#Beersmith 3 reviews full#

I mean who wouldn’t want a small-scale brewery in their home? Well, the truth is there are lots of ways to effectively make wort, both simple and complex, but really only one way to make great beer, and that’s through a well-executed cold-side process. I’ll be honest, I fell victim to the love affair of constantly researching and dreaming of the flashy 3 vessel systems with automation, pumps, and everything you could dream of. If I Could Turn Back Time…(I know you just channeled Cher)įermentation was always an afterthought for me.If you don’t take to homebrewing or fall off the hobby wagon, you’re left with the sting of all this equipment you no longer have any use for. But let’s be realistic, most people have more common sense than to invest $2,500 right out of the gate in hopes a hobby will be a hit for them. It’s the literal price you pay by cautiously approaching any hobby really. The problem with this progression is you end up buying a lot of equipment twice. You start small, invest little by little as you grow with the hobby, and if you’re like me and love it, you eventually graduate to more advanced equipment with all sorts of features, bells, and whistles. Dipping your toe into the homebrewing hobby is a double-edged sword.

#Beersmith 3 reviews full#

If I could go back in time and wave a magic wand and erase every bit of brewing equipment I’ve purchased in the past and start over with a clean slate and full wallet, I’d be one happy brewer. The more I reflect on my homebrewing journey, the more I realize how much I wish I would have shifted the majority of my time, focus, and money to the cold side of the process-fermenting and packaging. I recently teased this topic on r/Homebrewing and got a tremendous amount of feedback and mostly agreement from homebrewers of all levels. The path to better beer is through better fermentation practices. Any experienced homebrewer will give you the same advice.