TandemTails
Well-Known Member
When I first started out I immediately jumped into meads and ciders because of how (relatively) easy they were. It was also extremely easy to play with different fruit and spice additions. When I started my first few batches of beer I really wanted to try a lot of different styles with various adjuncts added.
As time has passed I realized I've been scaling back a lot of my experimentation and instead focusing on some of the basic styles and brewing beer and making cider I actually want to drink. Rather than rely on the adjuncts to make the beer, I want to brew a beer that stands up on its own.
I might still make a 1-2 gallon test batch of mead or cider here and there but it's tough to justify when you have hundreds of bottles of the stuff from previous batches already sitting around. It's not every day that I feel like cracking open a 14% spiced melomel or a coffee coconut chocolate stout, haha.
So, how has your brewing mindset changed/progressed since you started brewing?
As time has passed I realized I've been scaling back a lot of my experimentation and instead focusing on some of the basic styles and brewing beer and making cider I actually want to drink. Rather than rely on the adjuncts to make the beer, I want to brew a beer that stands up on its own.
I might still make a 1-2 gallon test batch of mead or cider here and there but it's tough to justify when you have hundreds of bottles of the stuff from previous batches already sitting around. It's not every day that I feel like cracking open a 14% spiced melomel or a coffee coconut chocolate stout, haha.
So, how has your brewing mindset changed/progressed since you started brewing?