Fermented+Drinks

Different Drinks for the Homebrewer

Homebrewing is the process of creating your own 'brand' of fermented alcoholic drink in your home kitchen. Predominantly this is split into two different drinks: Beer and Wine. These two categories can be further split into specific styles such as IPA and Bock for beers or Merlot and Chardonnay for wines.

Beers are a popular homebrew. The Samuel Adams brewery encouraged this by producing a homebrew kit for a time. Other brands of kits are available under the Mr. Beer brand name. The brewing process can be found on one of our companion pages.

Wines are another homebrew that can be produced with relative ease. The process is simple and easy to do. Wines are as varied as the fruits in the world and they take their names from their fruit ingredients. Perry is made from pears, cider from apples and so on. A more complete list can be found a [|Homebrewing].

My personal choice for homebrewing is Mead. Mead is probably the oldest fermented drink in history. Its primary ingredient, honey, contains enough sugars to create a wine that can reach 12% alcohol by volume. And that is using simple bread yeast. [|Piglet's Meadery] is where I document the creation and success of my mead.