I uninvite myself to brew days... Do you?

[DSorenson]

... and I hope you all have seen the clever purpose for this thread- the true one:
to make people argue points, laugh a little... perhaps even cry... and now share a bond forever.

I have nothing more to teach you
*sets fire to the thread*

 

[Hello]

... and I hope you all have seen the clever purpose for this thread- the true one:
to make people argue points, laugh a little... perhaps even cry... and now share a bond forever.

I have nothing more to teach you
*sets fire to the thread*

So you were trolling us?

 

[ericbw]

The thread ended up way more interesting than the original post!

 

[adiochiro3]

I never say a word, unless someone actually asks my opinion....Otherwise, I do not say anything at all. Not a peep.

I have a ton of respect for you as a brewer and vintner, Yooper; with these comments, your wisdom clearly extends far beyond the world of fermentation! I love that you respect others enough to let them be themselves. Rules I live by myself, unless I am in teacher mode (where students pay me for and expect my information).

I find keeping my mouth shut most difficult when I comes to my adult kids (we are recent empty-nesters, so this is new territory for us). We believe they have the resources to make good judgments and figure out how to get out of their own jams. Momma and I only opine when asked -- and the kids know that's how it is from now on.

So to answer the OP's question: no, I am perfectly happy letting another brewer do their thing without comment unless someone was about to get hurt, I had skin in the game, or I noticed they missed a hop addition or a sanitizing step they would have normally made.

Someone else suggested asking the brewer "why such-and such," which I do with my colleagues -- and I have learned from them through this approach many times.