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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Brewing Beer
Message-ID: <139@slu70.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 13:20:11 EST
Article-I.D.: slu70.139
Posted: Wed Jan 22 13:20:11 1986
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Organization: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Summary: all malt beers

In article <365@watmum.UUCP>, tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley) writes:
> 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.

I haven't been involved in beer making for awhile but this is the best I
can recall. Most homebrews are a mixture of malt and sugar. They're somewhat
easier to make that way than all malt brews which can be a bit tricky.
I had one disaster with an all malt stout that I'll never forget (neither
will the woman who chugged a big swallow thinking that because it was
dark brown and in a coke bottle it must be coke :-)). In short I recommend
that you stay away from all malt brews for your first try. By all means try
ales. Our best home brew (out of twenty or thirty batches) was an ale.