Getting Back to it. . . Soon!

As I sit here, eating my ‘Cup-o-Lunch’ I am realizing how much I miss brewing. I think it has to do with both the change in season and apathy at work. Summer was far too hot for me to want to stand over a boiling batch of hot grains, but, now that fall has started to appear I am ready to take to the kettle once again! I think I’m going to re-learn how to do everything, that way I can correct mistakes I made in the past. In the vein of going back-to-basics, I am going to work on a Pale Ale in my first Massachusetts batch. Pale Ales are my typical go-to when trying a new brewery, so I feel it is a fitting trial for the re-start of my hobby.
One of my biggest problems was this one lingering taste; some call it the ‘homebrew taste,’ I want very badly to get rid of this. I spoke with a friend of a friend about this, I’m hoping he will be able to help further. The running guess of this taste is oxidation, probably from the bottling stage. There is too much oxygen getting into the beer, and ruining the taste. The other option could be the sugar used. I’m thinking of trying treacle instead of corn sugar, but maybe not in this first re-try.
Thanks for reading!

Brief Update

Hello friends,
I have recently made a rather large to Boston. I am hoping to get brewing sometime in the near future once the job search turns in my favour. I have doing a fair amount of research about my new neighbourhood, and luckily there is a home brew shop right down the street from me! Given my mixed results with previous brews, I am going to try and perfect a pale ale before attempting more difficult styles. I am going to tweak the Old 1930s Pale Ale, an English Pale, and hopefully add a new recipe for a hoppy bitter (ESB). I hope to have some updates quite soon.
Slainte!

Label Design

Hiya,
My good friend Jeff finished the label for the Imperial Stout, and it looks awesome! Thank you so much for doing that man, it is very much appreciated.
Cheers!
-J