Is It Possible To Brew a Home brew as Good as Excellent Craft Brewed Beer?
by Amil Tefft
People started making beer for their use long ago. In my home here in the U.S. of A, many of our country's founders were definitely brewers, even "The Father of our country" George Washington. In 1919, the "Great Experiment" made it criminal to produce beer in this country, though of course everybody knows people still continued making beer, at home and elsewhere. You could still find malt extract in stores in the midst of The Great Experiment of prohibition, and it even normally displayed a warning not to add water and yeast, otherwise alcohol might possibly result. Times were grim for brewers and consumers alike, as it seems likely that an awful lot of the homemade beer at that time wasn't something you and I would enjoy drinking now.
Fortunately, alcohol prohibition came to an end in 1933, although there was a small oversight in the law - winemaking in the home was legal, however the particular law allowing for home winemaking did not talk about beer. This oversight was finally corrected in 1978, when Jimmy Carter ok'd H.R. 1337, which contained an amendment exempting home brewed beer from taxation. At the time of this writing, home brewing is allowed in almost every state (sorry to the folks in Alabama and Mississippi).
Even though Prohibition was indeed a huge setback for the commercial brewing industry in the U.S., the decade of the '90s saw an awesome change. The so-called microbrewery or "craft brewing" trend gave us here in the U.S. styles of beer previously only available as imports. We saw many very good, neighborhood brew-pubs emerging everywhere. At the same time, there were many less satisfactory breweries too. Things have settled some, and we are well into the second decade of the 2000s, and I'm happy to say that what we can buy these days has never been better. Most of the lower-quality breweries have faded away, though the good ones keep getting better. It's hard not to ask yourself why you would consider making beer at home. I mean, can you brew a brew with the same quality as a Pliny the Younger, or Hair of the Dog's Fred?
I'll tell you, there's no doubt you can. You probably won't do it from the start, it takes a commitment to learning the craft, but the reality is that the ones producing your all-time favorite craft-brewed beer started out as home brewers.
The first beer you brew will be excellent, even if it's not as good as your favorites. I mean you'll brew a beer that you'll happily pour for your beer-drinking friends, one that will bring a smile to your face the moment you sip it and know you created it yourself. And, setting aside the occasional mishap, every batch you make is going to be a small bit better than the last. And as noble a goal as it is to create a beer that tops the best you can purchase, a huge part of the thrill to us home brewers is making beer regularly, trying to get just a little bit better. That, and sharing beer with friends.
Mark Wood has some great information on <a href="http://allgrainbrewing.org/what-equipment-is-needed-for-all-grain-brewing/">advanced home brewing</a>. To check out his site, <a href="http://allgrainbrewing.org">click here</a>.
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Title: Is It Possible To Brew a Home brew as Good as Excellent Craft Brewed Beer?
Author: Amil Tefft
Email: mark@mjwoodmarketing.com
Keywords: all grain brewing,home beer brewing,home brewing,home brewing,beer making,beer,food and drink
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Category: Hobbies
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