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I've just found your site and I feel like I've struck gold! <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

I currently live in Scotland but have recently been offered a job in Dublin so should be moving over in a few months time. I'm originally from Liverpool and my mother is from Dublin so this will be like returning to my roots for me.

I've been home brewing since around 1978 and have gone through the Dave Line and Graham Wheeler approaches with some success but my beer quality and consistency really started to take off when I joined Scottish Craft Brewers shortly after I moved near to Edinburgh about 10 years ago. I've even written a book about home brewing!

I'm looking forward to getting settled in/near Dublin with my wife, Mara, and setting up a new home brewery and getting to know other Irish brewers.

Sláinte, Les

Les Howarth
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Welcome to the site and welcome to Dublin, in advance.
I think you have been brewing for longer than the rest of us put together, so it will be great to have someone as experienced as you around.

Let me know when you are in town and we'll go for a pint.

Séan

Welcome, good to have another home brewer <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Yes, welcome to the gang Les! I hope you'll be at home here in virtual land as well as in Dublin. As Séan said, we do meet up occasionally, so we'll be sure to be putting you through the craft brewers version of the Spanish Inquisition <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

Bar

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By bizarre coincidence, I think I actually saw some of your pages related to the Scottish Craft Brewers just last weekend! And some picture of your wife's first experience of snow? That was you right? <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

Les,

Great to have you on board, I've seen you post on other forums (was it the UK Homebrew list?). I can see what a wealth of knowledge you have so you will be absolutely hounded when you get here <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

And with that amount of writing under your belt I hope you're keyboard is not too worn out to manage a few articles for our humble site <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->