What do you guys think? I am thinking of brewing my own beer, instead of getting from the store. No, I am not really into drinking and partying, but I think it is very interesting to learn how to brew beer. Everyone knows how to drink beer, but how many of us know how to make beer? Won’t it be kind of cool to be the one at the party who is providing the beer? But instead of just bringing the beer, you are the one brewing it as well! Anyway, I think it is a good experience and for myself, if I go ahead and purchase the beer brewing kit, I will most likely be sharing it with my friends and relatives. My beer drinking days are long over. I am a old fart now and getting high on beer just don’t cut it anymore. Plus, we all get a kind of satisfaction when we brew our own beer and it will taste wonderful, even if it actually doesn’t.

I think a beer brew kit cost about S$180 in Singapore. It has all you need to create your very first brew. It probably consist of the fermenter (that’s like a plastic tub with some airlock thingy), bottles (yes, these are for you to put your beer in at the end), measurement stuff (like thermometer, hydrometer and other shit), tubings, cleanser and them ingredients. The beer ingredients usually consist of sugar (very likely dextrose), yeast, hop and finally the malt. It takes around 2-3 weeks (slightly longer would be better) and you will be able to have a taste of your very own home brewed beer! It is surprisingly easy (or so I was told). You just need to cook the wort (that’s the malt, dextose and hop), then cool it and then place the mixture into a fermenter and add yeast. Then you wait about a week and you are really to bottle the beer. Of course, in order to get the fizz, you need to add some carbonation drops or use a keg to “push” in the carbon dioxide by adding priming sugar. Yes, it’s that simple. The only problem I see is how to make sure everything is extremely clean, especially in a home environment. If I do this, it will usually be in the kitchen and kitchens are notorious for having all sort of little bacteria everywhere.

In Singapore, tax on alcohol is very high, so I guess I could save up to several times the amount if I brew the beer myself. And for the beer brew kit, it is reusable. So all I need to do is to just buy the ingredients which cost like S$35 or so. And this can create about 23 litres of beer! Amazing! If you are thinking of brewing your own beer in Singapore, you need to get a license from our dear government. It’s a 10 buck license but you need to collect it personally.