Homebrewing is great for person beers and craft small scale stuff
Yes I agree! I just got a home brewing Mr. Beer Kit last year. Do you also dabble in this?
throughout its 7,000-year history, beginning in the Neolithic period in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), Egypt and China. It seems to have first developed as thick beers; during this time meads, fruit wines and rice wines were also developed.
Women brewers dominated alcohol production on every occupied continent until commercialization and industrialization of brewing occurred. The tradition of brewing being in the domain of women stemmed from the fact that brewing was a by-product of gathering, and often considered a part of baking.
The Greeks and Romans
Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 7,200 brewers, breweries in planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and Individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing.
The BA was established in 2005 through a merger of the "Association of Brewers" headed by famous brewer Charlie Papazian and the "Brewers' Association of America", intending to "promote and protect small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts."