| Most beer drinkers have entertained the thought of | | | | ended up with a very drinkable brew and one I was |
| getting involved with home beer brewing especially | | | | pleased to share with my mates. They enjoyed the |
| when they think of the cost of beer these days. | | | | free beer too and several of them are now turning |
| There is something about the idea of having friends | | | | out their own home brew with mixed results but a |
| visit on a hot day, getting the BBQ fired up and | | | | lot of fun. |
| bringing out your home brew, that is really quite | | | | I eventually got involved in a bigger way. I ended up |
| enticing. But is it something YOU want to do? | | | | investing in all the right equipment to make a bigger |
| Home beer brewing can be as simple as getting | | | | brew and now I have quite a nice home brewing |
| yourself a micro-brewing kit and everything you need | | | | operation going on in my shed. (My wife put her foot |
| to turn out your first lot of home brew or as | | | | down about using the basement because the whole |
| complicated as getting all the 'right' equipment, | | | | house smelt like a brewery - go figure!) |
| learning all the right processes and making an income | | | | There is a lot to learn about making a good home |
| out of it. | | | | brew. There is the equipment, the hops, the malt, |
| When I started my home brewing, I was about to | | | | the yeast, the quality of the water, the cooking, the |
| leap into it in a big way, until a friend told me that | | | | fermentation process and that's just the beginning. |
| home beer brewing needs to be approached a little | | | | So what do you want to do? Take on home beer |
| more cautiously. He said, "Jim, with home beer | | | | brewing as a hobby or do you think you want a |
| brewing, you need to dip your toes into the water | | | | bigger operation? Take my advice. Start small. Learn |
| before you decide to dive into it." And he was right. I | | | | the ropes. A steady consistent brewer will turn out a |
| was really glad he had been there to give me this | | | | steady consistent brew whereas someone who 'flies |
| advice otherwise I would have got in way over my | | | | by the seat of their pants' will turn out cloudy brews |
| head and not had any appreciation for the dangerous | | | | that don't smell too good and are only fit to be |
| snags waiting to catch out the unwary home brewer. | | | | poured down a drain. Take a look at my blog. I have |
| I dropped a little money on a micro-brewing kit. It | | | | some recommendations for you, some advice and |
| wasn't expensive, and had everything I needed to | | | | suggestions that just may turn your first experiment |
| get started. My first dip into home beer brewing | | | | into home beer brewing into a very successful one. |
