The Celtic nations shared a love of fine drink. In fact, some of the best beers, wines, meads, and scotch whiskey have been brought to us by the Celtic people. We have carried on that tradition, by brewing beer, meads, and wine. The Celtic Ozark people have some great recipies for beer, mead and wine. We will be sharing those. We also want to share information on the best wineries, microbreweries, and soon to be distilleries of the Ozarks, all in keeping with the Celtic tradition.

LEARNING TO BREW BEER

We keep informational articles on the brewing of home beer on our sister site, The Celtic Ozarkian Library. The information provided there will get your started. There is also some very good information located on the website of Ozark's own, The Home Brewery. Sam Wammack, the founder, is a friend. He created a great little business that excells at taking care of newbie brewers. Go in and ask for Todd. Here are some more links for you: The Brew Zone, Brewery.org, The Beer Smith Homebrewing Blog, and Homebrew Talk. A great encyclopedia style site is BeerMe.com! Here are some good links for where you can buy supplies accross the United States: The Home Brewery, Mountain Home Brew and Wine Supply, MoreBeer Supplies, and Midwest Brewing Supplies. Check out our marketplace page for some good books on the subject of homebrewing.

MICROBREWERIES OF THE OZARKS

We also have a great microbrewery in town. The Springfield Brewing Company does some wonderful brews. The are owned by Paul Mueller, a local Ozark company. If you get a chance, try the Mueller Wheat Ale. Aurora, Missouri has a wonderful place to go, called Bootleggers.

OZARK DISTILLERIES

The Ozarks of Missouri is home to the Copper Run Distillery.  It is a small craft distillery that features vodka, golden rum, and corn whiskey (Moonshine).  It is located 10 miles north of Branson, Missouri in Walnut Shade.  Jim has a website on blogger. You can follow the link to his website from here  Copper Run Distillery.