As a guy who is only 3 months in to homebrewing this may sound arrogant or trite but i feel it needs to be said.Is Mr.Beer and your LHBS a help or hinderance?.I recieved a Mr.Beer kit at Christmas and it was my first batch of bad beer.Directions were vague and said sanitize,boil wort,pitch yeast and put in cool area..easy enough.Not so much.
I know these kits are suppose to help you out but they lack real information and after that first batch i dug deep into forums like this one and many books.From someone who grows exotic peppers indoors i knew there had to be more.I was correct and now this hobby one could say has consumed my life.Not in a bad way at all the science,practice and of course benefits are awesome.
Love my LHBS but sometimes when i am in there and i see some unfortunate soul trying to get into the hobby i cringe.Why would you try to sell a 20 quart pot?Why would you tell someone yeast starters are not needed all across the board?Once again i have confirmed that forums and google have a better shelf life.What has your expierience been like?
As a salesman myself i can see trying to save the customer a few bucks but in this hobby upgrading can be pricey.Why not push them towards the next step or a chain store for brew kettles if you do not want to sell the big kettle?...Guess it keeps you brewing kits until your blue in the face.
I know these kits are suppose to help you out but they lack real information and after that first batch i dug deep into forums like this one and many books.From someone who grows exotic peppers indoors i knew there had to be more.I was correct and now this hobby one could say has consumed my life.Not in a bad way at all the science,practice and of course benefits are awesome.
Love my LHBS but sometimes when i am in there and i see some unfortunate soul trying to get into the hobby i cringe.Why would you try to sell a 20 quart pot?Why would you tell someone yeast starters are not needed all across the board?Once again i have confirmed that forums and google have a better shelf life.What has your expierience been like?
As a salesman myself i can see trying to save the customer a few bucks but in this hobby upgrading can be pricey.Why not push them towards the next step or a chain store for brew kettles if you do not want to sell the big kettle?...Guess it keeps you brewing kits until your blue in the face.