When someone asked me recently what I’m into I didn’t have answers. Existential crisis aside, what are some good hobbies/interests for someone in their mid thirties to pick up?
When someone asked me recently what I’m into I didn’t have answers. Existential crisis aside, what are some good hobbies/interests for someone in their mid thirties to pick up?
Do you like beer? Is is legal to home brew in your country? If both are yes, brew beer.
It’s easy, it’s delicious, it gets cheap quickly especially compared to most microbreweries, you’ll always have a brew to share with friends without having to run to the store.
Always brew with friends. You can drink beer and have fun on brew days. It’s much easier when there are 2-3 people around to lift stuff. You can delegate responsibilities. Share the cost of ingredients and the resulting beer. You can even “associate” and buy the hardware together. Trust me, you will never run out of volunteers.
Go all grain from the start instead of going extract. Start with something simple with as few ingredients as possible like a stout or a pale ale to get the feel for it. Then brew more complicated but tried and true recipes. Then you can start and go crazy with your own recipes.
And if anything goes off plan, RDWHAHB. Relax, don’t worry, have a home brew. It’s hard to make a truly exceptional beer, but if you follow most basic principles it’s even harder to fuck up so badly that you brew something truly undrinkable.