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Home Brewing

Waiting for Your Home Made Beer is the Hardest Part

  The rock music artist Tom Petty had a hit song that went, "The waiting is the hardest part".  And when it comes to brewing your own beer, maybe the most difficult step of them all is the fermentation and aging process. After all, the steps leading up to the time when you wait for beer to mature is full of activity.   From shopping for new equipment and ingredients, to cleaning and preparation to boiling the wort to cooling and preparing for fermentation, it’s a fun process.  And that is what you want from a great hobby.   But once...

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What Beer Making Gurus Know

The great thing about brewing your own beer is that you can be good at it starting out and get great at it over time.  You can make each and every batch tasty and enjoyable but at the same time always be driven to make a better brew.  Part of the function of home brewing contests and being part of your local brewers club is that you get those tips and learn from the old pros at brewing so month by month and year by year, your beer gets better and better.   One important thing that the real beer...

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You Can't Make Gasoline but You Can Make Beer

In tough economic times, we all look for ways to save money.  With gas prices going up constantly, the prices of everything just goes right on up with them.  Unlike the government, we can't print up money so anything we can do to cut costs without giving up quality of life is a good move.  And if quality of life includes having a nice tasting brew every so often, well then there is definitely something we can do and maybe you are already starting to do that is not only great fun but a very good cost cutting move for...

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Zymurgy Lovers You Know

The fun of any private hobby or passion is knowing the secret language that goes with it.  So if you had someone come to you and say, "You are really into that zymurgy stuff, aren’t you", you may not know whether to thank him or slap him.  But if you are beginning to get excited about the art of making beer at home, not only are you getting into "that zymurgy stuff", you probably know a few major zymurgists as well.  Zymurgy, for the trivia buffs, is the art of fermenting that leads to the production of beer.   There...

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