Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for September 07, 2017

  1. Airhornmissc
    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 7 years ago

    You bet’cha! It’s a great hobby, and one you can share with other people both as practitioners and as consumers. The ambition to become a connoisseur blends right in. You can brew small batches of many different styles to get acquainted with the ingredients and how each affects the flavor profile of the beer. It will occupy time learning about different styles and how they’re brewed. Researching techniques and finding particular ingredients, like hops.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I used to enjoy brewing my own beer, but it was the bottling part that I grew tired of. Emptying the bottles was no problem though.

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Living with Betty, I would need to make my own vodkas…

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    redback  over 7 years ago

    the two sides:

    1. how convenient is it to make alcohol beverages in a household with a teenager (though it may not be too different than having those beverages in bottles, if they can be re-opened)

    2. as usual, Betty knows what others must like and what other people interests must be (as their own interests), because of course, everybody likes what she says they will like, because she says so

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I was never interested in brewing my own beer, or having a bread making machine for that matter. I felt if I did I would have fewer opportunities to go out and sample the huge selection of good beers (and artisanal breads) in the stores.

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    Ink blot Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Wine has sommeliers — beer has Cicerones.

    Beer flavor is actually at least as complex as that of wine. Check out a ‘beer flavor wheel’ to see what I mean.

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    up2trixx  over 7 years ago

    I don’t drink, and the only thing I regret about it is not being able to brew my own beer. I mean, I could, but it’d be wasteful. I just know I’d enjoy doing it, trying different types, methods, etc, and experimenting, but unfortunately I would not enjoy the results.

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