BREWING GREAT BEER AT HOME
Are you intrigued by the idea of making their own beer but are afraid to try because it seems too complicated, or too expensive, or the end result will taste "home made"?
Wouldn't it be cool to make great tasting beer that you could be proud to serve to your friends and family?
This is definitely within your reach. Brewing beer at home is a lot of fun and it is not as hard or complicated or expensive as you think.
The fact is, people have been brewing beer for thousands and thousands of years and they did it without any complex equipment. If the beer they made this way tasted really terrible, society would have given up on beer ages ago. Really, this is simple to make.
When I started out making home brewed beer, people thought of it as something that’s an interesting hobby but not necessarily something they want to drink. Not as good as the commercial varieties and not something that you would serve to company. My college roommate, who loved beer, was able to walk right past our dorm refrigerator filled with home made beer. He did not know what he was missing. Over time, I did win over most of my friends and got invites to more parties so I could share my home brew and answer questions of those interested in becoming home brewers themselves. I was very shy and nerdy back then and this was a great way to use my scientific skills to become more popular and meet more people ;->.
The truth is that making beer at home is a lot of fun and it’s not that hard to make really good beer. When I started making beer, there was a lot less information out there and much less variety of ingredients to choose from. We’re talking back in 1979. There was no internet then and most if not all of the home brewing books we have today had not yet been published. I first got interested in making beer from social studies class, learning about American history and how people made their own beer during prohibition. I also had an interest in chemistry (I actually went on to get a degree in Chemical Engineering), so this stuff really interested me. I had seen an episode of the Three Stooges where they made beer by adding cakes of yeast to some liquid, but they left out the details of what the liquid contained. After some failed attempts using common baking yeast and sugar-based liquids (molasses, honey, maple syrup) and even malt syrup form the health food store, I gave up. I assumed that making good beer was some big complicated process that you needed a factory with expensive equipment to produce. That certainly helps, but it is not necessary.
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Are you intrigued by the idea of making their own beer but are afraid to try because it seems too complicated, or too expensive, or the end result will taste "home made"?
Wouldn't it be cool to make great tasting beer that you could be proud to serve to your friends and family?
This is definitely within your reach. Brewing beer at home is a lot of fun and it is not as hard or complicated or expensive as you think.
The fact is, people have been brewing beer for thousands and thousands of years and they did it without any complex equipment. If the beer they made this way tasted really terrible, society would have given up on beer ages ago. Really, this is simple to make.
When I started out making home brewed beer, people thought of it as something that’s an interesting hobby but not necessarily something they want to drink. Not as good as the commercial varieties and not something that you would serve to company. My college roommate, who loved beer, was able to walk right past our dorm refrigerator filled with home made beer. He did not know what he was missing. Over time, I did win over most of my friends and got invites to more parties so I could share my home brew and answer questions of those interested in becoming home brewers themselves. I was very shy and nerdy back then and this was a great way to use my scientific skills to become more popular and meet more people ;->.
The truth is that making beer at home is a lot of fun and it’s not that hard to make really good beer. When I started making beer, there was a lot less information out there and much less variety of ingredients to choose from. We’re talking back in 1979. There was no internet then and most if not all of the home brewing books we have today had not yet been published. I first got interested in making beer from social studies class, learning about American history and how people made their own beer during prohibition. I also had an interest in chemistry (I actually went on to get a degree in Chemical Engineering), so this stuff really interested me. I had seen an episode of the Three Stooges where they made beer by adding cakes of yeast to some liquid, but they left out the details of what the liquid contained. After some failed attempts using common baking yeast and sugar-based liquids (molasses, honey, maple syrup) and even malt syrup form the health food store, I gave up. I assumed that making good beer was some big complicated process that you needed a factory with expensive equipment to produce. That certainly helps, but it is not necessary.
More information Here
