The easiest way to get started with homebrewing beer is usually by doing malt extract brewing. Home brewing using malt extract shortens the brewing process. In the context of beer brewing, mashing is the procedure of heating up malted barley or various other brewing grains to a specific temperature. The malted barley grains are next kept at a certain heat range for a fixed time period in order to cause the enzymes in the malted grains to break down the starches in the grains into sugars. The kind of sugar produced is usually maltose. It is this sugar that eventually yeast will consume and transform into alcohol and co2, creating beer.

Once mashing is completed, the homebrewer is left with mash. Creating mash can be fairly complex due to the large amounts of very hot water involved, and the elaborate process of straining and draining out the sugary liquid from the used grains. This type of brewing is referred to as all grain brewing. I recommend that people don’t begin with all grain brewing and instead first become comfortable with malt extract brewing. Malt extract brewing eliminates the need to produce a mash. Commercial maltsters produce mash and through evaporation reduce it down to a powder or thick syrup. Home brewers can buy this concentrated malt extract and work with it to make their own beer without having to undergo the sophisticated and cumbersome process of making a mash.

Most homebrew batch sizes are five gallons, so if you are producing a mash, you will need a stockpot at least that size along with other equipment required to drain and sparge all of the grains. All-grain homebrewers also need to maneuver around these significant volumes of liquid and grains, which can weigh more than 60 pounds and be quite hazardous due to the boiling temps. Extract brewing, on the other hand, is much less complicated. There is no need for such large pots and quantities of boiling liquid since you are not making a mash. For a 5 gallon batch of beer you will only need to boil roughly 2 gallons of water with the malt extract, which will make things a lot easier.

Hops are added at various intervals throughout the sixty minute boil to add flavor and smell to offset the sweet taste of the malt. The longer hops are boiled, the more bitter your beer will be.. These kinds of hops are referred to as bittering hops. Hops that are added near the end of the boil are identified as aroma hops as little bitterness is produced, but the hop smell is. For some beers like holiday or other such spicy beers, spices and herbs are included near the end of the boil .

When your boil is done, you have what is referred to as wort. The end result is the same whether you brewed all-grain or if you brewed with malt extract. This very hot liquid now must be cooled down to 70 degrees or colder as rapidly as possible. The hard work is done, now it’s time to allow the yeast to do it’s thing. After the wort is cooled you add the yeast and wait for fermentation, which should get started within twelve hours. Depending on the beer style, inside of two weeks you will have a completed beer ready for kegging or bottling. Malt extract brewing is a wonderful way to get rolling with brewing beer at home, and you can unquestionably make some great beer with this method and become a great homebrewer!

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A package of ingredients & basic instructions, this is what you can expect when you purchase one of the many beer kits available today. These kits enable you to brew beer in something as simple as a stainless steel cooking pot. The ingredient only beer kits are also aimed at those hobbyists who already have a complete kit and are just looking to buy more ingredients to make a fresh batch of their favorite beer.

If you are looking for a bit more of an extensive beer kit, they come in various other forms. Some contain basic equipment to help you home brew your favorite beer and then there are the ‘micro – brewery’ kits. These beer kits contain all the equipment, ingredients and instructions you need to start your very own micro brewery.

The first place to look when you decide that you want to purchase a beer kit would be online. Try to run a search for ‘beer kits’, and hundreds of results will come back. But how to choose the right one for your brewing needs?

It all depends on what kind of beer you would like to brew and how much of it you want to make in a batch. Most good kits will come with basic ingredients, while some of the larger ones will even include malt and hops with the beer kit.

For the serious beer enthusiast, nothing beats a micro brewery kit. It produces a decent volume of beer, has every piece of equipment you could need and looks very professional when you show it off to your mates over a couple of home made cold ones. Some of these beer kits will even come with a tap system that you can link up to your fridge for ice cold beer on tap.

Beer Brewing

Beer brewing is a great hobby. IT can save you hundreds in the long run and you can reap the rewards of your own hard work. Here are a couple of basic tips for home style beer brewing.

The process begins by soaking the malted barley in hot water to produce malt sugars
After which, the hops is mixed with the sugar malt solution, this provides the flavor.
The mixture is then cooled and the fermentation process starts when the yeast is added.
CO2 and ethyl alcohol are released while the sugar is fermented.
Once fermentation is finished, sugar is added before bottling to produce carbonation of the beer.

Light beers, dark beers, pilsners or pale ales, with the tips and equipment mentioned above you now have the head start you need to begin so high quality beer. You are your own brew master! Your friends will be impressed with your new found hobby, after all who doesn’t want to be friends with the local brew master? Not only that but you will be confident in the quality of the beverage you are drinking because you made it yourself! Beer brewing made easy from the comfort of your own home with easy to use amateur beer kits.

Spring

Magical walks through bluebell-carpeted woods, spotting wood sorrel as its flowers rotate to follow the sun throughout the day; golden celandines; wild garlic with its starry white flowers; jolly primroses and frothy dog’s mercury. Try Wallabarrow Woods in the Duddon Valley, Dodd Wood near Keswick, Johnny’s Wood in Borrowdale or the Brandlehow Wood at Derwentwater.

Head to Ullswater to catch Wordsworth’s famous Daffodills: ‘I wandered lonely as a Cloud/That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills/When all at once I saw a crowd/ A host of dancing Daffodills’. They were inspired by a walk taken by Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy, in April 1802.

While you’re in the Ullswater area, take a frosty walk up Aira Force. When the waterfall still has it’s post-winter volume, but before the tree canopy has closed overhead in spring, it’s a really magical sight.

Words by the Water is a quality literary festival held at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake each March. Last year’s crop of speakers included the popular novelist Penelope Lively; Man-Booker shortlisted local girl, Sarah Hall; historian Ian Mortimer and comic broadcaster Stuart Maconie. 2011′s headliners include Joanna Trollope, Claire Tomalin, Gervase Phinn and Justine Picardie.

Cumbria’s stately homes and castles re-open in the Spring. Try Muncaster Castle on the west coast; Mirehouse, at Bassenthwaite; Brantwood, overlooking Coniston Water; Hutton-in-the-Forest, north of Penrith and Holker Hall, at Cark-in-Cartmel.

Spring is lambing season, from tiny white Rough Fell lambs in February to black-as-pitch Herdwicks in May. The first one is a sight to report, but within a month the fields are heaving with little bleaters.

There is always a good selection of Easter events including the Great Peter Rabbit Egg Hunt, a large-scale event covering the entire Lake Distrct. A hundred eggs, with vouchers for prizes, are hidden in tourist hot-spots. The event is over when all the eggs are found!

The Keswick Mountain Festival takes place in May, with a combination of guided activities, competitions and talks. It was particularly good last year, so we have high hopes for 2011. There are plenty of Keswick cottages in the area to as an added bonus.

Summer

Summer is walking season. Anywhere. Everywhere. There are so many lovely places to walk, from mountains, to river valleys, to conifer forests , indigenous deciduous woods, the Cumbria Coastal Path and the Coast-to-Coast walk. Have a crack at the Woolpack Round, a sixteen-mile circular walk from the Woolpack Inn in Eskdale which includes Scafell Pike, the highest point in England. We love to amble along the Derwent in Borrowdale or the Esk in Eskdale.

Experienced climbers will head for Great Gable and Napes Needle the birth of British rock climbing at Wasdale, for a challenging climb unencumbered by hoards of visitors. Beginner? Take a few lessons with Tim Mosedale.

A bright Lake District day is perfect for a picnic. Pick a spot by Devoke Water or Blea Tarn; Derwentwater is always lovely, and easy to get to with pushchairs and wheelchairs; Ennerdale is blissfully quiet; by the medieval bridge over the Derwent at Grange, whilst the kids have a paddle, or there’s my favourite: under the shadow of the Bowder Stone in Borrowdale.

With all these calm lakes about, why not try your hand at sailing, rowing, or canoeing? Hire craft and take lessons at Derwent marina.

You can swim in the lakes, or, if you’re at our lovely quiet west coast, a dip in the sea at the MCS-approved waters at Seascale and St. Bees Head. Whilst you’re in the area, take a bracing cliff-top walk at St. Bees and spot thousands of rare black guillemots, and masses of kittiwakes, razorbills, fulmars, linnets and rock pipits.

Don’t miss the ospreys in Dodd Wood, above Bassenthwaite. Every year, between April and August, there is a special viewing point where you can see the new chicks being fed, and the adult birds soaring over the lake, fish in beak. There is even a webcam in season.

There are lots of festivals throughout the summer, including the Keswick Beer Festival  and Boot Beer Festival in Eskdale. I have it on good advice that there’s excellent beer to go with the music at the annual Cockermouth Rock Festival, affectionately known as ‘Cock Rock’. Last year’s headline acts were Dodgy and 80′s favourite, Sham 69.

The agricultural show season kicks off too at Cockermouth, Coniston, Penrith, Ambleside, Cartmel, Hawkshead and Grasmere.

Autumn

Autumn in the Lake District is often gorgeous. There are a lot of native deciduous trees here, which rust gently from September to November into lovely shades of gold, red, russet and brown. My favourite place to take in the show is a bench on the eastern shore of Derwentwater, with Brandelhow Wood on the opposite shore, reflected in the lake. Take a camera and a flask!

This is foraging season, too. Pick some blackberries (always called brambles hereabouts!) for a pie (always known as a ‘plate cake’ hereabouts!) from any wooded area or hedgerow. In October, look out for sloes – fat, purple berries – and add them to gin, to make a rich, purple sloe gin liqueur that will be ready for Christmas. Collect pine cones to use as fragrant firelighters when winter arrives. And don’t forget conkers!

There’s a very good chance of spotting our native red squirrel in Cumbria in autumn. They’re smaller than the grey, with pointed faces, tufted ears and delicate ‘hands’. You’re most likely to spot them at Dodd Wood, near Keswick, at Whinlatter Forest Park and along the Keswick to Threlkeld railway path, but you may see them in any wooded area, especially if there are a lot of conifers.

A lot of agricultural shows take place in autumn; traditionally, these were the fun-and-games when the harvest had been safely gathered in. There are many of these, in every valley and many a village across the county. One of the most famous is the Egremont Crab Fair – ‘crabs’ are crab apples not seafood! – which also hosts the annual World Gurning Championship. In this competition, people compete to pull the strangest face in the world. Apparently, a lack of teeth helps!

Egremont Crab Fair is one of many autumn agricultural shows to feature Cumberland & Westmorland Wresting. This is a traditional sport where the idea is to start standing up, and end up with your opponent on the ground. It used to be famous for the floral trunks worn by competitors, but these have gone by the wayside in recent years as it was judged that they were putting off youngsters. I, for one, miss them!

Our vote for Britain’s Wackiest Festival goes to the Biggest Liar Competition, which takes place each November at the Santon Bridge Inn at Wasdale Head. The competition is open to all comers except lawyers and politicians, who are judged to be too well-practiced in the art. Past winners include locals, staff and the comedienne, Sue Perkins.

Winter

Roaring log fires with pine-cone firelighters; extra-thick woolly walking socks and toasted toes. This is a great time to try out some of our cosy vernacular pubs for a pint of real ale and some traditional Cumbrian cooking – we like the Black Cock at Broughton-in-Furness, the Dog and Gun in Keswick, the Sun Inn at Bassenthwaite, the Brook House Inn at Boot in Eskdale, and the Shepherd’s Inn in Ennerdale Bridge.

Set out from your holiday cottage in many a Lake District valley, and yours might be the only footprints for miles. One of the loveliest sights in a Lakes winter is hoar frost on holly: lovely, glossy green leaves covered with diamond-like glittering ice crystals. You know all those Christmas cards with  robins on frosted holly, eating fat red berries? Well, they really do that.

One of my favourite things to do on a cold day in January is fish ‘n’ chips at the Old Keswickian in Keswick, followed by a tootle down to see the frozen lake (look but don’t touch, please!)

Keswick’s annual Film Festival is held in February. 2011 will focus on Film 4, Agnes Varda and ‘Odd War Films’.

Blow the cobwebs away at Whinlatter Forest Park with a walk through pine forests. There are waymarked trails suitable for all levels of experience, including children, plus there are mountain bike trails, and, weather-permitting, the Go Ape! high wire course. Open daily for most of the year, but just at weekends in January.

Steam from the coastal village of Ravenglass to the village of Boot in Eskdale with the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. It operates a reduced schedule over winter but is usually running at weekends. It’s a fabulous time of year to catch the views along seven miles of the Eskdale valley, with views to the Scafell range beyond.

Several stately homes dress the house for a sumptuous, Victorian-style Christmas. Holker Hall, at Cark-in-Cartmel in the south-west Lakes, is a great place to visit in December, with magnificent decorations, hog roasts and seasonal entertainment for children. Muncaster Hall is a wonderful place to visit on dark December days, as they have a sound-and-light show in the garden after dark, and wonderful traditional decorations. You can even take a candlelit tour. What a lovely way to the end the year!

Staying in Lake District cottages is the ideal way to get the most out of your visit. You’d be crazy not to!

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Brewing your own bear is not a piece of cake. Before you set on be prepared to make some blunders. But it is not a difficult process either. You need to spend some money when you get on to home brewing. Wondering how much?

You will have to spend if you want to make it all in one kit. If more, then it might go up till 0. But the price you pay for it is definitely worth it. In exchange you are treating yourself and your friends to first rate beer.

How to brew your own beer?

If you are a beginner at this, it is advisable that you start off with a all in one beer kit. When it comes to beer kits, Mr. Beer will serve your purpose. It has 4 editions. The price begins at in which you can get hold of the Delux Edition and it goes up to 0 where you can get hold of the Ultimate Edition. The set on which you prepare your beer is important. They limit the amount of raw materials that you need. But you must use a good kit to manufacture your beer. In the long run you will save a lot of money and you will also be able to make beer constantly.

While making beer, try to do things all on your own without taking other’s help. When you do it all by yourself, you can experiment with the think that you are making. There is room enough for your creativity to surface too. Another important thing, when you are doing things single handedly, there is less chance for mistakes to happen. So buy a brew kit when you start off. Then you can progress on to custom beers. Before you start you have to sterilize the kit.

The steps of making home brew beer:

Brewing: for this you will need the following:

• a brew pot,
• a recipe,
• a kitchen strainer,
• a minimum of 2.5 gallons of water (most brew packs and recipes call for 2.5-3 gallons), and a rolling pin (to crush your grain ingredients).

The ingredients that you will use in your beer will vary with the beer that you want to brew. For instance if you want to brew a simple ale you will need:

• 3 lbs. light dried malt extract
• 8 oz. crushed crystal malt
• 1 oz. Northern Brewer pellet hops
• 1 pkg. brewers yeast
• 3/8 C. sugar, for bottling

The steps that follow the brewing process consist of fermentations. There is a primary fermentation and there is a secondary fermentation.
You will soon become an expert beer brewer. Then you will be able to play with the recopies and include modifications to make your own beer. Have it, serve it to your friends and get compliments all the way! happy brewing!

Please don’t change it. On from the pub to Pitney Farm Shop to stock up on organic sausages. The shop and the family who run it are charming too. Rob and Liz Walrond have been farming organically since 2001 as a matter of fundamental principle rather than marketing expediency.

Their integrity shows in the outstanding quality of their produce and their very genuine care for the way in which they farm and do business. If you arrive by bicycle or on foot to shop at Pitney, you get a discount. The Walronds commissioned an artist friend to design their emblem, which encapsulates their simple honest principles.

The seaside cannot get more charming than at Beer, on the East Devon coast. Stripey deck chairs and beach huts, with fishing boats winched up onto the shingle, their catch of lobster and crab cooked and sold on the slipway. Just up the road is the Marine Gallery, a friendly and approachable place whose owners have a mission to make art accessible to all in an open and welcoming space.

The gallery plays host to some very accomplished artists. In recent weeks it has seen a return of Anita Klein, who depicts in a charming naïve style her children, her husband Nige and herself in unremarkable domestic context. So what’s this got to do with interior design and decoration? Just that charm is about integrity and simplicity and it usually has a story to tell. A home that is decorated entirely from a furnishing store cannot achieve a high charm factor. There is no provenance and no story to tell. Except that it might look vaguely Swedish.

 Richard Clayton is MD of Jane Clayton and Company Ltd, Interior Design www.janeclayton.co.uk www.pitneyfarmshop.co.uk www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk

Jane Clayton & Company Limited is Bristol and Bath’s largest interior designer. Our interior design ideas are used in show homes, hotel refurbishments and residential properties throughout the UK.

Beer in the Earlier History of Men and Women

It is very fascinating to know that the same drink was brewed by Sumerians thousands of years ago. The Gilgamesh Epic, which is a remnant of the Ancient Mesopotamia, tells of how men of wars drank beer at the end of their battles. The Hammurabi Code, which is considered as the first written law that humans created, even spoke of beer ration. In Ancient Egyptian civilization, pharaohs and members of the royal family used to drink beer in the evening. In medieval times, alewives brewed beer using homegrown and homemade beer brewing supplies that were brought by knights to foreign lands along with their breads.

Interesting Beer Myths That Must Be Unlearned

Just like Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison of the Doors, and Adolf Hitler, beer is surrounded with myths that must be examined and unlearned. Some of these untruthful myths about it and beer brewing supplies are:

▪ Drink light beer to prevent a paunch. What is true is when you drink more than you should, you get to have a paunch, light beer or not.

▪ Returning an unopened bottle of beer to the refrigerator after exposing it to room temperature damages its taste. What is true is when you expose beer to light and air by not consuming after removing the bottle cap damages it.

▪ Better beer is not bitter. What is true is hops, which are used as preservatives, create the bitter taste. The more bitter beer is the longer is its shelf life.

▪ Green bottles are best for beer. What is true is a brown bottle that prevents light from penetrating its surface is best for beer.

▪ Beer is only for men not for women. What is true is it is well-liked both by men and women. It is a very sexist notion that it is very inappropriate for women to drink beer.

The Secrets to a Magical Brew

You can never make a diamond necklace out of the pieces of a broken glass as much as you could never create a masterpiece such as the Mona Lisa because you are not da Vinci. The secrets to the perfect homebred beer are in the beer brewing supplies and how well you do the processes. Go online for The Grape and Granary to find the best available beer brewing supplies in the market.

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Another great reason to go on a night out in Leeds is the vast range of pubs on offer. These include several real ale pubs such as The Scarborough Hotel, The Palace, The Alexandria and The Adelphi. There are a number of small pubs situated off Briggate such as The Ship, The Angel and the particularly historic Whitelocks. There has been an increase in the number of gastro pubs in the city in recent years and Leeds is also home to The New Penny, which is said to be the UK’s longest continually running gay pub.

There is a wide variety of different areas in the city offering an enjoyable evening night out for everyone. In addition to the city centre, areas such as Chapel Allerton and Headingley, as well as outlying areas such as Otley and Wetherby are worth a visit. Chapel Allerton’s many pubs, bars and restaurants offer a sophisticated, cosmopolitan atmosphere with many of them making use of the wide pavements in the area for outdoor seating. Headingley, meanwhile, is the city’s student centre with student pubs including The Original Oak, The Box and The Skyrack. Many of these pubs are in close vicinity to the city’s cricket and rugby grounds, making them a good place to crash out after a game.

Leeds is also home to the Otley Run, a pub crawl. Its route follows the A660, which is also known as Otley Road, the point where the pub crawl frequently begins. The Otley Run is highly popular with local students in fancy dress and is also a popular focal point for birthdays and other celebrations.

There are many pub-goers who have crossed over and run their own establishment, seeing it as a sort of natural progression. Sadly, many choose not to take into account the sheer volume of work involved and the issues that are unique to the pub trade, and as a result, a large proportion of these ventures end up failing.

So what’s it like to run a pub? Can anybody do it, or does it need a special type of person to deal with the problems faced?

Ask any publican the worst thing about running a pub and they’ll tell you that it’s the hours. Due to the nature of the business, most publicans have to be ‘hands on’ and have to be present for the vast majority of the opening hours. Traditional closing time is 11pm and with many hostelries, having arranged an extension until midnight, this can make for a very long day indeed.

Naturally, no landlord or landlady is going to be present at the bar all the time, and there are bar staff to take those duties from you as and when required. However many publicans say that they can never just ‘switch off’. You are likely to be living in the pub as well, and when there is noise and activity going on downstairs then it is almost impossible to block that out completely. Unless you are away from the premises, you are always on hand to deal with any major problems and lots of annoying minor ones as well! In these circumstances, many pub owners find it impossible not to pop downstairs and check that everything is OK.

Running a pub requires the skills and dedication of any business. That may seem obvious to say, but it is something that many don’t realise. You can be the most sociable person in the world, but if you have no business acumen then your exciting new venture is doomed to fail.

As with all businesses, there are accounts to be kept, suppliers to deal with and staffing issues to take care of. The pub trade has one of the highest rotations of staff and this alone can be a major headache.
Then there all the specific skills needed in running your pub. Of course, breweries provide training when required but keeping beer, in particular real ale, is an art. Cellarmanship is a true skill and requires dedication and determination.

Additionally, if you are planning to serve food, then that brings with it a new set of problems regarding hygiene certificates and inspections and a new set of staff.

So there are many facets to running a pub successfully. Merely being a great host just isn’t enough, but if you are dedicated, then with skill and perseverance this can be a most rewarding profession indeed.

There are some basic tools and equipment that you’ll need to get started.  You can assemble the supplies yourself or purchase a home brewing kit that includes everything you need.  The basic supplies will include a large pot, a thermometer, a siphon and clamp, a covered fermenter, and bottling supplies.  The bottling supplies must be sterilized prior to bottling the brew using a basic bleach solution.

Once the tools have been assembled, you’re ready to think about the ingredients you’ll use for your own brew.  There are specialized ingredients for a basic beer recipe that include some type of sugar, malt extract, ale yeast, and hops.  Many cities have retailers that carry these ingredients or they can be purchased online.  You can find a variety of beer recipes by doing a simple search online, allowing you to brew exactly what you want.  Once you discover how easy it is to brew your own beer, you’ll have a lot of fun experimenting with different recipes. 

The home brewing beer process begins with boiling the malt and hops together.  This boiling process is important because it sterilizes the ingredients and cooks off the natural bitterness.  After the mixture cools, the yeast is added and the fermentation process begins.  The mixture is placed in the fermentation container and allowed to sit for several weeks.  After fermentation is complete, the sugar product is mixed in.  Next, the brew is siphoned into the sterilized bottles.  Before you can enjoy your home brew, the beer has to age for 2 to 4 weeks.

If your first attempt at home brewing beer isn’t successful, don’t become discouraged.  There are a number of things that could have gone wrong, but you can find a trouble shooting guide to help you figure out where the problem lies.  Cleanliness is critical throughout the entire brewing process.  If bacteria were introduced at any time during the brewing process, the final product could be affected.  The pH of the water being used or a slight variation in the ingredients could affect the properties and flavors of the beer.  If something goes wrong, don’t give up.  Take note of the entire brewing process, refer to the trouble shooting guide, and try again.  After a few attempts, you will be able to consistently brew fine beer.

Home brewing beer is a fun hobby and an easy way to indulge in your love of fine beer.  The process is very simple and the supplies are readily available and affordable.  After you’ve purchased the equipment needed, your only expense with be the ingredients for each batch.  Anybody that enjoys fine beer will find that home brewing beer is a great hobby.

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You may have heard of people brewing their own beer from home and it may have initially sounded strange. Why would you bother doing the procedure when you can easily grab your six-pack from any convenience store, right? Well, each person who engages in brewing his or her own beer has different reasons why he or she does it. Whatever it is though, their reasons must all be valid. Brewing of beer has long been done anyway. In fact, the modern fermentation done in factories these days only evolved from the process ancient people did in making their own liquor. Home brewing dates back to as far as 10,000 B.C. It has significantly evolved of course, but it wouldn’t hurt to try coming up with your own recipe at home– provided that you are up for the thrill and you spare time to indulge in it.

One of the most common reasons why home beer brewing is in is because it makes a good hobby. If cooking can be a hobby, then why not beer brewing? It does not require you to go out and sweat, neither do you have to pay for a membership fee to do it. The resources are readily available and you can share the finish product with family and friends. The getting together also provides you with the quality time you do not often spend with them because you are all busy with your own lives.

Another great thing about brewing your own beer is you can enjoy your own taste. You are able to adjust the beer brewing recipes to match your taste. Experiment with various ingredients just like what can be done cooking. You can try different techniques and have your own signature creation. Name it after you if you want! Home brewed beer is for personal consumption anyway. The largest crowd that could have a taste of your own product is when you join a major beer brewing contest, which could prove to be a lot of fun too.

Did you also know that there are several publications devoted to the hobby of brewing beer from home? They are released monthly and they serve as great guides and resources to avid brewers out there. Online, home brewing equipment and kits are also being sold. It has definitely gone a step further.

Home beer brewing could be quite a cool hobby. If you are a beer drinker and you want to have something more than your usual six-pack or import, why not try making one of your own? Make it stronger, make it paler, make it sweeter, and make it just however you like. Make friends with people who are engaged in the same hobby and learn from them. You’ll never know, you may find a great hidden talent within you when it comes to brewing.