im a fairly new home brewer, started my first beer in October 2013 with a coopers wheat beer and their own starter kit with barrel pet bottles etc etc since then ive brewed st peters ruby ( really nice my fav so far ) coopers stout with added tin of treacle, milestone dark galleon and just bottled today wilko lager with added spraymalt. apart from the lager as just bottled i can honestly say that they have been all drinkable beers and the two can kits st peters and dark galleon are on a par with anything you buy in a pub.
My point im trying to get to is that with just a basic kit which is what i currently have you can brew some really good beers and still add some tweaks to a basic can to add variety
i appreciate that with all grain you can have a lot more variety and a better quality product but for the likes of myself and people like me with limited budget and space this makes for a good hobby and i find really fun todo
Even the shimbo ( who is tea total ) is getting into it whilst bottling my lager today she helped and even looedk on the old web for new beers for me to do and gave me some ideas for added tweaks she said she would even make up some hop tea bags for me for my next brew and suggested a do a "dry kit" which she saw on the web
She even said that when we have some spare cash i could do some all grain brewing
now thats encouragement from a tea total and she has said although its a hobby its also a craft and that i seem to have a talent for it as the beers ive made so far are good and have a que of friends lined up to drink my beer
So what i say is Carry on brewing its not just for cheap beer its a craft and as such should be kept alive along with other traditional crafts such as knitting basket making etc ( although ill leave the knitting to shimbo)
My point im trying to get to is that with just a basic kit which is what i currently have you can brew some really good beers and still add some tweaks to a basic can to add variety
i appreciate that with all grain you can have a lot more variety and a better quality product but for the likes of myself and people like me with limited budget and space this makes for a good hobby and i find really fun todo
Even the shimbo ( who is tea total ) is getting into it whilst bottling my lager today she helped and even looedk on the old web for new beers for me to do and gave me some ideas for added tweaks she said she would even make up some hop tea bags for me for my next brew and suggested a do a "dry kit" which she saw on the web
She even said that when we have some spare cash i could do some all grain brewing
now thats encouragement from a tea total and she has said although its a hobby its also a craft and that i seem to have a talent for it as the beers ive made so far are good and have a que of friends lined up to drink my beer
So what i say is Carry on brewing its not just for cheap beer its a craft and as such should be kept alive along with other traditional crafts such as knitting basket making etc ( although ill leave the knitting to shimbo)
they just wrapped them thinking I knew nothing about them) and once I finish these I do plan to go that next step.
