If you are we would love to know your recipe for sure! But if this does not apply to your particular skills . . . Don't Worry! If you can boil water you can master homebrewing.
You can if you like but this is not the usual way newbie's start off. You should start off with the tried and true method of canned extracts. As you get more experienced and diversified in you taste for beer, you may wish to try new style and recipes and work with more raw ingredients.
Using standard 12 ounce non-screw top bottles you can yield about 55 - 60 bottles per 5 gallon batch.
From start to finish you could be enjoying your own beer as in little as 2 weeks for the time you began the boiling of your ingredients.
We think it's the beers but it really is all personal taste. HomeBrewing offers an extreme variety of flavors, alcohol content, and most of all, the satisfaction of having produced your own hand crafted beer. As a general note, commercial brands are mass produced to create large batches of beer that consistently taste the same for each batch and are considerably watered down compared to traditional hand crafted beers.
Comparing cost of homebrew to commercial beer? Homebrew will win every time! To produce 1 batch (55 - 60 bottles) will cost anywhere from $15 on up for ingredients to brew. This place the cost of making homebrew around $5 to $7 per case! Compare this to $15 to $20 for a case of premium store bought beer!
This could be a pain depending on how you look at it. In all aspects of cooking you don't want to work with dirty or unclean equipment or conditions. This is true for brewing as well! You never want to take short cuts on cleaning and sterilizing your equipment and bottles. The difference can be the loss of a batch due to an infected beer that taste like "wet cardboard" to a delicious style of beer you and your friends will all enjoy!
President and C.E.B (Chief Executive Brewer)..Larry Kindrick
Getting involved is easy. Even if you choose to decide not to be a member of the Desert Quenchers' Homebrew Club, just brewing your own beer get's you involved into the wonderful word of HomeBrewing. The Desert Quenchers Homebrew club has an wealth of experience and information by mean of other members to offer in the quest for the ultimate beer. Newbies, guests, and expert brewers are all welcome to come and share their experiences and knowledge. We all benefit for a combined pool of knowledge. You can contact us through this web page or call if you would like more information
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