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Best advice or nuggets of wisdom? Well, the obvious things, like being diligent about sanitation and the now famous “relax, don’t worry…” mantra come to mind.
I would add that patience is a virtue in homebrewing and is well rewarded. especially where stronger beer types are concerned: You can certainly make many ale styles that are ready to drink a couple weeks after brewing them, but don’t brew a Barleywine and expect it to be at peak flavor 4 weeks or even 4 months after brewing it (a year is a good start). And for heavens sakes…Don’t fall into the trap of being a slave to published “style guidelines”…many of them are way off the mark, although they can be useful IF it is remembered that they are _just guidelines_ and are most definitely not any definitive statement of what a given beer “style” should or shouldn’t be. Your taste buds are your best “style” guidelines in the end. Don’t let the dreaded and overused term… “to style”… rule your world.

Finally, everyone in the many of the terrific and informative beer forums online will offer advice. Consider any advice, but remember that taste is very subjective and everyone’s is different. When in doubt, experiment. All to often, well intentioned advice from someone who doesn’t like a particular hop variety or yeast strain could steer you away from something that you, on the other hand, might really like. Experimentation is the best way to find your own preferred elixer, and is in fact one of the most fun things about the hobby of homebrewing.
It has kept me interested in it for pretty much my entire adult life (though there are some around me who have doubts that I ever reached adulthood)!

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