Dispensing and Serving

The final test of your homebrew is in the drinking of it. Pouring homebrew from a bottle requires more care than many commercial beers, and homebrewers who keg their beer sometimes

Dispensing and Serving for the Beginning Homebrewer

The beginning homebrew will probably have bottled his or her beer and carbonated it by bottle conditioning. This means that the yeast will have carried out a small fermentation in the bottle, resulting in natural carbonation but also leaving a small layer of yeast at the bottom of the bottle.

Because you usually don't want the yeast to end up in your glass, pour carefully and leave the last bit of beer in the bottom of the bottle. Read the page on pouring from a bottle for a more detailed explanation.

Obviously, for the same reason, homebrew should not be drunk directly from the bottle. You can read the section below on glassware, but in a pinch a good pint glass works well for all of the beer styles commonly brewed by beginning brewers.

Pouring

Pouring from a bottle of homebrew is a bit more involved than pouring a commercially produced beer.

Types of Glasses

There are many different types of glasses as there are styles of beer.

Tasting

Tasting Beer is actually not as simple as guzzling it down as fast as possible. In order to truly appreciate a beer, one must go through a multi-step process that allows full appreciation of all of the beer's qualities.

What do I do next?

Enjoy your beer, and then brew another batch!