Welcome KL, let me be the first here to thank you for your service. Where ya at in KY? I got kin in Pikeville and Lexington. BIAB is the way to go although you might want to do a bit of research before investing heavily in all the bells and whistles: http://www.biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1...

Hello all... I am in Kentucky where I am a technician for the Air National Guard. I have been brewing for a little over a year. Got into this via wine making. I do all grain using the old cooler mash tun/batch sparge method. This works OK but I really want control and the possibility of making some ...

All in all, it was really quite painless. In fact, I learned a thing or two (and I did not cheat). I look forward to a well built and structured environment devoted to a subject we all apparently love...BEER!!! Cheers to all.