Thanks for the advice. I'm working myself off of kits but am still using them for a base in order to save time.
Or I could brew less often, but take longer in order to do a proper job of it.
Decicions, decisions.
I started brewing off of extracts and I'm sliding further down the slope towards all-grain brewing.
I now do hybrids. I start with an extract kit and then add complimentary grains to boost them and then add hops to counterbalance the malt and also give it the freshness that only fresh hops can...