Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Home brew – how to brew beer – better your brewing!

Home brew – how to brew beer – better your brewing!




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hint: if you just follow the instructions on your coopers kit, you’ll never brew the beer you really want…


have you ever been really excited to taste a new brew, only to have to pour it down the sink? have your friends ever laughed at you after tasting a couple of your "not so good" home brews?


have you ever felt like brewing the beer you want to is just out of reach? well, firstly let me tell you you’re not alone. And secondly, i have to admit that at one time or another, i have had to say yes to all three of those questions…


you see, about five years ago, i thought home brewing was only for old alcoholic guys with nothing better to do. I assumed it was only possible to make lots of cheap, but barely drinkable beer.


but all this changed one easter sunday. I was sitting around with my three uncles when it was time for all of us to get a fresh beer. My uncle greg jumped up and with a smirk on his face told us he’d make the trip to the beer fridge.


he brought back some long neck bottles without labels on them. I knew something was up, but wasn’t sure what. So i took a swig and didn’t really think anything of it. We’d been drinking heinekens all day and this strange looking bottle tasted about the same.


but by then we all knew something was up… Uncle greg still had a big smile on his face and was looking at us waiting to get a response. I was just about to speak when he asked "how’d you like those ones boys? they’re …read more detail



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