I like to see article and stories about beer in the mainstream press. Consistently in the top 10 of Technorati’s most popular blogs, Boing Boing is undeniably the “new mainstream”.

How pleasant it was, then, to see a nice little article about homebrewing in my RSS feed.

Boing Boing: Why Homebrew is Better

The beer that you buy is made by pros with the goal of replicating the same recipe each time; the same ingredients, the same process, the same consistent result. If you make your own beer, you can forget the same-old, same-old. In fact, it’s rather hard to brew the same exact thing each time following home-made processes. As an amateur, you get to enjoy these small but noticeable differences. Homebrew has its own design goals, mainly exploring lots of variations that allow you to see how different beers can be.

Not to mention that in this financial climate, after your initial outlay for basic equipment, you can brew your own beer for significantly less than buying commercially-brewed.

This is the best quote though:

Brewing is fun to do with a group of people.

True, true, and something I need to explore more. Tonight is the regular monthly FOAM meeting, and I need to re-up my membership for next year.