Beer of the Week Club

Starting your own beer of the week club has never been easier. Home brewing has grown in popularity and the advent of the internet has helped to spur on the age old practice of producing home brew beer. Many home brewing fans have started a beer of the week club and use online blog spots to share their beer making experiences with others around the world.

Acquiring the right supplies at the right price can make brewing your own beer at home fun, educational and more economical. Home brew beers can be made using any number of great recipes either from scratch or by using home brew kits. The process of brewing beer is well established and has been carried out for thousands of years. The basic ingredients of beer include water, yeast, grain and hops. The internet allows home brew fans to do basic research about brewing and to share results, tips and recipes with other home brew from all over the world.

Water is an important component with much debate about whether to use water straight from the tap water or some type of purified water. One of the first steps in brewing is boiling the water. Boiling water will certainly kill any undesirable bacteria though dissolved solids and heavy metals found in some municipal tap water will remain. So a case can be made that using filtered tap water is a good place to start when brewing beer at home.

Other ingredients needed for home brewing beer can be found at several reliable websites and sometimes right in your own hometown. Various combinations of hops, yeasts and grains can be bought in bulk or in premeasured packets. Novice home brewers may want to start as simply as possible and go with a proven recipe made from prepackaged ingredients. Many experienced home brewers have developed their own recipes and process refinements.

The equipment needed to brew beer at home can range from the simplicity of a large stovetop kettle to more elaborate setups. Regardless of the equipment you use, the key is cleanliness throughout the process. For example, before bottling your beer, you must ensure that the bottles have been properly sterilized. Clean equipment will help to prevent cross contaminating your brew with unwanted bacteria that can spoil your hard work and potentially a great batch of home brew beer.