KILLIN' BREWIN' ANXIETY
Dawn Letner offers one piece of advice to make that first batch as good for you as it was for her. She says it's important to have a mental attitude along the lines of "relax and have a homebrew." The biggest problem that she sees with first-time brewers is that they get so busy with making the beer that they forget to stop and smell the hops. The other problem she sees is that often people will "have a few too many brews while they are brewing" and forget to add ingredients or not add ingredients altogether. Technically speaking, Letner said most people who don't get the right results neglect to read and follow the instructions. One aspect of brewing that she said to not underestimate is keeping all of the equipment clean. She said that although one teaspoon of Iodophor sanitizer is recommended, "there is no substitute for carefully washing everything, scrubbing everything used in the process with dishwashing detergent." Letner says that brewing is like everything else. She encourages people to take their time. "If you pay attention, you will be a success," she said. "But if you are not a success right off the bat, don't be discouraged."   ..."hop" on to more information with these beer brewing links. www.hoptech.com An extensive brewing website dedicated to teaching better beermaking with Q&A for first-time brewmasters. www.beertown.org The American Homebrewers' Association homepage with classic recepies created by brew professionals. Contains the latest news on homebrewing. www.xmission.com/~grbstein/homebrew.html Contains a brief history of beer and homebrewing plus recipies. Also has many links of interest, including instructions on the most popular beer drinking games.   juliaspiess@hotmail.com	Find out the ingredients that you will need Brewing Guidelines Check out these great recipes Home