As you get into this more and more, you'll also meet other homebrewers as others have stated. You won't only be enjoying your own homebrew, but there homebrew as well. SharpsRifle and I spent hours together on Saturday at my house talking homebrewing and drinking my homebrew (glad to see that you made the two hour drive home safely David). He'll be coming back down in two weeks to brew at my house. We'll be making 60 gallons of beer that day, between he, I and a bunch of our club members. We'll also be sampling his homebrew and many others that day.
So, you see, you "will" meet others that share your passion!
Scott's right. Like with cars or most any other hobby, spending time with others who enjoy the same hobby is always a fun part of it.
I'm not sure how many beers we sampled, but there were three homebrewers as well as Scotts neighbors stopping by. He even got someone who hasn't drank beer in 30 year sampling his homebrew!
Lots of fun.
Wish I could help with all the weighing out and packaging of hops and grains in preparation for the big day!
Homebrewing is a craft. It can be fairly simple, or very complex depending on where you want to go with it.
It can be as simple as following well established extract recipes, or it can be a complex process involving minute grain, hop and small temperature adjustments.
It can be a free flowing process of designing your own beers, or many guys try and be strict about the style guides so that their beer can compete.
I like the free flowing recipe design. Scott for example wants to have beer that fits nicely into a category so that he can have it judged. He's got a half dozen ribbons for his effort.
If you want to make beer you can be proud of, are willing to make a few that you aren't happy with and want to maybe meet some new people, homebrewing is a great hobby.
If all you want to do is make cheaper Busch, it's not going to work out well.