@Sophistifunk nice - my dad and I made beer about 20 years ago after going to a beer brew demo at some local shop.
He made a 5-amber "I'll Be Bock" that to this day, is the best beer I've ever had in my life - or the memory of it, but damn, it wasn't just the flavor, the effervescence, the nose, the smell through the house. Gotta get back to that before too long here.
Then once you get good at it, being able to tune the hops and other flavors/tectures.