Home Brewing

If you appreciate a great tasting home brewed beer and have been thinking you might like to brew your own, I’d like to share some tips that will make your first home brewing experience a winner. Before you start, decide how you are going to approach home brewing. Are you going to start from scratch and do everything yourself? Or are you going to simplify things and use a home brewing kit?

If you want to brew your own beer from scratch, you may want to consider purchasing a book or video on the subject. Believe it or not there are easy to follow home brewing videos available online that will walk you step by step through the entire process.

If you feel you’re not quite ready for the start from scratch method, there are several companies that offer beer making kits. Some home brewing kits even come with CO2 cartridges which add to the natural carbonation and help maintain freshness. Not all home brewing kits are created equal, so I would recommend doing some research before you purchase one.

Some other advantages of brewing your own beer are:

1. Home brew when done properly, tastes better than anything you could buy in a store.

2. You save money, since home brew can be made for just pennies per glass.

3. There are no preservatives, so you know exactly what ingredients are in YOUR beer!

Whatever route you decide to take with your first home brewing project, just follow a few simple, time tested procedures and the result will be a batch of some great tasting home brew. Spring and Fall are the best times to brew your own beer because of the moderate temperatures. So, there is no better time to brew your own beer than right now.