 2007 12:26 am

Bloody informative, this forum is!

Next time I go to Outback Steakhouse I'll ask the employees where the dunny is, just to get a rise out of them...I'm sure they'll have no friggin idea what I said!

buscador · Post by **buscador** » Monday May 28, 2007 10:04 pm

Hey KIP

tell the prettiest waitress at Outback she's a feral bogan,

sure to get you some digits, maybe even breakfast

b

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday May 28, 2007 10:11 pm

KIP wrote:Bloody informative, this forum is!

Next time I go to Outback Steakhouse I'll ask the employees where the dunny is, just to get a rise out of them...I'm sure they'll have no friggin idea what I said!

It wont get a rise, they will just point you to it like you were a local

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Tuesday May 29, 2007 8:18 am

Make sure you have a Coopers Sparkling while you are there KIP, you can get that now down your way at the Outback.

I am your neighbour to the North. Monica wasn't 15 by the way

Hey, can you help this lot out with the shine?

Dogger

KIP · Post by **KIP** » Tuesday May 29, 2007 9:09 am

Dogger Dan wrote:Monica wasn't 15 by the way

Body of a woman, common sense of a 15-year-old...

Dogger Dan wrote:Hey, can you help this lot out with the shine?

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Tuesday May 29, 2007 9:15 am

Boy, you gave her a ton of credit there

Shine, Moonshine, the still in the back woods where strengers get shot. "The Recipe" to quote from the Waltons.

.

Gees I just showed my age. LOL

Dogger