also you will never get a good cold break w/o a chiller. IMO that's a problem.
Thanks for the link...
yeah... I am sure I will discover another level of quality and be excited about it. It isn't that I do not believe that more specific equipment increases quality... I just like to encourage folks to first start doing it, then improve it. I would have never appreciated my first all grain (done with all the wrong stuff) if I had not spent all the time messing with extract brews.
I cook for a living, and I have found much the same... I start doing then become involved with the details of whatever function or style I am exploring. I have also found that there always comes a point where I decide what my style will be, where I draw the line (even if better quality can be achieved). Many times it is a result of wanting to be able to do a broad number of things well, rather than one thing really well.
But now I can be excited about brewing another batch of something I have already done, using the immersion chiller I am going to buy from DuckMan, and comparing. I did the same thing with an extract hobgoblin and an All grain. Both good, but noticeable differences.
And it is all beer to drink!