Homebrewer Tips
Beer Tasting: 10 Reasons to start rating and recording your beer tasting experience.
1) A month after the last bottle is gone you will not remember how good or bad a particular recipe was.
2) It will help you understand how ingredients affect the quality of your brew.
3) Figure out what style you like best. It will help you decide what your next batch will be.
4) Learn the difference between "excellent","ok", "good", "bad" and "nasty" beer.
5) It will help you improve a recipe.
6) You will learn how to describe beer aroma, flavor and texture.
7) It will help develop your beer palate.
8) You will be a step closer to becoming a Beer Judge.
9) It will keep you from buying the same awful beer twice.
10) To compete with the wine snobs.
Beer Tasting Guide by alabev.com
Beer Tasting Form (.Pdf) by Trappistes Rochefort
Beer Tasting Form (.Doc) by ratebeer.com
Homebrewing Stats
Fellow homebrewer,
You are not alone...
... 1.25 million people in North America including Canada make their own beer.
... There are about 750 homebrew clubs in the U.S
... Around 9 million six-packs of beer are home-brewed annually.
... The average homebrewer spends between $100 and $150 per year on his/her hobby.
... The U.S. home-brew hobby market is estimated at almost $200 million a year.
... most states allow you to brew 100 gallons of beer per person over the age of 21 per household, up to a maximum of 200 gallons per year...
Exercise your right!
Start brewing today!
German Purity Law est.1516 (Reinheitsgebot)
"Furthermore, we wish to emphasize that in future in all cities, markets and in the country, the only ingredients used for the brewing of beer must be Barley, Hops and Water. Whosoever knowingly disregards or transgresses upon this ordinance, shall be punished by the Court authorities' confiscating such barrels of beer, without fail."
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