Ready to 'hops' to it? Check out home brew 101 Saturday

Home brewing will be the subject of a Farm Museum workshop on Saturday. (Courtesy photo)

MILTON - The Farm Museum of New Hampshire will present a home brewing workshop this Saturday.

The workshop is designed to provide the basics of home brewing and will coincide with National Homebrew Day.

The two-hour session which begins at 10:30 a.m., will be led by Jim Hicks of New Durham, a self-described "beer snob," who has been brewing his own suds for the better part of two decades.

"I began brewing beer in a small apartment while attending Plymouth State University," he recalls. "I learned I could brew quality beer for less than what my friends paid for their cheap swill and saw a solution for my ongoing dilemma: Very little money, expensive taste in beer."

The workshop admission is $20/$10 for N.H, Farm Museum members. Preregistration is required. To register, please call 652-7840.