Precisely. You're not the first Aussie to grasp what I do to learn. Sometimes I think I was just born on the wrong continent. Most of us Yanks tend to be too impatient to spend the time in open dialogue and discussion, and simply accept the words of our predecessors. That's not to say we shouldn't read history and learn from it, but perhaps we should be more open to documenting effects of more modern ingredients and processes, or even better documenting the 'old' knowledge. That 'better' documentation should NEVER exclude original knowledge, though, without scientific proof, not just opinion. Opinions are great. Science is better.
I might be what an Aussie would call a sh**stirrer, too.
Certainly the missus does on less than rare occasion. Please don't ever take anything I say to contradict as an affront of any kind, unless of course someone bashes me first. I do like to have fun while I learn, and sometimes I play devil's advocate. I promise, if I find ANYTHING during my learning curve that helps define the effects of "as quickly as possible", I'll share it. For now, I can see I need to do some experimentation with less expensive recipes to test the results. But, will those results be accurate for more complicated recipes that will obviously have considerably different chemical properties?
To all, I promise, this was just an attempt to stimulate discussion about the relevance of HSA so we could all possibly learn something. We don't always have time for the long topics on the Zoom meeting, and some of them are a lot more nebulous than others, causing us to be dependent on the written word of others, which quite often was something the writers also read somewhere. Nowhere did I intend any personal affront or reference to anyone nor their abilities and skills. Most of it was pointing to what I perceive as contradictions or discrepancies in Hot-Side processes and hoping to gain some insight on what more people have better success with. Honestly, I'm nowhere near judge enough to determine if one beer is better than the next other than possible appearance or my personal preferences in taste. That's also an ongoing skillset I want to improve. What could be better than a goal to taste beer and brew a better one?
