I would like to correct your analogy, good sir, because I feel like it's not accurate. OK, I may be playing with words here, but I feel this is more accurate: .All AG really gives you that PM and extract doesn't is more control. If your just are just starting out, you don't know what to do with the control it gives you.
My analogy is:
#1. Mr. Beer is like Speghetti-Os.
#2. Extract is like cooking can of pasta sauce and speghetti noodles.
#3. PM is like adding extra ingredients to personalize the flavor of #2.
#4. AG is like making both the noodles and sauce from scratch.
Also, there is a lot of up front equipment costs with all grain. I'd recommend starting extract or PM. As you get a better understanding of what you are doing, step up your equipment purchases for AG.
This hobby is taken way too seriously I think.
Doesnt matter how anyone does it, doesnt matter if thier beer is crap, as long as they like it.
We love to debate those things that we cannot debate, because they are subjective and different for each individual. One dude thinks it is GREAT to brew hands off, it is the "best way". Another dude thinks it is GREAT to brew totallyhands on, it is the "best way".... now try convincing each other. Basically, we are bored.
This is why I love the threads that start with "what is the best way to...." Because 10 different people, have 10 different "best" ways. It is a hobby, a very personalized one at that, there is no best way, just mine and yours.
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