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Building Your Own Wine Rack
by J. Larry Denton
Whether you are a true wine lover with a collection worth thousands of dollars or are simply a person who occasionally enjoys a glass of wine with your dinner, the storage of your wines is of major importance. To protect your investment and to keep your wine tasting […]

HomeMade Wine Making-Some Things You Might Not Know
by Carmel Baird
As wine has become more popular in the United States and growing steadily every day, there has been an increase also in the making of wine for personal consumption. Wine making supplies have become readily available and producing wine at home allows the wine lovers to […]

Beer Making, the Cheapest Way to Brew the Best Beer in Town
by Shannon Brown
Beer has a reputation of being the world’s best drink, and beer lovers consider the intoxicating experience as a divine experience. This notion dates back in the ancient times.
The process of beer making was discovered in the ancient times by the Sumerians. […]

Home Beer Brewing Success and Why You Should Brew Beer at Home
by Paul Duxbury
Home Beer Brewing is becoming an increasingly popular hobby for men and women of all ages. The ever increasing price of drinks at bars and clubs coupled with a greater interest in entertaining at home have made Home Beer Brewing increasingly popular.
So […]

Make Wine, Not War
by Jennifer Jordan
Homemade wine may seem like a crazy concept, as if it came about after a bad acid trip by Betty Crocker. But, it’s really not that crazy at all. In fact, winemaking in the home is an old tradition. It was born out of necessity; prior to the 20th century […]

You Can Make Your Own Beer At Home
by Tim Tanis
It can be a family project or just a new hobby for yourself. Many people do not understand why some make their own beer. They wonder why they want the big mess and all the clutter of creating their own brew.It really is not all that. […]

Homebrew Experimentation - Back to Basics
by Drew Vics
I started brewing my own beers back in the late 90’s. A friend of mine had been brewing successfully for about 10 years and had offered to show me the ropes. I eagerly accepted.
At that time he had already had a sufficient grasp of the process, so my […]

Brewing Beer
by Gary DeWitt
Brewing beer at home requires 4 basic ingredients. They are malt, hops, yeast, and water. Yet brewing beer is almost as much of an art as a science. The malt for brewing beer is the grain. The hops you use for brewing beer adds bitterness. The water makes it work. The yeast […]

Beer - Tasting Parties
by Michael Russell
Let me start out by saying that nobody should host a bear tasting party unless all the participants are over age and there is a designated driver for each person. That way you are assured of nobody getting arrested for underage drinking or driving under the influence. Having said that, […]

Beer - More Things You Can Learn
by Michael Russell
In a previous article we started a discussion of some of the things you can learn about beer. We covered some of the basics. But beer goes way beyond basics. Maybe that’s why over 100,000 people each month do Internet search engine lookups on beer. Ready for […]