Comrades,

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the brewhouse, I turn up like a bad penny.  It's been over 6 years since I've darkened the doorways of any KGB member meeting or activity, but I'm ready.  After attending the Dixie Cup over the past weekend I have the fever all over again.

I've still been brewing (all grain), doing my own thing, but enough of that.  I want to, no... need to learn at the knee of a wiser brewer.  I want to enter brewing contests and have a showing at least.  I need to know what I am doing right and what I need to do better.

I've got a horizontal 10 gallon setup of keggles and 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler mashtun, a motorized grain mill, a couple of stir plates, a "keezer" big enough for 8 cornies and a window A/C unit in a box fermentation chamber big enough for 2-14 gallon Fermanators (which I don't own yet).  The point is, I should be able to make GREAT beer, but making great beer takes more than just equipment and I think, after 10 years, I've finally learned that.

Anyone want to mentor me?

Comrade 3Dog, aka Comrade Mel
3 Dog Brewery (www.3dogbrew.com)
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Thanks Mark, I am in Terra Nova West (between Cypresswood and Louetta near T.C. Jester). I'm happy to come out on the 12th, but I also remember that the 'beerd is where all the coveted brews come out and I didn't want to seem like a mooch. I'd love to have someone watch me brew on my rig and critique the process. I got my score sheets back from Dixie Cup yesterday with some very useful feedback.