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A casual friends wife wants to get him a homebrew kit for Christmas and asked for advise. He enjoys craft brews and my homebrew and will be retiring soon. She thinks this will be a good hobby for him. My first thought (and the opinion Ive read here quite a bit) is to at least tell her to get a steeped grain / bucket type kit. But the more I think of it, the more Im not sure.
I started with a Mr Beer that I got as a Christmas present. It was a long road, with a lot of trial and error to get to where I am now, but looking back, I wouldnt have it any other way. A good part of the fun with this hobby has been the learning experience. Read, brew. Read more, brew again. There always seem to be a better way to go about the task. Sometimes its even a few steps backwards, but you learn from that too and have a good time while youre at it.
Wouldnt letting someone learn from my mistakes actually be taking away something from the experience for them? Where is the line between guidance and interference?
I started with a Mr Beer that I got as a Christmas present. It was a long road, with a lot of trial and error to get to where I am now, but looking back, I wouldnt have it any other way. A good part of the fun with this hobby has been the learning experience. Read, brew. Read more, brew again. There always seem to be a better way to go about the task. Sometimes its even a few steps backwards, but you learn from that too and have a good time while youre at it.
Wouldnt letting someone learn from my mistakes actually be taking away something from the experience for them? Where is the line between guidance and interference?