| When people start to make home brewed beer, | | | | All grain brewing is viewed by many home brewers |
| there is a wide range of options available to them, in | | | | as the only way to make real, home brewed beer. In |
| which many will include a few short-cuts that make | | | | view of the fact that the ingredients are rawer, it will |
| the whole process a lot easier for the brewer. As | | | | of course rely to some extent on having the right |
| with many things in life, there is a certain amount of | | | | equipment too. This means a greater early outlay |
| trade-off when it comes to doing things the easy | | | | when it comes to buying the products you need for |
| way. Of course, it is easier, but with that you have | | | | the home brewing process, but in the end it pays for |
| to accept the fact that it is going to be a certain | | | | itself. After you have made this investment and |
| way - there will be restrictions in what you can | | | | learned the process for turning your grain into a |
| create, because part of the process has already | | | | drinkable beer, all you need to do is find the right |
| been done for you by the people who pre-prepared | | | | ingredients, and learn the tricks of how you turn |
| some of the ingredients. The complete process, | | | | them from raw ingredient into worthwhile brew. |
| without any short cuts, requires a knowledge of | | | | The term "all grain brewing" is a reference to the |
| all-grain brewing. | | | | fact that the process does not involve any pre-made |
| Making your own beer is not easy when you have to | | | | component parts of the beer mixture, instead |
| do it all from scratch. You start with raw ingredients | | | | requiring you to turn the grain that you are using into |
| and equipment which have been used since time | | | | something which will become a beer. Not every |
| immemorial by home brewers. Instead of having | | | | ingredient is a grain, of course, especially if you are |
| pre-packaged ingredients with part of the work | | | | making a more exotic variation, but it is all in its |
| already done - a more modern innovation - you will | | | | rawest form. |
| have to do the work yourself. There is an advantage | | | | Once you have grasped all grain brewing, you really |
| to this, though, and that is in the infinite variety that | | | | are onto something. From that point on you can start |
| can await you. The beer that results from this | | | | to brew beers of different strengths, tastes and |
| process can cover a wide range of different tastes | | | | appearances, and find the one that makes you |
| and varieties, and the deciding factor will be in your | | | | happiest. The more versatile you can be with your |
| ambition, talent and attention. If you want a brew | | | | brewing, the more of a repertoire you will put |
| that tastes of banana, you can do it, as long as you | | | | together, and you can enjoy a wide and varied range |
| are prepared to do the work to bring it about. | | | | of beers that will put any bar to shame. |
