"John Yamamoto-Wilson" <johndeletethis@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in
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> Ed wrote:
>
> > I've heard about those homebrew kits. The problem is that we're
> > talking about the occasional explosion, right?
>
> Wrong. You can end up causing an explosion if you try to distil liquor
> (i.e., to make spirits), but fermented alcohol - home-brew beer and wine-
> are a different kettle of fish.
>
> Home distilling is illegal in many countries. In Japan, beer-making was
the
> prerogative of a handful of companies until just a few years ago, when a
> change in the law opened up the possibility of small, local breweries and
> home-brew.
>
> To brew beer successfully you need to be able to keep the beer at a
> temperature of between 16 and 24 degrees for 6 to 10 days.

That shouldn't pose too much of a problem. How much would it cost to brew...
oh, twenty gallons?