I've been brewing for about 4 years now and would be happy to answer any questions based on my experience. I was introduced to homebrewing by a few neighbors who've been doing it for years. At their advice, I started out using a full-boil extract process, and now do exclusively all-grain. The FBG who has his own brewery out in California (Inhiding) was helpful to me via PM, although I've not followed up with him on his most helpful offer, which was to work with me on water chemistry issues. I've not brewed over the past 6 months just due to being very busy (mostly, posting here), but am hoping to do a couple batches in early fall. If you are a beer geek like me, I would just say don't be discouraged if your first few batches don't rival good commercial craft beer. It is highly unlikely you'll create that level of beer on your first few attempts. I've been working with a local brewery that is just opening now and would say what they do is an entirely different process, impossible to replicate at home. There are lots of good resources out there, like hombrewtalk and on youtube. You can easily get lost for hours reading stuff and investing more and more time and money, like just about any hobby.
