I wanted to be able to taste the effect of the variable being run, so I essentially copied everything Brülosophy was doing and brought it to my club as the educational piece of our meetings. As an avid reader of Brülosophy, I was always envious of the tasters who were able to take part in the xBmts. How did you get involved with Brülosophy?Īfter serving as Vice President and President of my club for 4 years, I wanted to take a step back and serve as Education Chair. Needless to say, most were dumped down the drain. Some were gushers, some flat, some had unusual floating particulate, and nearly all were downright undrinkable. After bottle conditioning, I was left with a variety of outcomes– it was a new adventure every time I opened a bottle. During fermentation, I collected a variety of used bottles then used the one step cleaner included in the kit to prepare them, not knowing they also needed to be sanitized. I brewed up my concentrated wort, added it to the fermentation bucket, topped-up with water, pitched, and waited 2 weeks. My first batch was an Irish Stout extract with steeping grains recipe, and from what I recall, the brew day went okay.

What was your first batch and how did it turn out? That’s when I really fell in love with homebrewing not just the brewing process and what is produced, but the comradery of my club members, some of which are my closest friends today. Ray took me under his wing and introduced me to the rest of the club. After about 20 batches on my own, I attended my first Learn to Homebrew Day at Adventures In Homebrewing where I met Ray Bilyk, the President of the Motor City Mashers at the time. In the beginning, I frequented resources like The Brewing Network and Northern Brewer’s Brewing TV. I put the kit away for a few years and for reasons I can’t remember now, decided to pull it back out and give it another go. I was gifted a basic starter kit and brewed my first batch, which was essentially undrinkable (more about that later). Late in my college career, I frequented local craft breweries and became very interested in the brewing process. | ABOUT MIKE | How did you get into brewing? As a BJCP Certified judge, Mike regularly enjoys judging competitions in Michigan and surrounding states. Since 2015, he has been an active member of the Motor City Mashers Homebrew Club where he has served as President, Vice-President, and Education Chair. Mike earned his bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from Central Michigan University, but decided to pursue a career with one of the Big Three Automakers. Mosaic Of Change IPA by House Of Pendragonīorn and raised in Southeast Michigan, Mike Neville currently lives, works, and brews exBEERiments in Dearborn, MI with his wife and daughter.

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