| Beer brewing equipment of huge breweries may be | | | | the length the barley malt is roasted. This darkness in |
| very costly, be very complicated, and may look | | | | turn changes the taste of the beer as the more |
| intimidating. But even as huge quantities of beer pour | | | | roasted barley malt yields more sugar. Thus, a darker |
| out from them every minute, many of these | | | | beer is sweeter than a lighter colored beer. |
| companies had started out with home made beer. | | | | Perhaps one of the differences between a home |
| For example, in San Diego, among its premiere | | | | brewery and huge brewery is the pasteurizer. Usually |
| breweries is Ballast Point Brewing Company. It | | | | in a home brewery, especially those that are not into |
| started as Home Brew Mart. The small company had | | | | commercial production, the beer is not expected to |
| been fervent with its advocacy of promoting the | | | | be stored long. Since it will be consumed immediately, |
| knowledge of manufacturing quality home brewed | | | | there is no fear that refermentation will happen. This |
| beer. Home brewing also had a huge impact on | | | | also had been pointed out by some home brewing |
| another company, Mission Brewery which was among | | | | aficionados as an advantage of the large commercial |
| the first commercial beer companies to operate in | | | | brewers. The home brews retain the freshness in its |
| San Diego. The company was closed down during the | | | | flavor. |
| years of prohibition. It was reopened by home | | | | Some processes however have become available to |
| brewers and it was through their effort that the | | | | big breweries to allow them to store unpasteurized |
| company managed to reclaim its glory. | | | | beer. The use of microporous materials, for one, |
| Surely back when these companies started, their | | | | would filter out yeast cells and the remaining liquid |
| beer brewing equipment had not been as huge as it | | | | could be safely stored for a long time. However, this |
| is now. But as people began consuming more of their | | | | filtering out of the yeast is what others point to as |
| beer, they felt the need to expand and eventually, | | | | the cause of killer hangovers. Yeasts provide Vitamin |
| they have grown beyond their humble home | | | | B and the hangover is partly caused by a deficiency |
| breweries. | | | | of this vitamin. Since the yeasts are filtered out so |
| The usual process of large scale beer brewing | | | | that storage life of commercial beers can be |
| involves a malt bin, mash tub, filtering tank, brew | | | | prolonged, these drinks become a pain in the head if |
| kettle, starter tank, fermenting tank, aging tank, | | | | you've drunk one too many bottles or cans. |
| filtering tank, racking or bottling or canning, and a | | | | There may be some differences between the beer |
| pasteurizer. To achieve different colors, tastes, and | | | | brewing equipment of large scale beer production and |
| other variations, the brewer simply has to tweak a | | | | home brewing, but the difference normally is just a |
| couple or so steps in the procedure. For example, the | | | | matter of the number of patrons you would wish to |
| darkness of the beer can be changed depending on | | | | cater and not really the taste. |
