Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmum.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watmum!tjsmedley From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Brewing Beer Message-ID: <365@watmum.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 12:45:46 EST Article-I.D.: watmum.365 Posted: Fri Jan 17 12:45:46 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jan-86 01:03:02 EST Reply-To: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) Distribution: na Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17 [slurp, slurp...] After spending a year in Germany and drinking lots of *good* beer, I have been terribly disappointed in every bottle of brew I've tried since my return to Canada. (Who knows, if I lived in the States I may have given up beer drinking altogether :-) Even the imports are not the same. Many are brewed differently for export, and they all have to be pasturised, which seems to give a slightly bitter aftertaste. So... I'd like to start brewing my own beer and was wondering if anyone had any pointers. I think, for the first batch at least, I'd like to use one of those "kits" with everything included. Any suggestions? I prefer an ale. Trevor J. Smedley University of Waterloo {decvax,allegra,ihnp4,clyde,utzoo}!watmum!tjsmedley