Maintenance from the Outset

I brew with real grain and real hops. None of this ‘just add water’ stuff. I’ve never done it, and I won’t. I suppose it’s fine if you just want a ‘quick and dirty’ beer. However, I have an overwhelming feeling that my integrity as a brewer would be sacrificed for ‘ease’ (I call it ‘laziness’), and it doesn’t sit well with me. I want honest beer. I want to know how the wort was produced, and where it came from. Indeed, I want to be intimately associated with the very essence of the finished product. For better, or for worse....