Annie Keys Released

Beer Kit or Orginal Style?

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.