That will change. When you find beers you can't do because it can't be done right in extract, you'll want to switch. If not for the type of beers, just for the simple fact that the beers you make are 100% customizable once you get into all-grain.
None of my Real Life{tm} friends do all-grain except me. One tried it once. They're all happy with the results of extract, and don't want the extra effort of all-grain, and aren't interested in the styles that pretty much require all-grain. It's really about why you're homebrewing.
Personally, as soon as I decided I was going to homebrew, I knew I'd be doing all-grain. Yes, I did extract first, then PM, but the goal was always all-grain. Partially because I want the control, and partially because I knew then many of my favorite beers can't be done with extract.
Yeah, but I won't go there anymore, because the lady that owns one of the LHBS's here in town, her husband is the brewmaster there, and I just plain don't like her. I really want that winter warmer, let me know how it goes for ya.hcarter-
I just ordered the winter warmer, and I'll be brewing it up next week. First kit from NB, so I'll be interested to see how well it goes.
p.s.- I grew up in the Columbus area. Is Barley's restaurant still downtown(ish)?
Yeah, but I won't go there anymore, because the lady that owns one of the LHBS's here in town, her husband is the brewmaster there, and I just plain don't like her. I really want that winter warmer, let me know how it goes for ya.
I have brewed 4 of their kits. All were great. I love their catalog too.
One downside to NB is they do not do partial mashes. I moved to PM and love it. One nice thing about Austin Homebrew is you can chose PM and get a better beer with a few dollars off. I have mentioned this to NB but they do not want to support the PM crowd. Wish they would.
You can pretty easily make almost any AG brew a PM. The cool thing about NB is they list all the ingredients to their kits online, so you can pretty easily make your own PM "kit".
There was a time when I thought like that too. I would get offended when I heard about people entering another persons brew in a competition and winning. I'm still not to fond of it. If you design the recipe, you should at least get credit for it.
But as far as someone brewing my recipes....go for it. If I think it's good enough to post, then I want to share it with people. I guess if someone WAS to enter it in a competition and win....it means I know what I'm doing.
I too am about to make the leap to AG brewing and wanted an easy to follow recipe to get started. I'm considering a NB kit because of the quality and convenience. The only concern I have is that quite a few people in this thread have mentioned that NB kit packages have been "clearly labeled." Does this mean that NB gives the names of the ingredients and amounts or do they simply say "Hop Addition 1, Hop Addition 2, Malt 1, etc." with their list of instructions. Early in my extract days, I bought an extract kit hoping to get a well detailed plan on how to make a particular style but the kit just had generic labels like those above with no list of ingredients or their amounts. I just don't want to make that mistake again. If I'm not going to formulate the recipe myself, I'd at least like to learn about the beer by knowing what goes in it and why. Any information from NB kit users would be appreciated.
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