> The background of the law (at least in folk telling) is that the big guys were worried about malt-extract making homebrewing so easy as to make commercial bre

> The background of the law (at least in folk telling) is that the big guys were worried about malt-extract making homebrewing so easy as to make commercial brewing superfluous. which is funny, since it takes a lot of work to make good beer! most of that goes into sanitization, since with extract you aren't doing a mash, but it could lead to some very bland beers.