Diane Steinbach has been writing for a variety of professional, educational and entertainment publications for over 15 years. Her work consists of books on art therapy including "Art as Therapy: Innovations, Inspiration and Ideas." She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art therapy and behavioral science from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
SUPPLIES
- Access to a bookstore
- Access to a home brewing supply store
- User names and passwords for online forums and groups
Overview
Home brewing is a terrific hobby with some tasty results. Steeped in tradition, today's home brewers cross all lines of age, ethnicity and educational levels and allow everyday folk to express their creativity through ingredients and flavors. Mixing up small batches means more variety in tastes and styles, but a good recipe collection is vital in keeping you interested in the trade. If you are ready to enhance your collection of beer making recipes read on.
How to Find Beer-Making Recipes
Step 1
Check out the bookstore. Home-brewing is a growing hobby and the number of beer-making recipes books out there supports this community. Inexpensive and chock full of information on hops, barely and other ingredients, a traditional beer-making recipe book makes it easy to get brewing.
Step 2
Talk to the owner of your home brew supply store. Many home brewing supply stores have highly knowledgeable brewers working daily and sharing recipes is part of the fun. Especially interesting at the change of seasons, home brew stores may feature recipes in their newsletter or shopping guide, or may want to highlight some new supplies with a terrific new recipe.
Step 3
Start with a kit. Novice brewers may want to start with a home-brewing kit to get them familiar with the ingredients and process of home brewing. Once you know what your base ingredients are you are more free to use unique essences, such as evergreen or cinnamon.
Step 4
Join an online forum. The home-brewing community is always happy to share information and recipes to fellow brewers and there are plenty of online forums that encourage users to post successful recipes. This is a fun and free way to enhance your recipe collection, but don't forget to post some recipes as well!
Step 5
Join a home-brewing association or club. Some of the national organizations will send you a magazine or newsletter monthly with new brewing recipes to try. Most have supporting websites as well with monthly recipes and news, and membership may also save you money at your brewing supply store.
Step 6
Go to conventions or home-brewing tasting parties. These organized events are just another way for home brewers to share their hobby with others and the best tasting brews will often come with a recipe to share. Talk to booth representatives or other brewers, exchange email addresses and wait for those recipes to come flying in.
TIPS AND WARNINGS
- TIP : Focus on seasonal flavors like wheats in autumn and evergreen or cinnamon in winter to keep your recipes fresh and varied.
Keep your recipes in a book separated by seasonal brews, as well as brew styles. For example, have a Pale Ale section, a Lager section as well as Summer, Autumn and Winter brews.
- WARNING : Be sure to use fresh ingredients as older stock may taste off once brewed.
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