I have to say, I am glad that when I started in 2013, I did not even think of looking online for help. Call me old school, but it was books and trial by fire for me. I was almost a year into brewing before I really even heard of the AHA, let alone the awesome online resource that this forum is. Some beginner questions and the resultant unending flow of semi relevant responses would have had me tearing my hair out. The folks here are great, but when 10 or 20 or 50 people answer with varying similarities in their responses, it can leave a noob wondering where to start, or which answer to trust. One of the biggest problems I remember when I started was hearing: "just experiment and find out what/how you like it" it's a classic informative answer for an intermediate to advanced brewer, but a noob just wants to know where to start without ruining the first several batches trying to find out what they like. On the other hand, there are so many great responses and great ideas here, I would recommend this forum to anyone thinking about starting in the hobby. Maybe those thoughts don't add up, but this is still a great resource as long as you remember to "trust, but verify." Sorry to ramble, 3 Duvel in the last hour or 2
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