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Who is Mr. Brew-It-Yourself?

In 1971, Leigh P. Beadle founded Specialty Products International. Earlier that same year, he wrote the best selling book, Brew-It-Yourself, which started the home brewing revolution in this country and led in turn to the brewpub and micro-brewing revolution in the mid-eighties. Since then, Leigh has written four additional books on brewing.

Specialty Products carefully blends the finest hops and malts at its own plant to create a complete range of extracts for the brewing industry. This greatly simplifies the brewing process and produces an assured consistency in quality.

The quality of malts Specialty Products had been producing for 28 years is considered the best in the U.S. and the world. Leigh Beadle has set the industry standard when it comes to the beers Specialty Products produces by winning the Southeastern Regional Brewing Contest 5 years in row!