Don't be distracted by the idea that you need a lot of brewing bling to be successful. That nice, polished $500 brew kettle won't necessarily give you better beer than the $75 pot from the LHBS. Concentrate on making good beer, learn the science and build up your skills. The shiny (and expensive) equipment can come later, if you want. Many brewers make outstanding beer with basic equipment on their kitchen stoves or with turkey fryers, and ferment in plastic buckets.
There are no shortcuts in this hobby. Keep it simple and progress slowly and deliberately using the motto keep it simple stupid.
Start slowly by making a few extract batches. Make a plan on how to progress after you think you have it down. Once doing all grain start with a few simple recipes and get them nailed down before trying something complicated. When you can make good simple beer consistently, then make weird sour beers with sassafras in them or whatever. But not until you know how to brew first.
The ultimate ideal (for me) is making great all grain beer for cheaper and better than what you can buy in the store.
Do all grain biab with half volume, get the Wort out of there, squeeze the **** out of the bag, pour the other half of the volume in Form of cold water into the bag, stir very well, let it sit for 5 minutes and then, again squeeze the **** out if the bag.
Welcome to 80% + efficiency land!
Some other brewers advised against to squeeze the bag too much as that adds unwanted flavors in the beer?
They advised only to do sparging; not to squeeze too much.
Not true. Squeeze away.
Exactly! Another good advice, don't believe myths like "squeezing a bag makes astringent wort" or "there is a significant flavour difference between different hop types at 60 minute additions" or "clearer Wort makes clearer beer".
All rubbish!
Ignore the land of myths!
BIAB - squeeze the bag
specialty grains in an extract batch - don't squeeze the bag
Not true. Squeeze away.
Exactly! Another good advice, don't believe myths like "squeezing a bag makes astringent wort" or "there is a significant flavour difference between different hop types at 60 minute additions" or "clearer Wort makes clearer beer".
All rubbish!
Ignore the land of myths!
Some other brewers advised against to squeeze the bag too much as that adds unwanted flavors in the beer?
They advised only to do sparging; not to squeeze too much.
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