I'm a relatively new brewer, but I know what I want to drink.
I've brewed 16 batches since August 2012.
I started out with high hopes and and the bare minimum of equipment.
My first batch was dry extract with some steeped adjuncts. Brews 2-6 were liquid extract with adjuncts. By brew #7 I'd moved to all grain.
None of my non-all grain batches measured up. They didn't produce beer that I wanted to drink... so I threw them out (and 7 too). It's not that they were undrinkable. But a man can only drink so many beers, so I chose to drink commercial beer instead.
Since I've been reading this forum I think I've perceived a general sense of disproval of throwing away homebrew.
Is there shame in throwing away a drinakable beer that gives you no pleasure?
I've brewed 16 batches since August 2012.
I started out with high hopes and and the bare minimum of equipment.
My first batch was dry extract with some steeped adjuncts. Brews 2-6 were liquid extract with adjuncts. By brew #7 I'd moved to all grain.
None of my non-all grain batches measured up. They didn't produce beer that I wanted to drink... so I threw them out (and 7 too). It's not that they were undrinkable. But a man can only drink so many beers, so I chose to drink commercial beer instead.
Since I've been reading this forum I think I've perceived a general sense of disproval of throwing away homebrew.
Is there shame in throwing away a drinakable beer that gives you no pleasure?