The traditions of Hand-Crafted Beer go as far back as 1800 B.C. The earliest account of beer in India dates back to Vedic period where a drink resembling to beer was known as Sura. There are evidences of using rice beer in India in its most traditional forms.
Even in the remotest regions of North East India as well as Jharkhand, the rice fermented beer is one of the ways beer is locally produced in the country.
The concept of Hand-Crafted Beer involves more of a personal touch in brewing methods, the taste, color and aroma of the beer. Although, the pin-point definitions of handcrafted beer have always been under dispute. In simpler terms, handcrafted beer is producing beer in a relatively smaller scale than the large-scale industrial beer production and often goes with the concept of micro-brewing.
The very recent style of brewing is also called micro-brewing where the main emphasis is on taste and variety than the quantity of beer produced. Such micro-breweries can be built up over small areas such as a shop-floor space and serve as a factory outlet business model, where people can enjoy both learning as well as tasting the beer coming right out of the brewery. A typical microbrewery produces less than 15000 barrels per year.
A microbrewery over the years has emerged as a powerful small scale industry and has been reflecting over the philosophy of beer consumption in several ways.Beer lovers have always been eager to know what goes into creating the most amazing flavors of their favorite beer and a microbrewery set up helps them connect with it.
People can actually walk into the small spaces and view it in person, just like walking into a tea or coffee factory setup to know how they are actually produced.This not only builds their interest even more into the products that they consume, but it also lets consumers know what going into their system is genuine. It also gives that 'straight from the oven' or 'freshly baked' feeling which engages the beer fans even more.
There are a variety of ingredients used for fermentation for producing handcrafted beer such as wheat, barley, rice, malt, ginger. Each has its own technicalities involved in production. As for a layman to understand, a handcrafted beer is something like coffee brewed in a coffee bar from the coffee beans.It is made right in front of you and served with pride.
Handcrafted beer is more personal and it is about human connection. A fine craftsman understands the inner soul of the beer lover and crafts the finest beer with his dexterity and years of experience. The next time you visit a handcraft brewery, you'll change the way beer used to be.. Forever.. Cheers!!
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