Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Using a beer kit is a good intro to home brewing, and Veteran beer-making instructor Jeremy Frey, from F. H. Steinbart Company (one of the oldest home beer supply houses in the country) takes us step-by-step how to make a batch of homemade beer.
The ultimate "terroir" beer - this beer is brewed using local maple sap. It's a strong Scotch ale, known as a wee heavy. Quite strong, and very malty, yet smooth and pleasing to drink.
Home-brewing often intimidates beginners. Traditionally, home-brewers have used a lot of bulky gear. Fortunately, you can make great beer at home in tiny batches using one-gallon apple-juice-style jugs and common kitchen equipment.
Home brewing is all the rage and you desperately want to try it but you know you don’t want to own two 5-gallon carbuoys and a bunch of other wonky equipment. Save 5% by entering the code punkdom at checkout!
This is how I made a really tasty wild nettles beer with foraged stinging nettles and a wild culture. It was pretty simple, and came out like a nice IPA!
There are traditions of making fruit beers all over the world. Raspberries, cherries, peaches, pumpkins, blueberries- just about every fruit has made it’s way into a wirt kettle at some point. However, I have never seen a cantaloupe beer....