I just brewed (all grain) a Pliny the Elder clone that’s killer hoppy.

I did home brew in the 70's and mostly with brew kits. I think I got into this because my grandfather had done home brewing when I was a kid. My specialty was to make beer extra strong. That really meant it wasn't a good beer tastewise. I finally did get to where I could make a good beer but I quit brewing then. I few years ago I took this back up and made good beer but have stopped brewing today also. Beer is so terrible today that I should start this again and do all grain beers and take the extra time. What I made took about a month to be drinkable.

I am a terrible home brewer, don't do it often. I once made a Munich Lager that was perfect in every way. OK, one batch in 40 years.

I don't like alcohol.

I'd only make it if I couldn't buy it. Too much labor!

Does grain liquor count?

For my German styles I of course choose softer hops like Perle, Hallertau, and Saaz. But when I want to get hoppy, I like Centennial, Amarillo,and Sorachi Ace.

I haven't brewed for awhile, but my best was a brown ale we saaz, and cascade hopps. I also made a porter lager that was hard to quit drinking.

IPAs for the win! I was an all grain home brewer once upon a time. I miss those days. I was a cascade hops fan though. So many more varieties are easily available these days! Sorry I wasn’t much help, just wanted to say happy brewing!

My RYE PA was just ok down here. I think it was too warm and it fermented too fast. I love that style.

I am a homebrewer but I am not happy trying to do my recipes that worked so well with my well water and my cool basement in PA down here in FL.

I'm stuck with buying spring water in jugs from the Publix and brewing beer that can handle fermentation at room temperature, and room temp in Florida is at least 70 degrees. So far, the best two things I've been able to produce down here are a grapefruit hefewiezen and a coffee Porter.

I used to rock a Kolsch in my January and February basement.

Dang.

Sounds delicious! My daughter used to brew her own beer but eventually switched to buying microbrewery beer once it was popular enough to be readily available.

Never tried it before. Where did you learn to do it?