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Have you ever been out to eat or had a beer at a brew pub Maybe you wondered how hard homebrewing might be. You know, those cool eateries that feature a in-house brewery where you can literally see the brewers making great beer. Or perhaps you've gone on a brewery tour and seen all of the huge crazy equipment, or possibly you've actually tried someone's home brewed beer and wondered how hard it might be to make your own beer at home?
Becoming a homebrewer is truly much simpler than you might think. It does not require a lot of additional space such as a garage or warehouse to brew in, or high-priced equipment. And believe it or not, you aren't in any real danger of blowing up your house by home brewing!
Today homebrewing has become a very popular hobby. The homebrewing industry is enormous, with thousands of organizations producing items and equipment solely for homebrewers to use. Gone are the days of getting low grade ingredients at the supermarket and trying to make crude beer from it. Home brewers now have access to huge warehouses of supplies at local home brew supply stores and of course at the many online super stores.
In spite of what you may think, it's okay if you're not a scientist, dork or hippie! If you can follow the instructions on the back of instant cookie mix, and know how to boil water, then you my friend can brew excellent beer at home right now! To get rolling only takes some really simple and basic ingredients and equipment that can be purchased in any homebrew shop.
If you choose a very basic home brewery setup, you can get started for under $100. You can of course move up to better equipment, but even with a low-cost and very simple setup you can brew great beer at home, stuff that tastes a lot better than that mass-produced crap you find in most grocery stores!
You get to be innovative when homebrewing. You can put just about anything into your home brew, making it as bitter, sweet, strong, light, dark, and aromatic as you'd like. But to ensure you brew something that's nice and delicious, I definitely suggest you start with a very basic homebrew beer recipe that's already been done for you. But don't be surprised if after just a couple of batches of beer if you're already wanting to branch out and produce your own recipes!
Beer is something that's been around for thousands and thousands of years, and it isn't going anywhere. A great way to reconnect with our past is to make beer the way our forefathers did, by using our own two hands... but of course we can make much better tasting beer with ingredients from all over the place! Homebrewing is a great way to make new friends and meet fellow beer lovers, especially through home brewing clubs where lots of drinking is done!
Anyone, including you, can learn how to brew your own beer. So jump into this exciting and fun hobby and start making your own beer today. I'm sure your buddies will love you for it!
