Bit of a Catch 22, really.....you`re assuming all experienced brewers are litterate.
You never know who`s out there looking into the screen
This could easily become a thread about implied definitions
Nice one, Smurfy, to back yourself up with K's justification. I suspect that your statement was more 'off the cuff'. But anyway, chill out bro, it's a public forum, and opinions are like arseholes, in that we all have one (at least - I met a woman who's mother had two, and her son was one of them)
Anyway, my brewing neighbour banged on the door last week after coming back from the operation at Seven Hills (I think that's where he said it was) and showed me the very extensive pamphlet of available styles, which in itself was impressive. His point wasn't to make a beer better than he hinsel can produce, but to chip in with a couple of mates to create some cases with custom labels etc for a group wedding gift or something like that. What struck me as surprising was that the outline of the process was nothing like brewing your own. More a case of
"take this pail, fill it with goo from vat four, chuck it into the boil". More surprising, of the five (or so) hop varieties, it was a case of
"take this bucket, and measure out a portion from hopper number two". Not even the hop varieties were exposed, simply 'hop 1,2,3,4,5 etc). IMO it doesn't sound very inspiring.
The concept as a business model is a good one, and I won't begrudge the operators for doing something quite unique. But it's really geared for a 'blokey weekend' where the lads can get together and
say they made their own beer, which in many cases
should taste better than the common swill they're used to slugging down.
So +1 for the concept, but the subject is always going to create some friction on a brewer's website. Heck, even the humble kit &/or extract brewer has more control over their creations if they choose to diversify beyond opening a can and adding some sugars.
