Beer contains important vitamins and minerals. Beer doesn't make one fat. Cooking with beer opens a broad spectrum of culinary opportunities and the brewer who enjoys experimenting can use the draff from the brewing process to cook with or experiment with the exces yeast to start his breakfast rolls. If you concern yourself with beer and are also a collector then a whole new sphere of activity will open up before you. There are also such specialities as collecting the yeast strain from the beer you drank.
Brewers save themselves tax.
Even in Germany one can brew 200 litres per worker in your micro-brewery tax free. Pubs who want to offer their customers something completely different should consider starting their own micro-brewery. Hotels can offer brewing courses to their guests, especially out of season, in the same way as ever more adult education institutes already do. New business opportunities will open up to the Homebrewer. Brewing is a hobby for men, men and women and especially for women.