Suitable for first-time brewers and novices wanting to go beyond extract-based kits, this program features a "compromise" method that allows you to make almost any type of beer and design your own recipes, but do so without needing tons of special equipment and without taking an entire day. We'll go through the whole process start to finish, and with just a pinch of stage magic everyone will take home a 1/2 gallon jug of unfermented proto-beer.

Topics covered will include recipe design with different types of malt, grain, and malt extract, hop varieties and their use, yeast biology, sanitation, and natural carbonation.