Home Beer Brewing Tips

A fight brewed in the Legislature Wednesday over a proposal to clarify whether Wisconsin residents can make and serve beer outside their homes.
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Foothills Brewing Co.'s annual release of its Sexual Chocolate imperial stout was, predictably, a shoulder-to-shoulder party at the pub. Less predictable, though, was the national attention the beer and company got the next day.
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One can purchase the equipment for a basic home brewery setup for less than two hundred dollars. The design for a home brewery setup does not have to be elaborate. However, it does need the basic materials to allow the beer to ferment properly once the recipe has been used. Then, the beer needs to be properly bottled. Having purchased the home brewery setup, all the would-be brewer needs to do is to decide on the type of beer, follow a good recipe and begin brewing!

Equipment

The first thing that has to be bought for a home brewery setup is of course the brew pot, which should have at least a sixteen quart capacity.  This is a special pot that must be made of either stainless steel or enamel-coated metal so that the beer does not brew and end up picking up the flavor of the pot.  This ensures that the beer will have the pure flavor of the recipe rather than having a strange taste from the pot it cooked in.

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