Saturday, November 7th is American Homebrewers Associations Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day. This is a national event to introduce people to the homebrewing hobby and to establish relationships with local homebrew supply shops.
Each year on the first Saturday in November, [...]

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By Sean Fallon – Gizmodo – Aug. 26, 2009
Did you know that in most states, you can brew up to 100 gallons of beer or wine per adult in your home, 200 gallons max? So why are you still buying it from the supermarket?
To put that into perspective, 200 gallons will fill roughly 2000 12 [...]

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Inspired by, and in tribute to, the “I am a Craft Brewer” video shown at the 2009 Craft Brewers Conference. This is dedicated to all of the men and women who comprise the American Craft Brewing Movement and to the countless others who comprise the Home Brewing Movement.

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By Charlie Papazian – Beer Examiner
America’s small and independent craft brewers claim only 4% of the volume of beer enjoyed in the U.S.  But taking a look at how they brew and what they brew one quickly realizes that they account for close to 20% of the hops used in the U.S.
U.S. craft brewers [...]

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Muskrat Mashers Homebrew Club
Wednesday April 29th
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Harbor Inn & Ale
13993 Laplaisance Rd – Monroe, MI
Details: We don’t officially have a “club” formed just yet.  This meeting will be the first, to see if there’s actually any interest in forming a homebrew club in Monroe.  If we get enough people interested, we’ll [...]

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The Simple Dollar website breaks down the cost of homebrewing in the post “A walkthrough and Cost Breakdown of Brewing Your Own Beer.”   This is a great article that includes a step by step process of the most basic extract brewing process.
As most of you know, Kevin, Sarah and I all homebrew.   I had always [...]

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The Brew it Yourself Culture
by:  Ryan Allen 1.29.09 – Metromode
It’s true: every scene has its do-it-yourself faction. Bearded indie rockers are producing acclaimed albums with little more than a MacBook and a few decent microphones; risk-taking filmmakers are shooting hand held masterpieces with next-to-no care for Hollywood’s high-budget rules. People are turning to Youtube to [...]

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If you are reading this on Saturday morning (1/31/09) you can follow this link and watch Rob brew.
http://www.justin.tv/daytonroadbrewing

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Here is an article from the Freep about Liberty Street. By the way, I got some growlers of their IPA and Stout and they were both great beers.
New brew on tap in Old Village

By Stephanie Angelyn Casola
OBSERVER STAFF WRITER
Joe Walters is living every home-brewer’s dream. On Dec. 8, he opened the doors of Liberty Street [...]

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I have been interested in homebrewing for a long time.  I picked up some books a couple years ago and began reading through them.  At first, the process seemed a bit intimidating.   Grains, extract, temperature control, sanitation and hops.. all with a different chapters.  And yeast;  the ingredient that makes it all happen, made me [...]

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