Welcome to the hobby! Another long-time homebrewer here, always nice to see another convert.
There's a "What's in your fermenter?" thread, I'd check that out for more information and tips on this board. Otherwise,
the forums at HomebrewTalk are a tremendous source of information.
Outside of what's already been posted here, I've learned the following along the way:
- Charlie Papazian's book (The Joy of Homebrewing) was my first book on the subject and is still my go-to when I have any questions.
- There are tons of recipes on the internet. For starters, I would experiment within your favorite style. That way, you have some basis for comparison.
- Write everything down.
- Or don't write everything down.
- Don't worry too much about your beer. If you follow clean technique, it's pretty hard to really screw up a recipe.
- Measure your bottling sugar carefully! That's one area where a mistake is hard to correct--especially if you add too much! Bottle geysers!
- Air & light are a beer's worst enemies. But still: if you follow clean technique, it's pretty hard to really screw up a recipe.
I could go on & on, but that's about all you really want to know
Good luck, let us know how it goes!
Gerard