The world has gone real beer crazy in the last few years. Many people are wanting to taste their beer and let me emphasize the word TASTE! Germany has a history steeped in beer, but America has a CrAzY BiG beer future ahead of it.
Around the world some Americans come across as loud, braggadocios and arrogant. Well, I guess we have earned it, based on some of the pop stars in the press today. But, when it comes to beer, or should I say “Craft Beer,” we have built a reputation worldwide for new, exciting, flavorful, extreme beers. Beers that are Loud, Braggadocios and Arrogant!
America now has more Craft Breweries than any other country in the world and new breweries are still opening. Well, there are none opening where I live! But, that will change eventually, because the market for Craft Beer is huge.
There are thousands of people who homebrew beer and their dream is to one day had have their own brewery, but who can afford a commercial brew system? You can buy a commercial scale brew systems that is ready to go, but that will set you back a quarter of a million bucks. Not many people have that kind on money just lying around?
Tom Hennessy had produced a VHS video back in 1995 called FrankenBrew. He explained how to build a commercial scale brewery using stainless vessels from old dairies and other sources. He told you where to find used tanks and how to modify them to function as brewery equipment.
Tom explained every aspect of brewing and brew systems on a commercial scale. He explained how a brewery brews beer and shows you each step of the process and gives you countless tips.
I had gotten a bootleg copy of this old video and when I first saw it my jaw dropped! MAN! Where had this video been all my home brewing life? I tried to find a source to buy one, but it was not available anymore. I am an avid home brewer and some may say I think I know it all, but there is a difference between home brewing and commercial scale brewing. I watched that video over and over and I learned something new each time.
I host the Brewcast BrewCrAzY, so I gave Tom Hennessy a call and got him on the show, so he could tell our listeners about his video from last century. He was surprised to find that there was a FrankenBrew following. FrankenBrew Systems were all over the world. FrankenBrew had become a cult classic.
With the homebrew and Craft Beer craze, this video needed to be brought back to life. So, just like the original Frankenstein?FrankenBrew was brought back from the dead! In a joint effort between, Tom Hennessey, the original producer and BrewCrAzY, FrankenBrew is ALIVE! BrewCrAzY digitized the video from one of the last 4 remaining original VHS tapes Tom had and formatted it to DVD. Currently it is only available through BeerBooks, but at least it is available and from a great source.
If you are a home brewer and have no desire to start a commercial brewery, you still need to see this video, because you will learn so much. By the time you get halfway through it, you will be thinking about starting a microbrewery. If you don?t brew beer, but love a good Craft Beer you need to see this video also. You will become the brewing expert amongst all your beer drinking friend. It will help you understand your beer.
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