Homebrew(ing)
I'm a little put off the term 'Homebrew', it's not a snobbery thing... It's because I think the word has been tarnished by old school homebrewing. Many if not all the people I educate about homebrew presume it is primarly objective is for creating strong beer or even spirits (which is illegal in the UK). However modern homebrewing to me could not be further from this. On the left are some links to kits I have brewed.
I have just this year moved into the realm of All-Grain homebrewing which is completely crafting a beer from grains. It was a personal objective of mine to build the kit required this year and the results so far have been fantastic.
Types of Homebrewing
Creating your own beer, lager, stout ETC can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be! Which is why once someone has their head around the concept they keep on brewing! The more complex you make the brewing process the more flexibility and control it gives you over the finished product. I'm by no means an expert on the topic but I understand a couple of techniques that can be used that vary in difficulty.
Kit Brewing (simplest type of brewing)
Kit brewing is great fun despite being the simplest method there is and is the method I use to make my homebrew. It consists of normally 2 can's of extract which a beer manufacture has already prepared for your use. You mix the contents of the cans in a fermenting bin (basically a large bucket with a lid) with water and then bottle or keg a week later! My favourite kit is Woodforde's Wherry I have worked out that after making a pint costs roughly 40p! To me it also tastes better than anything a pub serves (unless thats also wherry!). For more information on kit brewing and pics of the processplease follow this link here to "Jims Beer Kit". The forum is also superb for more information about brewing in general.
For information on other techniques of brewing click here, which takes you to a overview of techniques on "Jims Beer Kit" website.