Beer Forum

Hi all,

I find it difficult to impartially evaluate my own beers. I always think the next batch is going to be the best beer ever, and when it's not, I'm usually a little disappointed and quite critical.

How would you rate your homebrew?

I'm by far my own harshest critic.

I am almost never satisfied with how my beer comes out. It gets very discouraging sometimes.

I think that if I thought my stuff was awesome all the time, I would clearly just be deluding myself or be some ego maniac.

I was honest. I too am my own worst critic. My beer usually sucks. I brew for the once-in-a-while when my beer is actually stellar, which is... maybe 25-30% of the time. I experiment a lot, too, and rarely make the same recipe twice, so I haven't been able to hone every recipe to perfection... yet....

My final products can definitely be hit or miss. Like Dave, I rarely brew the same recipe twice (or often) so it is hard to hone in on making each one killer.