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!
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Dick G
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Ah, excuse me sir. I use to brew my own as well. I think I’ll stay with the basic 4 ingredients. Have you every tried a lager? I made 5 gals once, used mount millick light and a quart of raw honey. Used a really light hop and fermented it out @ 55* for a month and a half. Then stored it for 7 months at a constant 70*. Best beer I ever made.
One mug would give you a really good buzz, more than 6 made you a webble.
Best advice I ever found online, and Right On Taget!
Don’t Boil The Malt Extract!
https://www.baderbrewing.com/content/boil-hops
Makes sense...the stuff has already been boiled to become extract!
Worked For me!
And, use primarily dry hopping; just a minimum in the brew itself!
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I agree. Most of the time the extra steps and techniques and even ingredients (7 different varieties of hops for example) don't make a bit of difference. There is something to be said about a simple, easy drinking beer.