| Have your ever made or tried home brew beer? | | | | your wort. Make sure you sterilise everything |
| There are some fantastic brews out there made by | | | | thoroughly or the yeast will die and your brew will |
| every day people like you and me. I have been | | | | not commence the fermentation that is required. |
| brewing home brew for over 25 years now myself, | | | | Keep the temperature constant at the recommended |
| being taught by my father when I was a youngster. | | | | level for your brew by wrapping your wort in |
| Over the years things have become so much easier | | | | blankets particularly if you live in a cold climate. You |
| and cleaner with less wasted brews and time. | | | | might also consider purchasing a warmer plate if you |
| Today you can simply buy the mix in the | | | | can't keep the temperature up. |
| supermarket add your water, sugar and yeast and | | | | After or a day or so you should be able to see |
| wait for the beer to brew itself. You can also make | | | | bubbles coming from the top of the airlock on your |
| beer from scratch if you want to try something | | | | wort. (A wort by the way is the brewing container) |
| different and learn the art of a master brewer. | | | | As the brew ferments it gives off gas and this |
| When you are making your beer you can also adjust | | | | slowly dies down when the fermentation has finished. |
| the level of sugar or sugar substitute to make your | | | | Each batch will vary depending on the action of the |
| beer either more or less alcoholic. Just be careful if | | | | yeast and ambient temperature. |
| you put extra sugar into the mix as sometimes the | | | | When your brew is finished bottle it for the |
| mixture will continue to ferment well beyond the | | | | secondary fermentation and leave it for a few |
| bottling stage and cause your freshly bottled beers | | | | weeks. I like to have lots of bottled beer on hand to |
| to explode. There is nothing worse than laying in bed | | | | drink whilst my current batch it getting ready. When |
| listening to the small explosions going off in your | | | | everything is finished put your bottles in your |
| garage and the sound of your wife screaming at you | | | | refrigerator and when chilled you have a nice supply |
| for making a mess. | | | | of home brew beer. |
| Read the instructions carefully however you make | | | | |
