Biscuits
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Does anyone else find it discouraging to be a homebrewer when no one else around you appreciates craft beer? Not to say that my wife doesn't like craft beer, but she is the kind of person who doesn't trust something that is made at home. She is a complete germophobe and thinks that I am using my fermentors as toilets in between brews or something. A few times I have just handed her beer and told her to try it, she would perk up and ask what it is, and I would tell her it was my homebrew and she would be impressed...but if I present it as homebrew from the start, she is never receptive.
My friends, limited as they may be, aren't really into it and maybe I just don't sell it well. This makes it difficult for me to gauge whether I am making decent beer or not. I can never get a consistent read from anyone and with my work schedule I only make it to my local homebrew club every so often.
I know what you're going to say..."Brew for yourself...if you like it, it is good..." And for the most part I agree...however, homebrewing to me has always been a way to share something I am proud of, I just lack the audience...
My friends, limited as they may be, aren't really into it and maybe I just don't sell it well. This makes it difficult for me to gauge whether I am making decent beer or not. I can never get a consistent read from anyone and with my work schedule I only make it to my local homebrew club every so often.
I know what you're going to say..."Brew for yourself...if you like it, it is good..." And for the most part I agree...however, homebrewing to me has always been a way to share something I am proud of, I just lack the audience...