Beer Brewing

The concise art of beer making at home is enjoyed and experienced by beer making enthusiasts everywhere. In 1920 the United States outlawed the manufacture and consumption of alcoholic beverages “for beverage purposes”.

All Grain Brewing Recipes

Brewing on a domestic level has been done for thousands of years, but has been subject to regulation and prohibition. One of the earliest, modern attempts to regulate private production that affected this era was the Inland Revenue Act of 1880 in the United Kingdom; this required a 5-shilling home brewing license.

In 1920 the United States outlawed the manufacture and consumption of alcoholic beverages “for beverage purposes”. When prohibition was repealed, home wine-making was legalized, however a clerical error omitted the words “and/or beer” from the document which was eventually passed into law so home brewing remained illegal until 1978 when Congress passed a bill repealing Federal restrictions on the home brewing of small amounts of beer.  

Coopers Brewing Beer Kit

However, most states permit home brewing, allowing 100 gallons of beer per person over the age of 21 per household, up to a maximum of 200 gallons per year.

Homebrew Recipes

While legality of home brewing varies from country to country, most allow home brewing, some countries limiting the volume brewed by an individual, and even fewer countries allowing distillation of hard alcohol.

In 1920 the United States outlawed the manufacture and consumption of alcoholic beverages “for beverage purposes”. Because alcohol is taxed by the federal governments via excise taxes, home brewers are restricted from selling any beer they brew.

Home Brewery Setup

This similarly applies in most Western countries, Australia and New Zealand. However, most states permit home brewing, allowing 100 gallons of beer per person over the age of 21 per household, up to a maximum of 200 gallons per year.

Once you’ve decided that you want to try your hand at making beer at home, you need to start looking for the right brewing kit to help you along the way. You definitely don’t want to just rush out and purchase the first making beer at home kit you see, instead you want to find the one that will suit your needs best. After all, you want to make your home brew the best it can be, and to do this you need top quality beer brewing supplies.

With all the right tools, equipment, supplies, hops, and tidbits included in homebrew kits… they are perfect for people to start brewing their own beer from the comfort of their own home. When starting out, you just want to first get to a point of brewing good tasting beer, and you can’t go wrong with a kit.

American home brewing adapts to the changes in the political and economic climates of the country. Back in the 90s, America had been the top producer of beer. However, with the global recession that is happening now, many companies are closing. Although of course, some argue that as the economy worsens, beer sells more - many get depressed and thus forget their economic woes through the messy route of drinking. Some people, instead of wasting precious money by raking the bars every night, adapt to the situation - and that is by turning towards home made beer.

By indulging in your very own “Home Beer Brewing” hobby, you get to drink great tasting beer without the additives that are in most commercial beers. Your beer will have that great natural taste, and you get to brag to your mates that YOU were the brewer!

Home Beer Brewing is not only great fun but very rewarding. You can make it simply by following the basic instructions in the kit or branch out using different recipes as you gain more experience. With the right kit the process is made so easy with good consistent results.

Setting up a Fermenter for Fermentation

It really helps to contain some information on the fermentation process and have a high quality fermenter that can retain a constant temperature at all times.

Fermentation is basically the making of alcohol which is done by mixing sugar, yeast and water. Yeast is a living organism and if the water is kept at the correct temperature the yeast cells will go to work on the sugar and react in a way that creates a combination of fifty /fifty alcohol and carbon dioxidedioxide (which normally gets shaken out of the solution during the fermentation process). Alcohol strength can be varied by the various types of yeast so you really do have complete control over the finished product. Anyone new to the hobby would probably be better off starting with a kit as you merely follow the instructions