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In article <C0EIIA.n4x@ecf.toronto.edu>, toh@ecf.toronto.edu (TOH CHUN-KIT) writes...
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>I teamed up with a few buddies in town to brew our own beer.
>This is to reduce the initial cost of getting the equipment. I am
>new to this subject and I am wondering if there is anybody out
>there with a working knowledge on home brewing. I would
>be most grateful for any suggestions or ideas. Please post or e-mail.
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First of all, relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew.


The standard work is Charlie Papazian's _The Complete Joy of Homebrewing_.
Papazian wrote a second edition, _The New Complete_ or _More Complete_ 
I think, which adds new recipes. The book is informative and fun (the
first line of my message comes from his book,) and 
has tons of recipes.

Advice from this amatuer homebrewer:

The most important thing you can do to make good brew is to use two 
stage fermentation. Let your fermentation go to approx. 75% completion,
then siphon it into a sceond fermenter, leaving behind the spent yeast,
hops, and other junk at the bottom of the fermenter. This will
drastically improve flavor and clarity, and reduce sediment in the bottle.

The other thing I would recommend is using whole hops, as opposed
to hopped malt, hop extract, or hop pellets. Much better flavor, IMHO.
 You'll have to strain
the hop petals out of the wort prior to fermentation, but this is easliy
done with cheesecloth, and is well worth the small
effort, IMHO.

Papazian's "Rocky Racoon Honey Lager" recipe is excellent, BTW.

Also, there is a newsgroup dedicated to homebrewing. Would someone 
please post the name of this group? Thanks.

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