Find some members that are spread all over the world and that do like to share what they are using and how to. Best would be some guys who are experimenting with things on a regular basis. Also take a look at their account's numbers. That should help.
It's better value to make a purchase now through the Kickstarter campaign is all.
There's an extra Pinter Pack (written as "additional Fresh Press" in the reward which is confusing, but they're more or less the same thing) and the engraved tap handle comes with it, too.
I guess it depends on the kid and the family..I grew up in a neighborhood largely populated by 1st and 2nd generation Italians, half of whom made their own wine and they regularly had it with meals, kids included. In my own family was trusted with small quantities, and I noticed as I grew up that the kids who faced a beating for trying to sneak a drink would start regularly appearing in the local newspaper after their lastest accident..usually driving with a suspended license too.
To me, the carbonation method seems like it could be an issue. As the volume of beer decreases with each pour, the gas will follow. Maybe because it’s such a small volume this will be negligible? @Riaz_PinterUK do you noticed lower carbonation levels as you get down to the last few pints?
So did I, except mine was the only house with an actual wine cellar complete with a press and four full-sized oak barrels. All my friends' second generation dads got their home made wine from my first generation dad. My brothers and I helped with the wine making and all of use got to drink small quantities - watered down for the really young kids - but it's not like my father was volunteering to teach a wine making class at the elementary school.
IF indeed.
Does one get the satisfaction of baking a cake from a Betty Crocker mix? I don't know, but one does get cake. To each his own, right?
Seems like a valid analogy but boxed cake mix actually makes a very good cake on par with home made and the pricing is very close to the same unless you were to buy the raw ingredients in bulk. Fermenting overpriced, pre-hopped extract and serving it directly from the fermenter as it slowly goes flat is not the same or similar.
I was not actually trying to defend overpriced pre-hopped extract or overpriced plastic all-in-one fermenters. I was defending people who might find satisfaction in things that the rest of us don't, or who choose to spend their money on things that we wouldn't.
Of course, if people enjoy it the have to buy this and use it, that is also why i said:
