I am new to the forum, and new to brewing. My first batch is only 3 days into fermenting. I have been doing a lot of reading in this form, in brewing books, and talking with brew store owners as well as a couple friends who brew. Everyone seems to know the best technique, everyone's beer is better than everyone else's beer, there are volumes of tips and tricks to get better tasting beer and lots of them contradict each other. All of this hit home and I had a revelation that I'd like your more experienced opinions on.
I make my own soap too, bath and laundry, because i don't like all the chemicals and detergents in store bought stuff and in the winter, my skin cracks and bleeds with those same store bought products. People swear by using expensive exotic oils in their soaps, but i found that I can make a better soap with oils from a grocery store. Castor oil does a better job than jojoba, shea butter, etc. The basic, unexciting ingredients in my soap, match or beat all the expensive stuff used by other soapers, but i get shouted down every time I mention it.
From what I gather from all my reading and discussing is that all the debate on yeast types, fermenting temperatures, grain types, equipment gadgets, techniques and methodologies don't really amount to much improvement over just-add-water-and-yeast extract kits. Other than for the fun of it, why do people go thru all the work, trouble and expense for their beer, if its all pretty much the same anyway? Is it pretty much the same? and be fair
I make my own soap too, bath and laundry, because i don't like all the chemicals and detergents in store bought stuff and in the winter, my skin cracks and bleeds with those same store bought products. People swear by using expensive exotic oils in their soaps, but i found that I can make a better soap with oils from a grocery store. Castor oil does a better job than jojoba, shea butter, etc. The basic, unexciting ingredients in my soap, match or beat all the expensive stuff used by other soapers, but i get shouted down every time I mention it.
From what I gather from all my reading and discussing is that all the debate on yeast types, fermenting temperatures, grain types, equipment gadgets, techniques and methodologies don't really amount to much improvement over just-add-water-and-yeast extract kits. Other than for the fun of it, why do people go thru all the work, trouble and expense for their beer, if its all pretty much the same anyway? Is it pretty much the same? and be fair