Author: Ron King

Is beer a health drink? Binge drinking aside, in moderation beer actually has healthful results. Studies reported below point out many benefits from drinking beer. Home brewed beer is even better than commercial beer because it has no artificial colors, additives, preservatives or flavors.

Benefits

Here are only a few of the ways that home brewed beer is good for you:

-The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center reported (in May, 1999) that moderate beer drinking lessenslowers the chances of getting coronary heart disease by over 30%. Very impressive!

-”The New England Journal of Medicine” reported (in November, 1999) that moderate beer drinking decreases the probability of suffering a stroke by 20%.

-The TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute discovered that homebrewed beer contains vitamin B6, which prevents the accumulation of the amino acid homocysteine (linked to causing vascular and heart disease). Beer aids vitamin B6 absorption into the blood plasma by 30%.

-Home brewed beer is a stress reducer. Try a quick experiment, if you have any doubt. Even the process of making beer is relaxing.

-Studies have shown that beer increases good cholesterol and decreases blood clot development. Home brewed beer includes no bad cholesterol and no fat.

-Drinking home brewed beer promotes blood vessel dilation, sleep, and eases urination for older people.

Equipment

If the above information has whetted your appetite, let’s next consider a common MYTH: that it is prohibitively expensive to brew your own beer. Nope!

Ignore those huge costly urns that you’ve no doubt seen. Basically you only need 2 pieces of equipment: a small fermenter (to store the beer during the fermentation process) and a hydrometer (to know exactly when the beer has finished fermenting). That’s all for equipment.

The final thing you’ll need are consumable ingredients: a can of mixed malt and hops, and some brewing yeast. You can select from many basic flavors and styles, also you can customize your own brews with many additional ingredients for your own secret recipes.

It’s extremely simple to brew your own beer at home. Put a container of malt mix into the fermenter, add water, add yeast, and seal. A few days later use the hydrometer to know precisely when it is finished and ready to drink. Place it into bottles and get ready for your friends to be amazed at your new skill.

It’s simple to get started with home brewing kits abundantly available online. And it’s cheap — the beer winds up costing around $5 a GALLON!

Conclusion

Now you have even more reasons to get started brewing your own delicious beer at home. It’s better and cheaper than commercial beer, plus it’s better for you. Now you can drink (responsibly) guilt-free.