Yep, I have a buddy who grows his own, as well. He’s a lib, so I wonder if he’d admit that he’s killing the planet with the little buggers? I don’t care for IPA’s and Pale Ales much, so I wouldn’t be missing them much. :-)
I got away from the regular cat p!$$ American beer when I had my first Scotch Ale in a Brew House (RochesterNY) and became a regular there.
Ended up w/ a mr Beer Kit. The purists badmouth the mr beer thing, but it was fine, especilly for experimenting w/small batches.
I had about 8 gallons of SA in my basement where it stayed around 50 degrees year round. The Scotch Ale tasted like crap!
Forgot about it; when I moved south about 11/2 years later I uncapped the SA and it was ...simply .....wonderful!
Learned to not pay too much attention to the purist online brewers...they made Everything too difficult!
Never heard of Simplicity/Continuity!
;)
Dick G
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