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Whoami : Níall
Location : Dublin 3
Age : 35
Job : Software Engineer
Started Brewing : 2006
Brewing Level : Started with a few kits, moved to extract with grains and have recently moved to all grain brewing.
Favourite Beers: Depends on my mood, the time of year etc. Generally I like hoppy beers like American Pale Ales, English ales but there aren't many styles I don't like.
Why brew? : Simple really. Because I love good beer and I want to make my own.
Other Interests : Travel, Surfing, Skiing, Football

Whoami : Kieron
Location : Knocklyon, Dublin
Age : 35
Job : IT and Mapping Manager for and large Archaeological Consultancy
Started Brewing : In college years ago (1993 I think),mainly kits.
Brewing Level : Had a 10 year break and started brewing again in 2006 with Adeptus (Barry). Now we are brew buddys.
Favourite Beers: Change alot. English ales mostly
Why brew: for the fun of it.
Other Interests : computers, good food and wine.

Whoami : Cormac
Location : Dungarvan
Age : 33
Job : An organ bank in Sector 7-G.
Started Brewing : 4 or 5 years ago
Brewing Level : Everything from kit to all-grain (2 small all grain batches so far)
Favourite Beers: Stouts, Bitters, Pilsner.
Why brew? : Originally, for cheap beer. Now, for [i:1pjtv3st]good[/i:1pjtv3st] cheap beer!
Other Interests : Music, Football, Sailing, Cooking.

Good idea...

[b:2fulhmtr]Whoami : Javier
Location : Dublin, Fairview
Age : 33
Job : Journalist for Spanish News Agency
Started Brewing : A couple of weeks ago
Brewing Level : Complete beginner, just waiting for my first batch of bitter (and again, thanks for your time and help -I have nightmares thinking I was gonna follow the kit instructions...)
Favourite Beers: Ales, Stouts and some Lagers (but not mad about them)
Why brew? : To get my own ale...To learn a fascinating craft, to educate my taste buds (I´ve always envied people such as wine tasters capable of deconstructing a good wine, I think brewing beer can be a bit like that eventually)
Other Interests : Music, sports, cinema, diving, cooking, writting...[/b:2fulhmtr]

Hmm, I'm starting to see a relation between IT and drinking.

Whoami: Chris
Location: Galway city
Age: 32
Job: Sr. Software Eng
Started Brewing: 2005
Brewing level: Intermediate I guess. I formulate my own recipes using LME and specialty grains. Base malts not logisitcally practical in Galway.
Favorite Beers: Rochefort 10, Chimay Blue, Leffe Blonde, Anchor Steam, Gordon Bierch Marzen, any Dunkel, Guinness Extra Stout
Why brew? Lack of variety available and cost drove me to it, but now I really enjoy formulating my own recipes.
Other intrests: Who needs other intrests?

Been offline for awhile and missed this thread...

Whoami : Fergal

Location : Co. Dublin

Age : 32

Job : Teacher

Started Brewing : 1996-2000(nyc)...2006

Brewing Level : Extract with mini-mash

Favourite Beers : Ales

Why Brew : I love beer!

Other Interests : Music, Film, Books, Wine, Food, Photography, Art