I am not familiar with homebrewing. Can you tell me anything about the process?
First of all, it's small scale beer brewing for personal and non-commercial use.
Is it actually done is someone's home?
Yes and it has been done on the domestic level for thousands of years prior to commercial production.
HaHa Is this like moonshine?
I guess you can compare it to that somewhat. Ironically, it was always tradition for women to do the brewing because it was considered a part of baking or kitchen duties.
Wow! That is funny for some reason. What exactly was involved in the process?
cultivated both grape wine and beer, to a lesser extent. Roman women often directed production in larger households while the labor was performed by slaves.
By the Tang dynasty, homebrewing seems to have been a familiar domestic chore in China, albeit the lower classes had to make do with poorly-filtered mash. Laws against making alcohol were enacted and repealed between the Zhou and Ming dynasties.
The 18th century Industrial Revolution brought about such innovations as the thermometer and hydrometer. These tools increased efficiency to the point that mass
Homebrewing
Homebrewing is the brewing of beer, mead, and ciders on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes. Supplies, such as kits and fermentation tanks, can be purchased locally at specialty stores or online. Alcohol has been brewed on the domestic level since its advent, thousands of years prior to its commercial production, although its legality has varied according to local regulation. In the United States, a permit is required to distill spirits such as moonshine.
History.
Beer has been brewed domestically