I meant to write something earlier but didn't have a chance.
Regarding the poster above about people defending their processes to death, I totally agree. I think it's imperative that there isn't a "right or wrong" way to brew beer, and there shouldn't be. We all boast this hobby as "craft" or "home-brewed" beer but the industry tries to take it to a science shoving more creations and inventions down your throat every day to capitalize on the hobby's interest.
What's lost in all that is this is a hobby, and the "craft" of brewing came from people making beer on farms, in monasteries, and just about everywhere else where science was not involved. Let's not turn this "craft" into Monsanto. Sure there's a bunch of us science geeks out there that love electric & that love building the unthinkable. But I would say great beer can be made in a multitude of ways and definitely not always with the latest and greatest technology. I want to move to a 3 vessel myself, but I certainly don't scoff at my many BIAB batches that I am making right now and sucking down with my friends/family.
Regarding the poster above about people defending their processes to death, I totally agree. I think it's imperative that there isn't a "right or wrong" way to brew beer, and there shouldn't be. We all boast this hobby as "craft" or "home-brewed" beer but the industry tries to take it to a science shoving more creations and inventions down your throat every day to capitalize on the hobby's interest.
What's lost in all that is this is a hobby, and the "craft" of brewing came from people making beer on farms, in monasteries, and just about everywhere else where science was not involved. Let's not turn this "craft" into Monsanto. Sure there's a bunch of us science geeks out there that love electric & that love building the unthinkable. But I would say great beer can be made in a multitude of ways and definitely not always with the latest and greatest technology. I want to move to a 3 vessel myself, but I certainly don't scoff at my many BIAB batches that I am making right now and sucking down with my friends/family.