Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
I have just started researching how to brew beer from scratch without a beer kit..
Its a bit complicated but might be possible.. I can get the barley here no problem as it is sold as fighting cock feed but it seems I need to malt and roast it first..
The next issue to get around is an alternative to Hops..
The only possible alternative I have found so far may be stewed tea bags.. (for bitterness)
Any advice from beer brewing experts would be much appreciated!(after election day)....
I wanted to reply to this earlier.
It's a subject very close to my heart

I'm most definitely not any kind of beer brewing expert, but I do enjoy different beers. The cheaper and healthier the better

Fred, you don't need to get into the complications of malted and roasted barley. (well unless you want to)
You can use barley and then introduce natural enzymes to do all that boring work for you.
Research.
Think about using Calamansi and Milfoil (Achillea millefolium) as a hops substitute.
Chemically it introduces a more Red Bull effect than the 'sleepy' effect of hops.

From what I think I know about you fred, you'd enjoy working on a project to develop a maltless and hop-less beer using only ingredients indigenous to the Philippines (and cheap too).

I know I'd enjoy drinking it