A couple of times, he invited me to watch the process. He was trying to get me interested enough to maybe try brewing some myself. He was really interesting to watch. Being a research scientist he was extremely meticulous and documented everything very carefully. I have since brewed several batches of my own beer, but I’m not anywhere near as meticulous as he is and so far my beer has just not measured up to his. But I will keep trying. My beer is still better than off the shelf brands. He can brew dark beer, light beer, full flavored beer, fruity beer, nutty beer, you name it and he can do it, and it’s all very tasty. You can ask him a year from now what ingredients he put into a particular beer to get a particular flavor and he can go to his notes and tell you exactly what ingredients he used, how long it took, what temperature it was stored at and every last detail about that particular batch. Me, I’m not quite that detailed. I follow the instruction that have been given to me, generally by him. He knows what ingredients he can change and probably the flavor the end result will have. And he will certainly have it documented.

Why do I tell you all of this? It is simply this, if you really enjoy beer, making your own beer is a fun and very rewarding hobby. It takes a little work and some time but the end result is well worth the effort. If you try it I bet your taste in beer will change too. Common off the shelf beer will not be good enough anymore. Rich full bodied beer made and brewed by your own hands and drank at just the right temperature is a pleasure that just cannot be matched. If you really like beer and have some free time, go ahead and try it. My guess you will really enjoy it. The next time you have a few friends over, bring out the home brew. Your friends will be amazed and I promise that the home brew will spark a lively conversation. Instructions, brewing kits, and supplies are readily available. If supplies are not in your hometown, check out the Internet. There are several sites that have all the supplies and information that you need.

For a list of the supplies that you need and get the secrets to brewing really fine beer, check out this website: http://homebrewingsystem.org/ Drinking a cold beer that you brewed yourself is a pleasure that is hard to beat.

Author: Lee Costley
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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