I love brewing. I started home brewing beer and mead about eight years ago after buying a starter kit for $100 and The Joy of Homebrewing (THE brewing book) on Amazon. Having no clue what I was doing, I threw a bunch of ingredients together and voila--I had 50 bottles of a Not-So Bad Nut Brown. Amazing. I've been hooked every since.Brewing is actually really easy--much easier than I thought it would be. Not only is it enjoyable, but with the rising price of beer and mead, fairly economical as well. Most five gallon batches run about $35-$60 for ingredients and yield around 50 bottles of beer. Of course--economy isn't the reason I do it. What I love is creating recipes and learning the how and why of what makes certain beers taste certain ways. Other homebrewers I've met love the chemistry of it--making as clear a beer as possible.
Just like most hobbies--there is this whole subculture of homebrewers. There are organizations and websites and competitions and blogs. And suddenly you find yourself at parties discussing hops and wort chillers for two hours.
Any other brewers out there? What have you got cookin'?
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I had a friend who made the most amazing homebrews. He could have been a master brewer. A fascinating hobby. Keep up the A-Z! New Follower!
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I'm not a brewer myself, but a really good friend of mine started out home brewing like you and has made it into a career - check out his page :)
http://www.pacbrewlab.com/about/
I can barely boil water but that sounds fascinating actually.
Very cool. I haven't done it yet, but I hope to some day.
What an uber cool post! I would LOVE to try this, though I don't know how good mine would turn out. Very economical idea, though. :)
That sounds interesting.
Awesome! I have not attempted this but a friend of mine does vodka infusions - fruit to gimmicky stuff like bacon (hit or miss usually).
Good luck with the A to Z challenge!
Is there any other kind of Nut-Brown...than not so bad?
If you need a non-biased taste tester, let me know...
never even heard of such a thing! If it makes you happy, then go for it. And if it saves you money in the long run, even better.
I'm not really into beer, but I do know some people that make their own wine.
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My husband does all the cooking, but he has never brewed beer! All the best to you for Easter!
CarolynBrown-Books
That's cool that you can brew your own beer!
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Happy A-Zing!
I have lots of friends who do, but not me. I'm trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge Blogs this month.
That's something I never tried before, since I'm not much of a beer drinker. Sounds fun and interesting, though. :-)
Wow. Interesting hobby. I love mead and drank some homebrew mead one time. It had a fantastic kick!
My brother-in-law did this years ago and it was great stuff. I would try it, but it seems like there is quite a bit of work to start up.
I am trying to read all the A to Z blogs, but coming back to the ones I really like.
Looking forward to seeing what you do all month!
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