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The first homebrew I ever had was my own. I didn't buy an equipment kit, I assembled my own. I didn't have a guru or much guidance (other than some friendly help here on HBT), I mostly read a bunch of books and figured it out for myself. I was, however, exposed to tasty beer at a few microbreweries and had already developed a pretty good palate. So, how could that first beer not be the best beer ever? I put so much work and time into it....
But what about when someone tastes your homebrew for the first time? Assuming it's not a nasty infected mess, assuming it's tasty, what goes through their mind? What do they think? Obviously, they didn't spend six hours making it. To them, is it just another pop-top fizzy barley pop?
I've gotten compliments. I've gotten a couple requests to rebrew some things. Going back to the whole "having been to good brewpubs" thing, I know my beer is good beer. I know it's not as good as the best of the brewpubs, but I know it is undoubtedly drinkable and tasty.
But what do people really think of your beer? Did you ever wonder?
Anybody ever taste a first HB that wasn't their own? What was that like?
But what about when someone tastes your homebrew for the first time? Assuming it's not a nasty infected mess, assuming it's tasty, what goes through their mind? What do they think? Obviously, they didn't spend six hours making it. To them, is it just another pop-top fizzy barley pop?
I've gotten compliments. I've gotten a couple requests to rebrew some things. Going back to the whole "having been to good brewpubs" thing, I know my beer is good beer. I know it's not as good as the best of the brewpubs, but I know it is undoubtedly drinkable and tasty.
But what do people really think of your beer? Did you ever wonder?
Anybody ever taste a first HB that wasn't their own? What was that like?