It's kind of crazy to think that as recently as 40 years ago,

if you wanted to make beer in your home,

you'd have to break the law.

Thankfully, in 1978, it became legal on the federal level

for people to home brew,

but unfortunately, this didn't include everyone as certain states continued to

restrict this natural right.

But this all ended in 2013 when the last two holdouts Mississippi and Alabama passed

law as making it okay for people to make beer at home.

For the first time since prohibition, it was legal to homebrew in all 50 of the United States.

This was due in large part to the dedication and hard work of the American Home Brewers Association.

In addition to continuing the fight for our right to brew, they're committed to growing the hobby by coordinating events such as Big Brew for National Homebrew Day and Homebrew Con.

We're proud to say that the Brulosophy Podcast is brought to you by the American Homebrewers Association

and encourage all of our listeners to support the organization that has done so much for this hobby by becoming a member today. There are very few things I'm absolutely certain about, but one is that beer is the most delicious beverage on earth,

not only providing its consumers with endless combinations of multi, hoppy, and yeasty goodness,

but a pretty pleasant feeling to go along with it.

Well, as wonderful as beer is is not every example is perfect.

There are certain characteristics every brewer works to avoid, one of which is

characterized by an odd experience on the tongue that some lik a sucking on a tea bag.

This is the Brulosophy podcast.

I'm your host, Marshall Schott.

And on this episode, contributor Ray Found and I will be focusing on this commonly cited

...