How to
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You will find a lot of instructions and general advice on these pages.
Some will be contradictory. Read and read some more.
Ask questions from other brewers on the mailing list.
[edit] Getting Started
How to Brew - by John Palmer
This is the place to start reading. John has written a great book for beginners.
Download from his website: How to Brew
No special equipment needed
An Instructable article on how to make a mini batch of beer without any special equipment.
YouTube - Easy Home Brewing with a Cooper's Micro Brew Kit
Here is the link: YouTube Video
[edit] Getting Interesting
Greg's quick and easy beer
A good read to improve your kit beer. Making better kit beers
Instructable: a pictorial guide to brew full grain
This is a step by step guide to brew beer from scratch using the raw ingredients. The method explained here is a "full mash / full grain" meaning that the extract is made from crushed malted grain and not pre-prepared extract, which can be bought in a tin.
Going full grain
[edit] Getting Technical
Wikipedia
An article about beer at Wikipedia discussing a short history, ingredients, types and styles of beer etc.
Wikibooks
A wikibook about brewing.
Brew Wiki
Paul Sorrenson's Brew Wiki. This Brew Wiki has many informative How-To's: from your first brew to making your own equipment.
Batch Sparging
Learn all about batch sparging
Other technical articles on brewing-related topics from the library at HBD.
More specialized articles on the following pages:
