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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 1913719" data-attributes="member: 277">I&#039;m a fan of <a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/" target="_blank">homebrewtalk.com</a>. Good info and a great community. Plus, lots of good recipes. The good and bad of homebrew books and such is that they want you to get hooked and thus try to make things happen quickly. They want you to be able to drink your beer as soon as possible so you&#039;ll order more ingredients more often. It&#039;s not malicious or anything, just not geared towards making the best beer possible.If you get into it as a hobby, you start to build up a pipeline of beer that allows you to be more patient and allow your beers to really age and improve since you have some beers you can drink while you brew and age the next batch. Some beers are ready in two weeks, but most seem to need 4-6 weeks to really his their stride. Not always, but most i&#039;ve brewed get better with a bit of age.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="donner, post: 1913719, member: 277"] I'm a fan of [URL="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/"]homebrewtalk.com[/URL]. Good info and a great community. Plus, lots of good recipes. The good and bad of homebrew books and such is that they want you to get hooked and thus try to make things happen quickly. They want you to be able to drink your beer as soon as possible so you'll order more ingredients more often. It's not malicious or anything, just not geared towards making the best beer possible. If you get into it as a hobby, you start to build up a pipeline of beer that allows you to be more patient and allow your beers to really age and improve since you have some beers you can drink while you brew and age the next batch. Some beers are ready in two weeks, but most seem to need 4-6 weeks to really his their stride. Not always, but most i've brewed get better with a bit of age. [/QUOTE]

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