Malting: The Stig Torpor of homebrewing

Coutts contemplates his lack of a malting philosophy

I always used to enjoy it when I’d see a review of a band or singer in the paper, let’s say “Stig Torpor,” and then a few days later a letter to the editor would show up (this happens on the web, too) that would almost always start with “I can’t believe I was at the same Stig Torpor show as your reviewer the other night…” then go on to describe a virtual alternative reality from that put forth in the review.

I thought of this because we are t...