tunemarshall
Member
Hey all!
Just finished up my second batch yesterday, (having an empty primary didn't make much sense to me). It was a snow day, so I and my 5 year old had the day off. As I was brewing he was there the whole time, helping measure and time things, smelling the grains and the hops. This morning he ran down to see if we had fermentation, the bubbling airlock made his day!
It was a wonderful brew day of course. Snow day, makin beer, hanging out with the kid. But now I have a 5 year old who is "way excited" about my homebrewing hobby. Which of course raises all sorts of questions.
My first reaction is the same as when I caught him checking out the girls at the pool, "THATS MY BOY"
But it is beer and he is 5. I can hear the meeting with the principal in my head.
I can think of many reasons to keep him involved to some degree, and many reasons not to. Instead of listing all my pros and cons, I wanted to hear anyone elses thoughts on it.
Kevin
Just finished up my second batch yesterday, (having an empty primary didn't make much sense to me). It was a snow day, so I and my 5 year old had the day off. As I was brewing he was there the whole time, helping measure and time things, smelling the grains and the hops. This morning he ran down to see if we had fermentation, the bubbling airlock made his day!
It was a wonderful brew day of course. Snow day, makin beer, hanging out with the kid. But now I have a 5 year old who is "way excited" about my homebrewing hobby. Which of course raises all sorts of questions.
My first reaction is the same as when I caught him checking out the girls at the pool, "THATS MY BOY"
But it is beer and he is 5. I can hear the meeting with the principal in my head.
I can think of many reasons to keep him involved to some degree, and many reasons not to. Instead of listing all my pros and cons, I wanted to hear anyone elses thoughts on it.
Kevin