| There are few pleasures in life to match a nice cold | | | | just as good as, or better than, the frosty glasses of |
| beer on a hot day. The best way to round off a | | | | ale served up at our local tavern. However, with |
| hard day's work is, in many people's mind, a trip to | | | | persistence and experimentation, it is possible to |
| their favourite bar to partake of a couple of glasses | | | | brew beer to suit our own tastes. A home brewery |
| of their chosen brew. However, prices can be a | | | | means that we can have the best of all worlds. A |
| major sticking point for many, as price increases | | | | nice pale ale or a full-bodied stout, a classy dark beer |
| have taken a night's drinking to the level where it is | | | | or a crisp lager - it's your choice, and with practice |
| now something that has to be balanced against cost. | | | | you can be brewing something you'd be happy to |
| Although there are other reasons to be restrained | | | | serve to a connoisseur. |
| when it comes to having a few drinks, such as the | | | | Home brewery kits are not expensive. Certainly, |
| health benefits of drinking responsibly, many of us | | | | when compared to what you would spend on a |
| have come to the conclusion that there is no reason | | | | month's worth of trips to your sports bar to watch a |
| to pay higher prices when it just doesn't seem worth | | | | couple of games at a time, you can begin to see big |
| it. | | | | savings very quickly. Once you have the knack you |
| People have been aware of the benefits of having a | | | | will find that people are prepared to visit for a couple |
| home brewery for some time now. However, there | | | | of drinks when the game is on - they may be willing |
| is a sense - as with many things - that it just isn't the | | | | to pay and, if not, they'll bring food to go with the |
| same. Mass production has the benefit of being | | | | drinks you serve up. |
| climate-controlled and linked to ease of sourcing | | | | As hobbies go, home brewery is something that can |
| ingredients. Some people feel that it just isn't worth | | | | make perfect sense. Rather than having a hobby |
| it. However, as prices at the liquor store and the local | | | | that goes nowhere, the beer lover can enjoy the |
| bar climb ever higher, it is now more than ever an | | | | feeling of making something themselves, with the |
| option to be considered. A home brewery allows you | | | | added advantage that no beer tastes finer than that |
| to have a few beers when you want at a price that | | | | which you have brewed to your own recipe - the |
| suits your pocket. | | | | endless variations that you can come up with will |
| It is sometimes a matter of trial and error. There are | | | | make it more fun than you could imagine, and all for |
| few of us who are skilled or lucky enough to have | | | | a reasonable price. |
| our first batch of home-brewed beer turn out to be | | | | |
