It's hard to beat a good homebrew for taste! Making a beer is a hobby with many advantages too - its inexpensive, easy, and you don't have to wait long to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

"Homebrew" is a program about the art and science of beer-making for the home brewer. The host is Charlie Papazian, author of "The Complete Joy of Home brewing." As founder of the American Homebrewers' Association, it's a hobby he takes seriously, devoting most of his time to teaching this ancient art through seminars and through his magazine "Zymurgy."

Charlie introduces the viewer to the basics of beer making using an ale kit typical of ones found in any homebrewer's supply store. He discusses equipment, basic ingredients and the first stages of beer making. From there Charlie moves into making a beer from malt extract with some grains that he grinds himself and explains in greater detail ingredients, recipes and technique. Topics covered in the home video include: malt, yeast, water and hops, sanitation, fermentation, racking and bottling.

Light-hearted and entertaining, this program also touches on the history of beer making and also introduces the viewer to some keen, inspirational home brewers and professionals who discuss their trials and successes.

In the final program Charlie discusses the importance of yeast and demonstrates racking. The viewer also sees inside an on-premises brewery and a micro-brewery. With some final words of advice and encouragement from Charlie, Program 3 is highlighted by a great variety of homebrewers who discuss their trials and successes of beer making.