So, you’re keen to try your hand at home brewing? Did you know that making your own wine and beer at home may have begun as early as 7,000 BC? That’s what engravings on ancient Chinese artefacts ...

As the American Homebrewers Association tells it: "In the beginning there was beer. It was good." Well, maybe not right at the beginning, but people have been making their own beer, batch by batch, ...

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Have you ever cracked open a bottle of beer, poured it into a clear glass and left it outside sitting in the sun? Maybe you've come back to it after a while to take a sip -- and something isn't quite ...

IT’S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There’s the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and ...

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Feeling the urge to brew or ferment something, but beer’s not your thing? There are other ways to sate that urge for a new fermentation hobby. You can brew vinegar, sake or kombucha, make wine, roast ...