true..thread took a shart right turn
The story gets better. When I mentioned that I did not know anyone who brewed, I should have qualified that statement by stating that I did not know anyone who actually knew how to brew. Three of us who were drinking that evening were just getting started in the hobby. We are talking about the clueless leading the clueless. The two other brewer wannabes in that drinking session were CID warrant officers that were stationed at Fort Meade. I had recently met these guys at Maryland Homebrew (that was during basement days). One had the misfortune having been called out to investigate an incident the next morning. He called me when he returned from collecting evidence. The first thing that came out of his mouth was an implication that my mother was a female dog.
He then informed me that I was lucky that he was able to perform the investigation in an old set of BDUs. I do not know how he managed to shart like that, but he laid waste to the jacket as well as the trousers.
We laughed about that incident from time to time until he retired and moved away. I miss that guy and the group of guys with whom I learned how to brew. We all started in the hobby around the same time because Maryland Homebrew had only been in business for a couple of months when we met. None of us had previous brewing experience, but we all turned into reasonably good brewers. That was before brewing software and easy to obtain high-quality yeast. The only easy to obtain home brewing book was the Complete Joy of Homebrewing. If I had to do it all over again, I would not change a thing. I would not know what I know today if I had started out with high quality yeast and brewing software.
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