[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I also made my own for a time. Made an ale that was disgusting. I drank it anyway. Some time later I purchased, at an exorbitant price, a Chimay Ale. It tasted--to me--just as skunky as my home brew. And people pay for the stuff.

Among several failures, I did succeed with a really fine pilsner using a really magnificent saaz hops. Got tired of cleaning bottles tho, and pretty much leave it to the micro breweries now.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I know the Chimay ales you speak of. Bought one on a lark and thought it was more like barley wine. You're right, too, good money wasted on bad beer. You're right on the second point, too. Homebrew IS work, but I like a pull now and then sitting by kerosene lamp light surrounded by a lifetime collection of hand tools knowing that I'll rule the world when society finally fails.