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Sweet Blues in F
Author: annie
Sweet Blues in F from Dany Casavant. Epiphone 335 Dot with Gibson 57 Classic pickups on Vox DA5
read comments (0)Beer Kit or Orginal Style?
Author: annie
My last post was about a new Keys Family and friends tradition of beer making and I have been reading a lot about making it with a kit and here is my observations about doing it with a kit. You can decide what is best for you, to go it the orginal way or buy the kit and take the shortcuts. Here are my thoughts:
There are a lot of people who have taken the plunge to buy all the equipment and get started making their own beer from scratch at home. By buying a simple device called a beer making machine, you can easily make a batch of beer right in the home The good thing about a beer making machine is that it is basically a plug and go situation.
The entire design of a beer making machine is based on the idea of reducing the mess and fuss of beer making for that first time home brewer who needs to have some of the joy of making their own brew but not as much of the work and the worry. But as with any ready made solution for discovering something as great as home brewing your own beer, there are pluses and minuses to breaking yourself in on a beer making machine.
The down side of using a beer making machine to break into the craft of home brewing is that because it is completely set up when you buy it as a kit, you don’t get the change to play with the ingredients and enjoy the creativity and experimentation that is a big part of why beer making is so fun.
By breaking into home brewing with the beer making machine, you get some of the experience of making and fermenting your own beer and then bottling it to serve a few weeks later as a genuine product of your little at home brewery.