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Beer with Me for a Moment A do-it-yourself beer brewery lets you make your own beer By paul saiedi
Daily Titan Staff Writer thebuzz@Dailytitan.com
The tangy sour smell of simmering barley and hops melds with the yeasty aroma of baking bread amidst laughter and loud country music. Men sit hunched at a bar eating Bavarian-style pretzels and relaxing with a frosty glass of beer. BrewBakers in Huntington Beach delivers a do-it-yourself brewing experience in a relaxed atmosphere where you can hang out and drink a beer while partaking in freshly baked breads and pretzels. In two hours novice hopefuls
lovers of beer can learn to brew and become part of the 6,000-year-old tradition of brewing. “Taking pride in the process, and the feeling of ownership are the big reasons why people come here,” said Dennis Midden, 53, owner and inventor of BrewBakers. BrewBakers was created to bring together the art of bread making and the joy of brewing, Midden said. Midden grew up learning and working in his father’s bread shop. After leaving his career as a broker he followed his dream and opened BrewBakers in 1996. BrewBakers offers customers the equipment, ingredients, recipes k n o w how to put together a n d bottle beer. The brewing
menu boasts more than 100 beer recipes to choose from, including lagers, browns, reds, bitters, stouts and specialty beers. Standing over a steaming vat of brewing beer Mily Kudo, 26, a child behavior specialist, smiles and stirs her developing concoction. “I went for the Honey
simple sugars in grains to alcohol, said BrewBaker employee Ian McCall. Beer
For $2 more, is included,
Newport. Truth is I didn’t know which beer to pick. The guy behind the bar made this as a recommendation,” Kudo said. Once a learning brewer has finished making their unfermented base the brew is funneled into a clear plastic fermentation tank and mixed with yeast. Then fermenting beer sits for two weeks in a temperature-controlled room. “People get to do the fun part, we take the guess work out of brewing,” Midden said. Beers alcoholic content comes from the process of fermentation, which converts
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