I like to stir the pot. And get feedback from my fellow homebrewers. 5 years into this hobby/obsession, and I'm still all giddy every brewday for what I am about to create, be it something stellar or worthy of burial at sea. Not to mention a hobby that is solely mine, from recipe creation to final product (yes the husband helps in consumption but has no interest in brewing himself). Every once in a while, out here in my brewery/woman cave, I have deep thoughts (and more often, very shallow ones). I'm in late middle-age, mid-fifties, so I have a lot of years to look back on. I was not good in school, being very self-conscious about my looks and with low self-esteem from same, and didn't go to college; but my interests since then have been history, engineering, biology, chemistry, math, and physics. My profession requires a LOT of math, and to a certain degree spatial relationships (I'm a dispatcher for a trucking company).
TL;DR...but sitting out here today delaying the cleaning from this morning's brewday, I did have a deep thought. Homebrewing combines my favorite things; as mentioned above, chemistry, engineering, biology, physics, math, and history. It flattens me that most of the brewers before the industrial revolution were women, because it was considered part of the cooking/preserving chore. Maybe that's why I've stuck with it so long. Or....it could be that I love beer. So, my question to you all; what epiphanies have you had about homebrewing, be it your own, or what you may have read/heard/watched?
TL;DR...but sitting out here today delaying the cleaning from this morning's brewday, I did have a deep thought. Homebrewing combines my favorite things; as mentioned above, chemistry, engineering, biology, physics, math, and history. It flattens me that most of the brewers before the industrial revolution were women, because it was considered part of the cooking/preserving chore. Maybe that's why I've stuck with it so long. Or....it could be that I love beer. So, my question to you all; what epiphanies have you had about homebrewing, be it your own, or what you may have read/heard/watched?