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NEWS ABOUT: home brewing

home brewing stories: 3 news summaries

 More Americans Brew at Home 

Recession spurs Americans to make their own beer

Apr 21, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Home brewing has grown in popularity as Americans with increasingly sophisticated taste in beer look to cut costs, Time reports. Despite layoffs and bankruptcies nationwide, a couple in Connecticut just opened Maltose Express, a beer-brewing supply shop, and are already doing brisk business. Home brewers also gather there to share... More »

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alcohol • beer • recession • microbrewing • home brewing • thrift

Biodiesel Gains Converts on Home Front

Reputable retailers selling kits to turn veggie oil to fuel

Sep 15, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Half a billion gallons of it were brewed at home last year, and we're not talking beer. Homemade biodiesel is expanding from the days of hippies converting old electric water heaters to mainstream retailers offering safer, reliable processors, Wired reports. Anyone with the equipment, ranging from $3,000 to $13,... More »

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biodiesel • alternative fuels • clean fuel • home brewing • eco-friendly

Making Mead Creates a Buzz Among Foodies

Ancient brew kinda cool, but not likely to replace Bud

Mar 1, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Mead, that honey-based alcoholic drink last popular around King Arthur’s Round Table, is making a comeback—well, sort of, Nicholas Day reports in Slate. Meaderies are springing up around the US, publishers have printed a spate of how-to books, and the Internet is rife with mead-making sites that include... More »

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Connecticut • honeybee • honey • Beowulf • mead • brewing • meaderies • Rabbit's Foot Meadery • Mountain Meadows Mead • King Arthur • The Compleat Meadmaker • home brewing

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