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Not really, but it's just amazing how fast things have changed in brewing. I moved in 2017 and really hadn't brewed since. I had some ingredients that came with the move and I think I did one batch or maybe two over those years but that was back in 2018. I cleaned up my gear and gave it another try either in late February or early March. It seems like every time I start reading a thread here there is some piece of equipment I've never heard of before. They seem to just sprout up out of the clear blue. It's like I woke up and missed the American Revolution or something.
A couple times now I've seen people talk about their kegs. Corny kegs at various capacities, and I just saw one guy talk about a 15 gallon one. I don't think they even existed 6 years ago but maybe I'm wrong. Of course there are the fermentation monitor gizmos that are either Wi-Fi or bluetooth. Equipment for yeast culturing is so easy to find it'll almost be offered as a combo buy with beer kits pretty soon. The all-in-one Brewing systems have completely gone off the rails. The early ones were sort of available in 17 but they were pretty simple and they were certainly not what I would call affordable as a alternative to conventional three bucket systems. Now you can get 5 gallon ones for the cost of a nice brewing kit. The number of yeast strains seems to be growing exponentially. I wouldn't say the types of malts has increased all that much but the choices of maltsters available to us certainly has. The amount of available electronic controls at affordable prices is pretty astonishing. I still use Beersmith and Bru'n Water, but I see there are other options available there too.
I can remember back to my very first experience with brewing. My older brother did it when I was a kid and I can recall helping him crushing grains with a rolling pin and roasting grain on baking sheets. Not in that order as I recall. Now I get all grain kits pre-milled for no extra charge. Of course back then there were actually local homebrew stores where now they are a thing of the past. It is not understated to say there has been a profound change in this industry over 6 years.
A couple times now I've seen people talk about their kegs. Corny kegs at various capacities, and I just saw one guy talk about a 15 gallon one. I don't think they even existed 6 years ago but maybe I'm wrong. Of course there are the fermentation monitor gizmos that are either Wi-Fi or bluetooth. Equipment for yeast culturing is so easy to find it'll almost be offered as a combo buy with beer kits pretty soon. The all-in-one Brewing systems have completely gone off the rails. The early ones were sort of available in 17 but they were pretty simple and they were certainly not what I would call affordable as a alternative to conventional three bucket systems. Now you can get 5 gallon ones for the cost of a nice brewing kit. The number of yeast strains seems to be growing exponentially. I wouldn't say the types of malts has increased all that much but the choices of maltsters available to us certainly has. The amount of available electronic controls at affordable prices is pretty astonishing. I still use Beersmith and Bru'n Water, but I see there are other options available there too.
I can remember back to my very first experience with brewing. My older brother did it when I was a kid and I can recall helping him crushing grains with a rolling pin and roasting grain on baking sheets. Not in that order as I recall. Now I get all grain kits pre-milled for no extra charge. Of course back then there were actually local homebrew stores where now they are a thing of the past. It is not understated to say there has been a profound change in this industry over 6 years.
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