you know what I like?
beer

made by people with proper kit and who know what they're doing
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 16:54, 4 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

^^this
when decent beer and lager can be got for under £1 a pint, why bother making inferior stuff yourself?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 16:56, Reply)

Oh, definitely.
I miss working at real ale pubs greatly, running the cellar and having to continuously sample beers from across the country was excellent. I could be absolutely fucking wrecked by 10:00am during busy periods!
( Muns, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 16:59, Reply)

SUCCESS!

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:09, Reply)

I agree. heriot watt masters in brewing and distilling or gtfo

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:12, Reply)

What sort of kit do you think has any effect on beer quality that is only available to commercial breweries?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:14, Reply)

The only thing i can think of is they possibly malt their own grains. I doubt many breweries even do that.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:24, Reply)

Judging by the shite that home brewers kid themselves is palatable?
All of it.
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:26, Reply)

You're talking bollocks.
the only thing you need to brew beer is ingredients a container that wont react to the beer, somewhere with a sort of constant controllable temperature and time. In terms of expertise anyone with access to the internet can learn more in a weekend about brewing than the medieval monks in their caves could do in their entire lives.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:35, Reply)

If it's so easy then why is all the "beer" you brew so shite?

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:37, Reply)

My beer is pretty good.
Major problem with homebrewers as a whole is that they show off their beer probably 2 months before it's properly ready.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:39, Reply)

what I don't get is "kits"
seems a bit like cheating, sort of like buying an old el past fajita kit and pretending you made it all from scratch.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 4 Feb 2015, 17:44, Reply)