Name: Tim Haby

Age: 35

Married to Teresa, we have a 2yr old daughter named Lissa or "No-No"

depending on her mood. We live in Rio Medina, Tx (20 miles west of San

Antonio) on a ranch. I've been making wine off and on for 15 yrs and beer

for 5 yrs. Hobbies include beer making, amateur radio (N5YEB), golf, fishing.

Favorite group is Blue Oyster Cult (were'nt the 70's great?) I like most

types of beers except wheat, may favorite is Oregon India Pale

Ale. Thats about it. Tim aka Grime.

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Travis Hancock

32 years old

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Employed as a Software Engineer

Started brewing when I was 18, in college : )

At first, for fun in the chem lab, but then we found that we could

make better beer than we could buy (much better than a destitute

students could reasonably afford..Beast and Natural Waste soon

became undrinkable, St. Louis' water soon thereafter) ...went on

from there.

I also try to keep the list organized, quiet the restless natives,

quell the occasional uprisings, and in general keep the flames to a

low burning : )

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Name: Tom Maciejewski

Home: Englewood NJ

Age: 30

Occupation: COmputer Programmer

BEER LIST FOUNDER and former list-owner

I am pretty much a newbie brewer ... have 7 brews under my belt 6

extract and 1 all grain

I started this mailing list in order to learn how to brew and am very

happy about its success.

One of the best brews that I made was my 1 all grain ... I thought that

it would be a disaster but actually came out quite good.

I usually drink darker beers like guiness or a porter ... but my

favorite store bought beer would have to be la-trappe trapist ale or

maybe some of the bottled belgian alse that you can buy in the store.

I also run the server cuy.net and run a bunch of other lists ( either

directly or host them on my machine )

these lists can be found at http://www.cuy.net/lists

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Timothy A. Green

Calander Age: 47 although I refuse to act my age! I love life much too much

to let my age slow me down!

I'm from the Elyria, Ohio in the USA.

I started brewing mead about 21/2 years ago because I had an acquaintance

let me try some mead he had made. Frankly it was dry as a bone and tasted

something like rocket fuel, but it sparked my interest. My intersts have

gone on to include mead, cider, wine and finally beer. In the last year I

have brewed more beer than anything else because I don't have to wait 6

months to a year to enjoy my products.

I am about to make the jump to all-grain brewing as soon as I use up all the

extract that I have on hand. I got a real good deal from a homebrew store

that was closing it's doors, and I ended up with 30 kilos of M&F extra light

LME, 12# of light DME and a bunch hops and specialty grains (crystal,

carapils, munich...). I was sorting through the junk today and I am trying

to figure out how I am going to use up 12# of medium crystal malt and 11# of

Wheat Malt. Sounds like I should buy a pound of Hallertaur and a pound of

Tettnang and make wiezenbach!

I have been making mostly ales as that I don't have any way to cool my

fermenters low enough to lager, but since I love brown ales and mild ales,

in the british style more than the american style, it hasn't been problem.

I'm married, with 3 kids, 1 of which is 23 this year. The other 2 are ages 6

and 11/2. My wife works as a manager for a large insurance company. I was a

computer technician and network engineer until last year when my 6 year old

son started school. At that point, I told my boss goodby, and took over

careing for the kids and keeping house full time. This also gives me time to

surf the internet and the web and time to make the wonderful brews that all

my friends love to drink up too fast. (except when I make something I like

way too much) :^).

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Wayne Holder AKA Zymie

Long Beach California, USA

Industrial Electrician

33

Married

All grain

Forget how long

I like beer

Hate long sig lines

Gadget d0Od

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Name: Steve Podielsky

Age: 31, married 6 years

From: San Diego

Occupation: Director, Client Services - Marketing

Brewing Experience: Started brewing in 95. Averaged a batch a week for

2 and a half years - slow now due to logistical issues = will start up

again shortly

Went all-grain after 2 Partial extract batches and haven't looked back

since.

Currently trying to figure out how with all the beer I've brewed -

there isn't any left.

Other stuff: Love Cooking, Riding my Motorcycle, Lifting Weights,

Playing with my Three Dogs, and hanging out with My Wife

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My name is Scott Eversoll

My age is 40

I live in Shannon County, Missouri, USA

I started brewing a year ago by accident. I work for US

Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation

Service as a soil scientist. Last year I was send to UC

Davis for a month to study soils and came back with some

knowledge on making wine and beer. Oops.

I have brewed pale ales, fruit ales, stout, Wiessbeir,

Scottish Ales, and lagers. I am making partial mash beers

currently and slowly getting the full mash equipment. Hopefully

by the end of September I will have it all up and running.

The part of the profile is to tell a little about myself. To

make a long story very short I have too many hobbies: hunting,

shooting, kite flying, music, gardening (including hops),

computers and whatever catches my eye. _______________________________________________________________________

Ron in Severn

Me - I come in on the high side of the age spectrum - age 54. But age

does not necessarily mean experience - at least with brewing as I have

been at it for only about a year. But it has become an obsession (my

wife suggests that all my hobbies start out as obsessions but peter out

at about the $1000 level). If my wife is right I am at that $$ level

now but I want to keep at it (maybe $2000 is the level for the Y2K).

For most of you young folks, I have a double disability: I am a retired

Army Officer and also a lawyer. I know this is a burden to bear but I

hope you can have some tolerance for a guy drafted into service during

Vietnam.

I have just started all-grain (I posted my first such experience

recently). I am going to back off for a bit and perfect my partial-mash

techniques in hopes of a better second try with all-grain in a couple of

months. My problem is that now that I am kegging my beers I don't have

enough drinkers - I must get that counter-pressure filler to bottle this

stuff so I can give it away.

I work as litigation manager for complex claims for a national auto

insurance company. I live in Severn, MD, which about mid-way 'tween

D.C. and Baltimore. My wife of 33 years and I live with our two dogs.

I am a very serious University of Arizona (double alum) sports fan.

Favorite commercial brands (just a few): Young's Rams Head Bitter, Wild

Goose Summer Wheat, Baltimore Brewing's Maibock, Anchor Steam (on draft

only when I am on the West coast).

I really appreciate this forum for its reduced technical emphasis

compared to HBD (which I also read daily).Ron in Severn

<HTML>

Before I start my profile I feel compelled to comment on the diversity

of the profiles we have seen thus far - especially as to age!

<P>Me - I come in on the high side of the age spectrum - age 54.&nbsp;

But age does not necessarily mean experience - at least with brewing as

I have been at it for only about a year.&nbsp; But it has become an obsession

(my wife suggests that all my hobbies start out as obsessions but peter

out at about the $1000 level).&nbsp; If my wife is right I am at that $$

level now but I want to keep at it (maybe $2000 is the level for the Y2K).

<P>For most of you young folks, I have a double disability:&nbsp; I am

a retired <FONT SIZE=-2>Army Officer</FONT> and also a <FONT SIZE=-2>lawyer.</FONT>&nbsp;

I know this is a burden to bear but I hope you can have some tolerance

for a guy drafted into service during Vietnam.

<BR>&nbsp;

<BR>I have just started all-grain (I posted my first such experience recently).&nbsp;

I am going to back off for a bit and perfect my partial-mash techniques

in hopes of a better second try with all-grain in a couple of months.&nbsp;

My problem is that now that I am kegging my beers I don't have enough drinkers

- I must get that counter-pressure filler to bottle this stuff so I can

give it away.

<P>I work as litigation manager for complex claims for a national auto

insurance company.&nbsp; I live in Severn, MD, which about mid-way 'tween

D.C. and Baltimore.&nbsp; My wife of 33 years and I live with our two dogs.&nbsp;

I am a very serious University of Arizona (double alum) sports fan.

<P>Favorite commercial brands (just a few):&nbsp; Young's Rams Head Bitter,

Wild Goose Summer Wheat, Baltimore Brewing's Maibock, Anchor Steam (on

draft only when I am on the West coast).

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Name : Rod Wellman

Home : Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Age :32

Married : 9 years on Sept 23! Wife, Marilyn, 2 kids, boy age 6, girl age

4. I have to brew a light colored/bodied Apricot Wheat for my wife every

now and then, and then she puts up with my brewing. I also make sure to

leave the kitchen as clean as I found it.

Occupation : Writer/Producer of television & radio commercials, corporate

videos, and writer of print materials and web site content.

Favorite Brews : Not a lot of choice in this small Midwestern town. I

chase down a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale whenever I can. I like all the beers

from Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City, which are available here. Just

discovered a nice little microbrewery in Deadwood, South Dakota called

Black Hills Brewing which is putting out some fabulous German-style beers.

Their Altbier is excellent, and they do a Weisse which is very true to

style. But their distribution is limited (I have to drive about an hour to

get to a town that carries it). I tend to like beers with a lot of flavor

and plenty of hops.

Methods : Extract with the adding/steeping of specialty grains. I rarely

use liquid extract; prefer to start with light DME and steep various

crushed grains for color/flavor to style. Just did my 1st attempt at a

true Hefeweizen in which I did use Ireks liquid DME, because it was a

German 100% wheat malt. My "signature" beer is an Apricot Cream Ale my

friends and relatives go crazy for. Personally, I'd like to brew a Porter

or Stout just about every batch! I may move to all-grain in the distant

future when the kids are out of the house (16 years from now) and I have

more time on my hands. I give them and work most of my time. I don't mess

with brewing until 8 or 9 at night after they're off to bed.

Brewing Experience : A little over a year. 25 5-gallon batches under my belt.

Interests : In order of preference: Nebraska Football, Brewing,

Music/seeing live bands (blues, blues/rock, guitar-based rock, some

"alternative" type bands-- I'll be in Minneapolis Sept. 22 to see one of my

favs, The Tragically Hip), Macintosh computers, fixing things around the

house, building stuff, agriculture (grew up on a farm in Nebraska). Maybe

I should consider going back to farming and grow barley, hops and wheat!

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Rob Vreeland

Age: 24

Location: San Jose, CA

Occupation: Microsoft Software Design Engineer (no evil empire jokes please)

I've been brewing for about 4 months now and just brewed batch #6 this

weekend (pale ale). I'm currently doing extract brews with specialty grains

and liquid yeasts. I refuse to move to all-grain until I perfect my extract

brews. My brewing system started out with a 20qt stainless pot on my stove,

all plastic buckets, and ice bath in the sink for cooling. My current setup

is a 10 gallon polarware pot, Cajun Cooker outdoor propane stove,

MAXIchiller counterflow chiller, a million different gadgets (I love

gadgets), and 1/2" hosing running every which direction (I don't have a

water spigot outside). The major limiting factor in my setup is space. I

live in an apartment so my system has to break down and store easily in a

small closet so I think I will hold off on my dream 3 tier all-grain system.

I'm sorry to say that I have yet to produce a really good brew. Only 1 batch

so far has been really drinkable except that it staled within 2 weeks after

bottling. I have had a couple of brew shops taste my beers and they both say

my number one problem is oxidation (and couple brews might have had a slight

wild yeast infection). In my latest batch I took every precaution possible

to avoid hot side aeration so I will find out if oxidation really is my

problem. Every one of my brews have been with completely different

ingredients, and yeasts and all of them have had the SAME bad aftertaste and

aroma. If my current batch has the same characteristics I'm going to do some

simple lab tests (from Brewing Techniques mag) and try to determine my

problem.

My favorite commercial beers are Guinness, GB Marzen, and Pyramid Wheat.

When I'm not working or brewing I can be found at the local rock climbing

crags (castle rock, pinnacles, mickey's beach, planet granite). I'm a

die-hard rock climber (sport climbing) and spend 6-10 hours a week climbing.

For any other climbers out there, my highest onsight (leading) is 5.11b and

recently completed a v4/v5 bouldering problem. In the past 4 months I have

started SCUBA diving and have currently received my advanced certification

(w/ PADI) and begin Rescue diving in September. I plan to get my Dive Master

certification sometime next year.

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Name: Brina Beth Burke (no kiddin')

Age: 30

Marital Status: Married (5 years now)

Rug Rats: One son

Occupation: Secretary for the local library system

Location: Arlington, Washington

Favorite Beers: Hair of the Dog's "Adam", North Coast

Brewing's "Old Rasputin Imperial Stout", good ol' Full

Sail Amber Ale, Big Time Brewery's "Old Wooly Barleywine"

(probably not the best example of the style, but they

serve it in a brandy snifter)

Brewing history:

I wanna kill the friend who got me into this. I mean, it's a really

great hobby and all, but it makes a body obsess, don't it?

I've been brewing for about five years. Still doing partial mashes,

although I've had the opportunity to participate in making many

all-grain batches. In the beginning, I obsessed about the finer

details of brewing. I wrote everything down. I created charts

and spreadsheets to calculate starch conversion and hop utilization.

I cultured yeast for EVERY BATCH. And my beer was good. Some

of it pretty damn good.

But after a while I decided (a healthy decision, I think) that I

was never gonna be a professional brewer, that I was never gonna

open a brewpub or even a homebrew supply store. I realized that

I make some very good beer using dry yeast (hey, Mr. Henry, could

you send some of that Coopers my way, por favor?) and extracts.

I realized I valued time with my family more than time brewing.

While I don't adhere to the Papazianesque attitude of "Don't

worry, get drunk, make homebrew", I *have* decided to stress less.

It's just a hobby, after all. And hobbies are supposed to be fun,

right? Right?!

Still obsessing after all these years,

Brina Beth

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Name is Graham Smith at 42 years old, brewing in Derbyshire, England. I

work shifts in a power station.

I've been brewing for about 12 years now, starting with kits then quickly

graduating to extract and full mash. One of my first brews leaked out of

the fermenter into the hall below overnight as I managed to find a nail

stuck up through the floorboards in the cupboard.

I mainly brew UK style beer - bitters, pales, milds, porters, stouts etc.

Can't stand lambic type beers as I can make them easily by just opening a

keg in the house and letting in some lactic type bacteria.

Why do I brew? Because it's almost 'something for nothing', not

financially but in the sense that a pile of ordinary looking ingredients

are turned into a living, complex liquid which gives people enourmous

pleasure. Same sort of feeling as finding picking wild mushrooms - so

satisfying.

I'd love to own a small commercial brewery cum pub, but couldn't be doing

with the punters so will stick with brewing. Fermenters and coppers don't

answer back - just bite occasionally when hot:-(

My all time favourite beer is Burton Ale brewed by Ind Coope who are no

more, now part of the Bass empire, but under threat. A recent addition to

my top ten favourites was Hop Pit 12th made with nothing but lager malt

and Centennial hops with Bass yeast at Bass Museum Brewery.

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Bill Jividan

I'm 43

I'm a safety compliance officer for the State of WA. I've been brewing for

about 8 years of and on. Going to Grad school so timeis limited. Thoroughly

enjoy the list and all the great ideas posted. Other interests are computers

and the outdoors, fishing.

Glad to be part of the list.

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Name: Bill Lehourites

Home:Cranston, Rhode Island

Age : 29

Married: 6 Years, Nikki.

Occupation: Sales Rep for distributor of valves for the chemical industry

Fav Brew: anything with flavor, especially porters, stouts and Trappist

Method: Extract, not enough time for anything else

Brew Exp.: about 1 1/2 years

Interests: Golf, Music, Hockey, Cigars, Beer, Guitars, Useless Trivia

Personal: 1 Son Jonathan 2 1/2 Years, 4 dogs (all Salukis, they're like

hairy greyhounds or shaved Afghans)

Needless to stay the house is very busy. My son

loves to sample my beers and seems to love

all the really dark beers. I think next year I will have the

brew partner I've been looking for. Is there

anything better than drinking home brew, listening to great tunes

and brewing up a batch?

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Bill Storie

Live in the western suburbs of Chicago

28 years old - Single; living in sin (So says HER mother)

Settlement specialist for an insurance brokerage firm

Brewing stats:

Brewing for about 5 years now - all-grain and extract. Currently

trying/learning about maintaining a yeast bank. I have a modified 15 gal. keg

boiler/mash-tun I made last year, and considering some more for a three tier

system.

So far I've made about 30 batches at home and two at a brew-on-premises.

Really learned a lot at the BOP; I would highly recommend it if you have the

chance. I also started kegging in the last year. It could be just another

excuse to spend money on gadgets but it's so easy to keg rather than bottle.

Also really cool to have your own beer on draft at home.

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Name : Dave Clark (yup, heard all the "Dave Clark 5" jokes

Home : Staten Island, NY

Age : 32, going on 12

Married: Not on a bet

Occupation : Police Officer,

Favorite Beers : Fransikaner Hefeweissen, Chimay Grand Reserve, Sam Adams (cheap thrill)

Brewing Methods : Just moved to all grain after a year of extract

Interests : Worlds most avid hockey fan (go Rangers!), cooking, reading

Personal : currently pursuing doctorate in American history at CUNY, worked as a cattleman (yup, a real cowboy) in Nevada, still rides Rodeo (calf coping)

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Man with no name

I'm a 55 year old male, retired (disability) quality engineer from the

California Aero-space industry. I'm married with two childern, a daughter

27 with a masters in microbial ecology and working on a second in computer

science and a son 26 still living at home (my brew partner at Toe Jam

Brewing). I live in the hot California desert and just starting brewing in

January of this year. My son and I do partial mashes and extract. Our

first two batches of beer, an American Wheat Ale and an English Brown Ale,

took first place in thier categories at the 1998 Sothern California Home

Brew Championships. My favorite commercial beers are Devil Mountain Honey

Wheat Ale and New Belgian Brewing Fat Tire. In addition to brewing I enjoy

cooking, computers and Camping.

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Name: Dan Dewberry (the OTHER DewBrewer)

Home: Austin, Texas

Age : 31

Married: Joelle (she posts, I'm busy consuming the homebrew)

Occupation: Community College Professor.....Chemistry, Enviro Sci, Math

Fav Brew: porters, stouts, wheats; ok, just about anything :)

Fav commercial beers: Young's Porter, Guinness, Hacker Pschorr Hefe Weizen

Method: All grain the last half dozen or so batches

Brew Exp.: 1.75 years

Interests: Univ. of Texas sports, stamp collecting, working on up our "fixer-

upper" house

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Dan Langrill

I'm 27, a software engineer from Chicago...

Mostly a lurker to this group. I'm still relatively new -- I have

only brewed 4 batches thus far (one is in the secondary):

* Brown Ale (my first, didn't like it)

* IPA (LOVED it...Will try that again)

* Belgian Abbey (no character to it, don't know what I did

wrong)

* Scottish Ale (in secondary...seems very promising, and my

first attempt at simple recipe formulation)

I'm an extract brewer, and won't bother with all-grain until

I own my own house (for the room)

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Name: Dan Pillsbury

Age: 35, married 14 years

From: Northern NY but stuck in Omaha until military retirement (just 3

short years from now). Can't wait to get back.

Occupation: Air Force pharmacy tech, weapons mechanic in a prior life.

Brewing Experience: Started brewing in 90. We spent four glorious years

in England, how could anyone return from an assignment like that and

drink swill??

Went all-grain after 3 extract batches and haven't looked back since.

Currently working on a half barrel system to increase brewing capacity.

Other stuff: Love reading. Have managed to amass a pretty good

brewing/beer library. Woodworking is another fun thing and I spend

waaaaay too damn much time on the brewing chat:)

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David and Tammy Frascone

chaos@mindspring.com (David)

tammy.frascone@mindspring.com (Tammy)

Our web page is: http://chaos.home.mindspring.com

We just started brewing our first beer, a Hefeweizen. I picked the

hobby, so Tammy picked out the style :) I've brewed a couple of batches

of Mead before...

We live in Sunnyvale, CA, which is in the San Francisco, Bay Area. I am

a computer programmer (contractor), and Tammy manages an apartment

complex.

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I'm Dave Latimer, 39, a Brewing Lurker here! I've been brewing for about 4 years now and do All grains and Extract beers. I like high gravity Bock's and Belgian beers! I'm hoping to move up to a 15 gal. 3 Tier Rack system sometime this next year. C urrently I do 5gal batches in a 7gal. Kettle.

Thanks for the great List site!

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DeWayne Purdy

Age: 38

Dike, Iowa

Occupation:

Communications Editor

Office of Public Relations

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

I've been brewing since December, just bottled my fourth extract batch.

I've done an Irish Red Ale, Nut Brown Ale, Honey Wheat and Raspberry Ale.

No fancy names for each batch, but they're all bottled under the DewBrew

label. The first three were recipes from the homebrew store I frequent. I'm

excited about the raspberry ale, since I concocted my own recipe from a

number of sources, including input from the participants on this list. It

tasted good coming out of the secondary... now time will tell...

I got into homebrewing because I like beer, and I like doing things that

are a little out of the mainstream (Such as making an aquarium out of a Mac

Plus computer). My wife agreed to buy the equipment I needed for me for

Christmas last year, and I've been enjoying it ever since. Each batch has

come out pretty good, and I'm looking forward to getting better. I also

like gadgets, and this is a great hobby for that. I recently built my own

wort chiller and bottle washer, and am keeping my eye out for other things

that will make my brewing easier/better.

I've enjoyed this list and the feedback I've gotten. I'll be taking a short

(hopefully short!) hiatus on brewing, since my wife gave birth to twins on

Monday (Let the sleep deprivation experiment begin!) (Sorry, I have to plug

the electronic equivalent of showing you the pictures in my wallet...

http://www.uni.edu/~purdy/thegang ). Luckily, I was able to get the

Raspberry Ale in the bottle on Sunday, so all that's left on that batch is

the drinking.

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DAN Dewberry (the better half....hehe)

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> Country

USA

> State/County

Texas, Travis County

> When did you start brewing?

December, 1996

> Why

the love of truly tasty beer (of which little has been available in the

states)

> What style of brewing?

all grain

> A little about yourself.

College Professor in Chemistry, Environmental Science & Mathematics at Austin

Community College.

Graduate of Univ. of Texas at Austin...B.S. Chemistry...MBA-Environmental

Mgmt.

Favorite footballer: Ryan Giggs (yes I follow the real "football" as closely

as I can in the states).

Sportsfan & Environmentalist.

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My name is Douglas Evans. I go by Doug,or Dovans. Also known as VinBrew on

the chat channel. 6 months ago I opened a Homebrew store in Central Ohio.

(Well pretty close to being central) My knowlege of homebrewing is limited.

I am more known for the fine wines that I can produce, and teach others to

produce. Due to the absence of a local homebrew store to support my wine

hobby is why I opened one. Due to the fact that I need to sell beer

supply's, I am learning about the fine art. One that I wished I did along

time ago.(Although there is nothing wrong with a fine glass of wine) I also

work part time at a local vineyard at no Pay<G>(But I get grapes! Anyone

interested in fresh grapes<G>) What I've learned from the guy who runs the

winery is pay enough. My Advice to any Newbie is to just do it. Throw the

damn book away. They can be so misleading and frighting. If your making

wine, my advice is to learn correctly, the use of the hydrometer. It will

make all the difference in the world. My other interests include Bluegrass

Music. In which I partake by abusing an old Martin guitar. I also have two

kids and of course Im married. There is also a Black Lab in the family and

some Stray cats, which were dumped in my drive. Before the Homebrew store,

I was a ahh ahh, Domestic Engineer. Before that I helped trained Quarter

horses, before that I was a Photographer. To boot all Im only 41.(or 42)I

don't mind spam too much, but, I hate TELEMARKETER'S......

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name: ed kalicki (aka: butch)

age: 40+

marital: single and looking

home: philadelphia pa

occupation: night manager in a large supermarket(10 years), formerly a

bottler at schmidt's brewery of philadelphia (12 years)

hobbies: brewing, of course, computers, hiking, oh, almost forgot, DRINKING

star trek and babylon 5 (rangers suck, go flyers)

i've been brewing 'bout 1 year 'cause commercials are horrible.

if i had to pick a favorite commercial beer, it'd be rolling rock.

i'm an extract brewer 'cause i don't have the time, space, or desire(yet)

for all grain.

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name: Felix Daske

> age: 46 ('98, right?! I always have to do the math)

>

> married: Since '81 (Mmmmm, math again). Love married life - keeps me

> sane.

>

> kids: relevance? 2 boys; 5 and 10. The 5 year old's a bruiser, the

> 'other' one's an adult - really can't relate to him as an offspring.

>

> Location: Squamish, B.C. - about 40 miles north of Vancouver. Some

> call it the 'coffee shop on the way to Whistler'. Built our house

> there in '96, nice town, long commute.

>

> occupation: Software Specialist - don't really know what that means.

> I think it is a ploy to get a computer tech wiz for less pay. I

> install and maintain operating systems and 3rd party stuff on IBM

> midrange (AS/400) and mainframes (9221)

>

personal history - born in east Berlin, migrated (snuck) to

Canada in '58 while such a move was still possible. Did 'time' in the

Canadian Armed Forces, survived the '70s, etc.

> commercial favorites - most European brands, most Granville Island

> (micro) styles,

Whistler Cream Ale.

hobbies: Temple Kung Fu since '90 - I enjoy the art, the

history, and the notion that I might be able to defend myself.

> brewing: Never brewed - Been fermenting since '84 (I think). Tried

> every 'kit' imaginable. 'N if there was a way to screw it up - I'd

> find it. Have tried a few 'recipes' for brew that doesn't require a

> full mash. Had very few GOOD beers. Lately, my beer has been

> improving - since I began to take this seriously. Now, I only buy the

> premium 'all grain' 'kit' - it's 3 gallons of condensed Wort - just

> add water, yeast and go. This stuff is GOOD but you get no control.

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Name: John Gaskins

Age: 51

Location: Southern California - in the mountains east of San

Bernardino.

Occupation: University Administrator/Professor

Interests: (In addition to beer), cars, computers, reading (mostly

nonfiction)

I brewed for a few years in the mid-80s while I was living in Houston

TX. Then I got serious about grad school and got out of the habit, but I

still have my gear, and my yen for good home brew. We moved to the

mountains a little over a year and a half ago, where the temperatures

are just about perfect for lagering. Looks like it's time to get off my

duff! Love the list. Like the other lists I subscribe to, it is a rich

source of good ideas and information. Reading the thoughts and ideas of

people who share my enthusiasms is down right inspirational! Thanks and

keep it coming.

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>Name

Greg Pyle

>Age(optional)

32

>Country

Canada

>State/County [Province]

Saskatchewan

>When did you start brewing?

1985

>Why

It seemed at the time a great way to get cheap beer! After a few botched

batches, beer grenades, and a whole lot of trial and error, the beer got

better, and now it's more a question of quality over quantity.

>What style of brewing?

All grain: usually infusion mashing, sometimes decoction mashing, just

learning turbid mashing.

>A little about yourself.

I'm currently in the final stages of my doctoral degree in the Dept. of

Biology at the University of Saskatchewan where I'm studying the effects

of metals derived from uranium mining on freshwater fish. I'm married

with two children (both boys, ages 8 and 10). My youngest son is also my

eager brewing apprentice! He loves to help but has yet to develop a taste

for the stuff ;)

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Name: James E. Pearce (no prizes for guessing what the 'E' stands for)

Age: 32

Occupation: statistician for a credit card company

Where: Melbourne, Australia

Married to Anne for 2.5 years.

I have been homebrewing since our honeymoon, if you discount the 'pour and

stir' brewing I did while at university. We went to New Zealand for our

honeymoon, and I was impressed by some of the beers I had over there.

Since then I have been a real beer enthusiast, and have gone right in to

all-grain brewing, partly because quality unhopped malt extracts are not

readily available here. My best beer to date has been a so-called mild,

the recipe of which I adapted from the Brewer's Workshop package (which

means it was somebody's competition winner once upon a time).

I have not entered any competitions, nor do I plan to, as I brew for myself

and Anne, and I couldn't bear giving the good stuff away!

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Name: Joelle Dewberry

Age: 28

Location: Austin, Texas, USA

When did you start brewing?: 1.5 years ago

Why: I love beer and I was looking for a hobby. I had a friend who had

been brewing, and it sounded like fun.

What style of brewing?: I started out as an extract brewer, and have

moved up to all-grain.

A little about yourself: I was born and raised in Austin. I love to

watch/play sports. I played soccer from age 7 until a couple of years

ago. I also played softball, basketball, tennis and ran track. I'm a big

University of Texas Longhorn's fan (where I attended college). I like to

cook and watch cooking shows. My husband's name is Dan (he should

be getting his profile in here pretty soon). I'm a Conflicts Coordinator for

a law firm. Just in case you're wondering what that is, when we get a

new case I run all of the parties through our database and determine if

there is a conflict of interest that wouldn't allow us to take the case.

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Name: Jim Hinze

Home: Southfield, Michigan - USA

Age : 28

Married: Wife's name Judi.

Occupation: Chief Information Officer - Visionary Business Systems, Inc

Fav Brew: Koelsch and English Bitter

Method: Extract -- getting ready to build an all-grain setup.

Brew Exp.: I have brewed for about 3 years (8 batches total) Low volume.

Fav Comm: Atwater Brewery (Big Leage Brew & Krausen Dunkel), Bass Ale,

Guiness

Interests: Reading (Robert Jorden, Terry Goodkind), Fishing, Golf,

Football,

Pro Wrestling (Yes I know its fake)

PERS: My wife and I just found out we're expecting our first child in

April.

I'm also going to be setting up a web site in conjunction with

this

list for a beer exchange and helpfull tips for all.

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I'm John Fruecht

6 weeks short of 50 years old

Software Engineer/ UNIX sysadmin for 15 years. COBOL Programmer before

that.

I live in Loganville, Georgia. I got tired

of shovelling snow in Pittsburgh, Pa. 20 years ago.

Married 10 years; the second time around for both of us. No kids.

Brewing for about 5 years. Batch number 62 is in the secondary to be

bottled this weekend. I have been extract brewing because it's relatively

quick, but darn if reading y'all on this list hasn't got me thinking about

all-grain.

Other interests: I'm a check-ride short of my Private Pilot license. I

enjoy shotgun, rifle, and handgun shooting (non-competative), photography,

and web surfing.

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name: john r. vaughan(yeah, it rhymes. my parents were real poets)

home: omaha, nebraska, origanally from cleveland

age:24

occupation: college student studying aviation at univ. of nebraska at

omaha, work part time for delta airlines doing ramp work. future

av8r.

significant other: stephanie auen(21), live-in girlfriend of 2yrs.

kids: no humans, 1 prairie dog(barkley), 1 ball python(5',vito), 1

red-tailed boa(2 1/2'and growing,shadow). friends say our apt. is

like mutual of omahas wild kingdom. we thought about geting a

monkey but my girlfriend was afraid i would come home drunk some

night and accidentally screw it.

brewing history: i have been brewing around 1 1/2 yrs. around a dozen

batches under my belt. all except one have been extract. my first

shot at using grain failed miserably. tried making a malty brown

ale and ended up with a sour stout. oh well. everything else has

come out drinkable and i am seeing some improvement with every

batch. still waiting for that breakout brew. i know it will come.

fav brews: sierra nevada pale, boulder brown ale, courtland

hopalleuia(nebr. brewed, one of the top 3 beers i have ever had),

abita turbo dog, hieniken dark, killians irish brown ale, boulvard

wheat, pyramid pale, paulander marzen/oktoberfest.

hobbies: flying cessna 152s, brewing good beer, drinking good beer, golf,

fishing, football handicapping, blackjack, alfa romeo spiders(have

a '91), snakes, cleveland indians, shaving cream fights with my

woman.

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Name : Jon Wolgamuth

Home : Des Moines, Iowa

Age : 29

Married : Donna (she loves me cause she got me a immersion wort chiller

for christmas last year!)

Occupation : I work for a life insurance company which encourages

drinking on the job! Irish Life of North America!!

Favorite Brews : Guinness, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Old Peculier

Methods : extract with specialty grains

Brewing Experience : 4 or 5 years off and on

Interests (other than brewing and beer) : Baseball, Books (used to be a

Barnes & Noble mgr), Bicycling (RAGBRAI every year), Golf,

Gardening...heck, I've got so many hobbies, it's a wonder I have time to

work!!!!

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My name is Jeff Roush, and I am 25 years of age. I have only been

brewing for a short time, in fact I'm only on my 3rd or 4th batch. I brew

as a team with my friend chris bartlett who is also on the list, and we

brew all-grain.

As for me, I am a graphic artisit with a company that

manufactures books and journals by trade, and I am an aspiring

photographer on my own time.

Well thats me! It's nice to be learning a little about

everyone, and good to be on the list. I'v been picking up some helpful

info from everyone. Thanks!

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Name: Keith Simmonds

Age(optional): 55 (optional 25)

Country: UK

State/County: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

When did you start brewing?: In 1971 (Ye Gods, did you?)

Why: Fancied trying it

What style of brewing?: Started with kits, for 4 years or so, moved onto

extract, crystal, and hops, (learnt a lot there!), started mashing 12 - 15

years ago, never looked back!

A little about yourself.: Ex Civil Servant , took early retirement 3 years ago, and promptly started

working for the same department I'd left!! Telecomms/electronic

engineering. Also make wine. Fervent CAMRA member. Scuba diver, but only in

warm waters! Treasurer to 'The North Cotswold Brewers, a dedicated band of

full mash brewers and p***heads.

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name: Lance Evan Williams

age: 29, virgo

married: 7.5 years

kids: 1 son, Devon, 20months

Location: Portland, Oregon, the center of the universe

occupation: Printer/thermographer

commercial delights: Hair of the dog's "fred", Rogue's "dead guy", Spaten's

"optimator", Pike's IPA, Bitburger pilsner, McMenamin's "hammerhead", Redhook

ESB, and many others.

other hobbies: collecting records & cd's, more printing

brewing: a little over a year now, but I brew a *LOT*, exactly the legal limit,

I suppose (yeah, that's it) just doing extracts with steeping grains. I'm not

ready to go all-grain any time soon, I just have an electric stove and no spare

time (I'm always working), but one of these days, I guess I'll have to, just to

get better control of my beers and cut costs. Before I started this, I got to

play helper/sidekick to a neighbor who brews, and I swear it's the best way to

get into brewing, just so you can get a feel for it before you blow a bunch of

cash on equipment. I try to make enough beer that I won't run out and have to

buy any at the stores, since my own stuff comes out to less than 50 cents a

bottle. I've tried a couple of lagers with no great sucesses yet, but I'm doing

mostly belgian wits, imperial stouts, and a whole lot of IPA (over10 batches of

that so far) Well, uh, I guess that's it.

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Liz Blades

Well I'm 44 in calendar years but feel like an 18 year old(but where I'll

get one at this time of night....................:-))

I have homebrewed since I was 10 much to my Mums disapproval and my Dads

encouragement(My Uncle gave us a load of kits he couldn't sell).

I started a HB shop more than 15 years ago when I was pensioned off from my

job in Local Government due to a rather serious road accident.

I've always been rather vocal in my support of the independant retailer and

at one time was Chairman of the UK Trade Association.

My knowledge of brewing is always expanding and I'm always eager to learn

new things.

I'm also a rather keen cook,but can't make coffee.

I love to listen to the radio,especially radio 4 and I'm an Archers fan.

To those of you in the US who don't know of this series Peter Wingfield(The

Highlander)once took a starring,if not villainous, role in it.

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Mark Henry

I started Evergreen Brewing Supply in Belllevue Washington 6 years ago (moved

here from Portland and I knew more about brewing than the guys in the local

shops). Two years ago Simon & Schuster published a beginning book on

homebrewing I wrote (comes with all the stuff for making 1 gallon of beer,

sold 17,000 copies before it went out of print). A year ago I started an

import company and am now the North American importer and promoter of Coopers

homebrewing products (if you want a free sample of yeast let me know. I have

about 10,000 sachets of 15 gram yeast that is too close to the expiration date

for me to feel good about selling. Expires 2/30/99, by the way, so its still

good).

I just turned 39, and in my previous life I've worked for the NSA and Philip

Morris. All in all I find beer making better for the soul. My wife tolerates

my hobby, as long as I make an occasional semi-sweet Muscat for her. My 5

year old loves to help. My favorite style of beer is British Special Bitter

and German Dunkle. I aspire to win a Best -of-Show in some competition, any

competition (always the bridesmaid, never the bride). I sstarted brewing 15

years ago when I and my college roommates first tried the original Redhook

beer. That night over way too many beers we decided to drop out of college

and start a brewery in Portland. And since someone had to know how to make

beer (and I was the "liberal arts major" of bunch and deemed least useful in

the business sense), I started homebrewing. Of course, we never dropped out

of college. And we never started a brewery in Portland (SOB!).

My advice to brewers is demand to be shown how to make beer every bit as good,

if not better, than what you can buy. If it is not coming out that way,

review the advice you are being given.

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Name : Mark Wendt

Home : Waldorf, MD

Age :38

Married : Maria (She puts up with my brewing odors... ;^}

Occupation : System/Network Administrator

Favorite Brews : Any one of mine, Anchor Steam, Anchor Liberty, Red

Tail Ale, Scottish Ales, etc.

Methods : Just started all-grain, getting ready for my third all-grain

batch this weekend.

Brewing Experience : about one year now.

Interests : Brewing, Model Aircraft, computers.

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Maury...Otherwise known as "HopBoy" , lives in Northbridge,

Massachusetts, USA in a new ( to me) house we just recently purchased

after 27 years of renting apartments.

I have gottens to be 45 years old so far.

My occupation is as owner/operator Multi-Clean Inc. a contract Carpet,

Upholstery & Janitorial Cleaning Company

I brew Allgrain. I'm working on a new 3- tier

15 gallon system..... whoopie!

I have brewed for appx 5 yrs. In the beginning, all I ever really

wanted was to clone PETES & SAM ADAMS!! Man, what was I thinking?

My favorite styles of beer are English Ales of all kinds, Porters,

German Dunkles & Lagers, Maibocks, American craft styles, well....(Most

any good beer on draught)

My favorite commercial beers: Petes Wicked Ale, Sam Adams Boston Lager,

Watneys Red Barrell,Belhaven Wee Heavie, MacAndrews, Sierra Nevada pale

ale & Celebration ......I could go on & on........

Other interests: Offshore Tunafishing !!!

Offshore Sportfishing Boats ( shopping for a bigger one soon!) Raising

Cockatiels, raising Kois & large Goldfishes indoors.

Personal info: I spend time away from work raising three fine sons

with my wife Donna....one of them is 27, grown up and in the Airforce.

The second one is 16 and loves his dirtbike &

riding. My youngest , a 10 year old, loves the computer and comp games

and is quickly growing up to be "a real Chick Magnet"

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Name: Mike V.

home: Los Gatos, CA

Married 4 years in Nov.

working for the last 14 years for Lucky Stores, and doing on the phone

tech support for friends that get into computers...

My last couplea batches where these:

http://www.accesscom.com/~mikev/beer.html

Haven't got into all grain yet, been brewing 4 to 6 batches a year for

like 5 years.

When I don't drink my home brew, which is half of the time, I like

almost anything from:

Sierra Nevada

Deschutes

BridgePort

Coast Range (Gilroy, CA)

Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)

I lean more towards really bitter Pales and highly hopped stouts and

porters.

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Name: Nick Campiglia

Home: Abilene, TX 13 years

Age: 31

Married to Stefanie for 13 outstanding years. She is very supportive of my

brewing endeavors.

I have 4 punkinheads that compose my WORT tasting, bottling, marking, and

boxing companions. Kids are great.....

One Blue Healer (Dog), one strange cat (Wifes)

Active duty Air Force, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Craftsman. However,

I know work out of my AFSC as an AF Environmental Inspector... Cool job.

I have been brewing for about 2 years now, mostly all grain but sometimes I

get the "KIT ITCH". I had the pleasure of judging in the 1998 Bluebonnet

Competition in Ft Worth. I also received the honor of First Place Porter

and First runner up best-of-show in the Bluebonnet. Received some boo's

when I told them it was my first all grain.

I share all of my brew with folks at work (AF people can drink a lot) and

with members of our local brew club (BIBLE BELT BREWERS).

Hobbies: Auto cross racing my Triumph Spitfire

My Family

Collecting brewery and beer related stuff

and of course HOMEBREWING....

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Name: Peter Hood

Age: 51 (and counting)

Location: Newfoundland, Canada

When did you start brewing?: 1 years ago

Why: I love beer and the cost of commercial beer was excessive. I wasn't

really looking for a hobby but it's turned into sort of one.

What style of brewing?: I brew extracts and kits. I don't really have the

patience or time to move up to all-grain and haven't invested in the

necessary equipment. I do plan to purchase a larger brewpot and make an

immersion cooler but that's probably it for now.

A little about yourself: I was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Moved to Montreal, Quebec when I was 12 and then to Newfoundland when I was

20. Have lived in Nfld. since except for 2 years away at grad school.

I watch and play sports as much as possible. I played soccer indoors twice a

week during our long winters and have coached soccer for over 10 years.

I was involved in running for several years until tendonitis and kidney

stones discouraged further activity. Ran several marathons with a best time

of 2:56 and frequent 10k's with a best time of 37 minutes.

I am employed by Transport Canada and have worked as an economic analyst for

most of the time (with Fisheries & Oceans Canada and Transport Canada). At

the moment I am the Acting Regional Director, Coordination for Transport

Canada in Newfoundland.

I am married (27 years) with 3 adult offspring.

Peter Hood

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Hi all,

I have reached the age of 46 drinking gravity fed spring water near Deposit,

NY. Grew up on a dairy farm, former farmer, logging contractor, excavation

contractor. Currently employed by New York State Department of Transportation

in highway maintenance (I plow roads in the winter, pick up other peoples

trash in the summer).

Currently brewing in a 5 gallon setup outside using that very same spring

water. All stainless with open primary (converted farm stuff). Primary happens

in the cellar at the farm house (68°). Secondary in soda kegs and served from

keg. No more siphoning! Have done a couple all grain brews. Working on moving

up to a larger system.

I prefer pale ales, porter, and stout. A former member of the Borderline Yeast

Infectors (Binghamton, NY) where I edited the newsletter for a couple years.

Paul VanSlyke >>> Head brewer at Farnham Springs Brewery - relaxin' and

brewin' in Deposit,NY

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Name: Richard Stevens

Age: 43

Marital Status: Happily married

Occupation: Teacher (History/German)

Favorite Beers: German & Czech lagers - Bitburger, Pilsner Urquell,

Celebrator Doppelbock, Spaten Optimator Doppelbock, EKU, Beck's, St.

Pauli Girl. And yes, I also like Heineken (I know it's Dutch).

I have been homebrewing for four years and have done both extract and

all-grain. The all-grain brews were great, but I am not sure the

difference was worth all the long hours of labor. Since my time is tight

right now, I will probably stick with extracts.

I got interested in homebrewing because I like beer, and because of my

German ancestry (it seemed the natural thing for a German-American to

do!). For me, it's a kind of "roots" thing.

I live in the very northern end of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, not far

from God.

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Name: Rick Jarvis

Home: Wexford, PA (a Pittsburgh suburb)

Age : 40

Married: Eileen - the best bottle capper around! and a lover of dark beer!

Occupation: ...inbetween looking for GM or Director level in

Sales/marketing/technology/ 18 years in the Fine and Publishing Paper biz

Fav Brew: K

Method: True Brew Bucket system, Extract plus some steeping grains, bottles;

looking at adding secondary in glass for higher quality and less lost volume

Brew Exp.: Started Jan 98, seven batches so far. 2- Honey Brown, 3-Nut Brown

ales, 1 Wheat ....All very drinkable! Will probably run a Stout tonite using

Black Rock Miner Stout

Fav Comm: Every day drinking: Dundee Honey Brown ; Murphy's Irish Stout

Interests:Computers, bike riding , finding a new job/career

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Name: Rob Summers

Home: From Abilene,TX but I have lived in Houston,TX 7 years

Age: 31

Married to my wife Kim for 4 great years. She likes my hobby but wishes I

would make some beer she likes. I am slowly but surely coming around to here

type of beer. She expects something if she is going to continue to help me

bottle. She is very happy with the kegging system now because we only have

to bottle half a batch now.

I have a 10 year old son from a previous marriage. He loves to help brew

while he is here. I also have 2 dogs 1 Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, and a

Sheltie.

I currently brew with all grain and extract just depends on how much time I

have. I have only been brewing about a year but I have at least 20 batches

of beer under my belt 4 of which are all grain. My neighbors love me because

of all the free beer they get to drink since I can't drink all that I brew.

I have read numerous books on brewing and I consider myself further along

then most new homebrewers. I have quite a setup now and continue to add

every month. I have slowed down somewhat in the last couple of months due to

a surplus in beer. I am down to about 1-2 batches a month instead of 3-4.

Hobbies: Fishing, photography, football, and Fantasy Football. Of course

homebrewing has become my most attentive hobby now.

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