People have their own ways of doing things. And if it's right for them, that's great. But the thing to realize is, in brewing there are as many ways to do things as there are brewers, and it works for them/us. But that doesn't mean it has to be done.
And sometimes what they do is unnecessary, and sometimes it is down right wrong. (But that's rare. I like to say "Ask 10 brewer's a question and you get 12 different answers and all of them are "correct."
And that's sometimes what's hard for new brewers to grasp when they are starting out, a brewer's "preference" and the for lack of a better word "facts" or basic brewing processes.
Sometimes when you are starting out it's good to remember the basics of brewing and realize that folks have been brewing for millenia and have learned a lot, but the basic process still work.
A lot of new brewers are so afraid to do the "normal" things that books, places like this, podcast all talk about or recommend, for example racking, or taking a hydrometer reading. We who've been brewing for a long time
wouldn't advocate or recommend something, if we thought it was risky.
Our beer is hardier than most new brewer's realize, it won't "die" if we look at it funny, or if we do something wrong. And it won't go bad, if you
carefully do those basic things that are talked about.
Read these stories to see how our beer manages to survive despite the boneheaded things we may do to it.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/wh...where-your-beer-still-turned-out-great-96780/
I believe firmly in what I call "pimping our process," figuring out what makes our brewing/beer making easiest and fun for us. But before you can do that you need to get a grasp of the basic process first. And realizing how strong you beer really is a good start.
