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From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: My First Homebrew
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 14:57:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 14:57:52 1986
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Well, my first batch has now been throughly tested. It's amazing how
easy it is to get volunteers for such a job. About one third of the
batch dissappeared in one evening, which I think implies that it was
not too bad. Some people said that it compared favourably to many
commercial beers, which isn't bad for a first attempt, especially
considering the somewhat unorthodox brewing technique I used. None of
the bottles exploded, and the yeast certainly did not die. I think
that the amount of sugar was a little higher than it should have been,
because it is *extremely* foamy (i.e. It is very hard to get less than
half a glass of head). In any case it certainly is encouraging to
have it turn out so drinkable, and I am just about ready to start
up my next brew. I haven't decided exactly what to do yet, but I think
I will do something with malt extract and real hops, as opposed to the
hop flavoured malt extract which I used for the first one. I may also
use some crystal malt.

Thanks for the bits of advice which people have sent along. Also,
someone said that they would mail me some recipes. I haven't received
these yet, so maybe whoever it was should try again. Any other hints,
suggestions, or recipes will be greatly appreciated. Also, anyone who
would like to try out my brew is quite welcome (Unfortunately, I can't
sent it on the net, and I doubt that it would fare to well in the mail)

Trevor J. Smedley                    University of Waterloo

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