Seeing as I dont yet have my brew rig, I will be committing a sin and not bringing any brews. However I will try to bring along something else worthy of tastebuds.
Seb,
The short answer is yes it is a sin.
Let me explain why there's that one rule of bringing your home brew along.
I've been guilty of it in the past, don't worry
I am the pot calling the kettle black here
. When I first invited myself to a brew day I was worried my beer wouldn't be good enough to share with the other brewers and I would be belittled by the other brewers, how very
very wrong I was. However after that first brew day I worked out that there wasn't any harsh criticisms but more supportive, helpful and constructive guidence. I got over it instantly and regretted not bringing my beers. So now I get my goat up when brewers bring some commercial c.r.a.p. (craft, micro or not)
instead of their own beers that they have sitting at home. I now find it kind of a slap in the face, to be honest, when I host a brew day and this happens because this is what is at the core of these brew days. It's about us as brewers getting together helping, one on one or as a group, sharing our knowledge with each about our different brews, yeasts, hops, chill/no chill, 3 teir, BIAB and differing brewing techniques. You'll pick up more in half an hour at a brew day than 10 days reading on this forum. That's the sole reason why I make that rule. Now I'm not saying your in that same boat you maybe genuinely out of home brew which is fine but if you do have some at home brew please bring it along, I promise the feed back will be invaluable.
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Seb the rants not aimed at you at all ok
Just needed to have a rant in general.
Bring along what you think is appropriate mate.
Chap Chap