As promised, we are starting up our series on how to brew beer at home. Numerous people have expressed a profound interest in this subject. But where do we start? I thought some preliminaries should be put into place before we get ahead of ourselves. Before you go any further, it would behoove you to read a couple articles on our website about beer ingredients. I'm not doing this for the website hits, ladies and gentlemen; I just believe that things might become a little clearer if you check out these articles on brewing ingredients and the roles that they play. For those who are interesting in brewing, we have to start by telling you that there are essentially three methods of brewing beer. The methods for brewing are, here, being listed from easiest to hardest. None of them are extraordinarily hard. However, the more you learn, it becomes clear that this statement is both true and untrue. It is true in that all three methods are accessible with varying amounts of equipment. It is hard in the sense that the more control that you want to have, the more work ...

As we promised in February, we are going to post about homebrewing. We are finally ready to go. Let me tell you, between work, writing normally for this blog, and drinking new beers (I only have a complaint about the first on this list), it took a fair amount of time to write the seven beer articles that we set out to do. We've tried to put a bunch of work into the series and keep it as simple as possible. There were many points where we could have expatiated on a given topic, but we wanted to avoid making you crazy with too much information. As it is, we already have plenty of information on brewing to get you to the point of making your own. We will be posting our first official article tomorrow. A word about making your own beer. There are few things that I've found more rewarding, enjoyable, and awe-inspiring in my life than making my own beer. I don't have kids yet, but I often tease that I worry about my beer like I would a new born baby. Is it breathing (i.e., fermenting)? Look how ...