I have not yet delved into homebrewing, but I did get a nice Mr. Beer kit for my birthday. Now I know full well that Mr. Beer is to homebrewing what Duncan Hines is to baking, but I do wanna dip my toes in before jumping off the high dive.
As for yeast, on the first Sunday of every month I get up really early and start the bread machine in the sanctuary for communion. On communion Sundays the whole church smells like fresh baked bread. My recipe calls for allowing the yeast to foam in hot sugar water before adding the oil, salt, and flour. The only difficult part is to not get the water too hot or it will kill the yeast. So on more than one occasion, it's been a big dense lump of gluten that smelled fabulous.
