As a new brewer, I think this is largely spot on.
My Favorite beers are Belgian Strong Dark/Quads. My first beer: Irish Red.
My kit I received as a gift had come with a Milk Stout, since the person buying it had said I liked "darker beers" - which while true, didn't give much insight into my actual tastes. I Do like stouts, but I haven't had enough of them to really know how to judge one (and I have never had a sweet stout) - so I returned it an got the Red.
The part I really think hits the nail on the head though, is the newbies who are always making the crazy mad-scientist additions. Not to say that doesn't make a fine beer once in a while, but to my sensibilities, it is far better to learn to make a handful of classic styles perfectly, before going on to tweak things on your own... I mean, if you don't have a good base beer, how are you going to make a good flavored beer?
My goal is to make some beers that myself and friends and family can enjoy drinking, before I start making up my own. Get the process dialed in.
Next up is a Belgian Dubbel from a kit. But I just got my STC-1000 so I am getting ready to control the temps, and I just built my stir-plate for my yeast starters.
One step at a time.
My Favorite beers are Belgian Strong Dark/Quads. My first beer: Irish Red.
My kit I received as a gift had come with a Milk Stout, since the person buying it had said I liked "darker beers" - which while true, didn't give much insight into my actual tastes. I Do like stouts, but I haven't had enough of them to really know how to judge one (and I have never had a sweet stout) - so I returned it an got the Red.
The part I really think hits the nail on the head though, is the newbies who are always making the crazy mad-scientist additions. Not to say that doesn't make a fine beer once in a while, but to my sensibilities, it is far better to learn to make a handful of classic styles perfectly, before going on to tweak things on your own... I mean, if you don't have a good base beer, how are you going to make a good flavored beer?
My goal is to make some beers that myself and friends and family can enjoy drinking, before I start making up my own. Get the process dialed in.
Next up is a Belgian Dubbel from a kit. But I just got my STC-1000 so I am getting ready to control the temps, and I just built my stir-plate for my yeast starters.
One step at a time.
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