[...]... beer from around the world 10 THE COMPLETE JOY OF HOMEBREWING THE SPIRIT OF HOMEBREWING CONTINUES As a homebrewer you not only maintain the spirit of fresh, quality-made beer that you like, but you also give yourself and the people who you know the opportunity to feel and understand what beer is all about Personal feeling is exactly what's lacking in most beer brewed and consumed these days Make no... content, was one of the few liquids safe to drink and thus in great demand At the same time small-town brewers began to relieve the household of the essential task of making beer "VARIETY AND STYLE" Because of the development of the small-town brewery, distinctive beers became indigenous to a region, rather than to every household Slowly, the BEER, HISTORY, AMERICA AND HOMEBREW 7 variability of climate,... www.beertown.org With the 1980s and 1990s came a revival of appreciation for beer in Amer­ ica Homebrewers put the pride back into American beer culture The Ameri­ can Homebrewers Association and tens of thousands of home brewers just like you brewed one pot of brew at a time and inspired the microbrewing/craft beer movement throughout the world Furthermore, the American Homebrewers Association developed the network... restrictive states as well Homebrewing beer is not 2 THE COMPLETE JOY OF HOMEBREWING a criminal activity George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were all homebrewers In November 1978, a bill passed by Congress repealed federal restrictions on the homebrewing of beer In February 1979, President Carter signed the bill into law What is the law, and why was it ever illegal in the first place? It... begin But if you embark on the road to home brewing because yOLl like beer ("Go yeast, young man!"), you soon discover that quality, variety and independence are the reasons you continue to brew The 4 THE COMPLETE JOY OF HOMEBREWING taste of fresh beer can't be beat, and the opportunity to brew any style of beer ever brewed in the world makes this "hobby" irresistible As a homebrewer, you will find... and techniques-there's so much more great information I'd like to share with you B~t as this is a first book for most homebrewers, I have not added too much to the technical side of the brewing process If you get hooked and are ready to take your hobby to the next level then check out my second book, The Hom.ebrewer's Compcl/1ion That book could actually be called The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Volume... one type of beer brewed in the world . Library of Congress Cataloginp;-in-Publication Data Papo7jan, Charlie. The complete joy of homebrewing / Charlie Papazian 3rd ed. p. em. Rev. ed. of: The new complete joy of home brewing. . references and index. ISBN 0-0 6-0 5310 5-3 I. Brewing- Amateurs' manuals. I. Papazian, Charlie. New complete joy of homebrewing. II. Title. TP570.P282003 641.8'73-dc21 2003042319 050607. theory • Mash-extract equipment and procedure • MORE RECIPESI XII CONTENTS ADVANCED HOME. BREWING FOR THE PRACTICAL HOME. BREWER 241 INTRODUCTION 241 ADVANCED HOMEBREWING AND THE