| The two most popular beverages all over the world, | | | | on fast throughout the world and it is not so difficult |
| are beer and wine. it doesn't matter where you go, | | | | as you would think. |
| all over the globe, people love one or both of these | | | | Home Made Beer Brewing, Step by Step |
| drinks. It is no wonder that home made beer brewing | | | | Basically there are just six steps in home made beer |
| and wine making are very popular. It's cost efficient | | | | brewing: |
| and its fun to do, the feeling of achievement when | | | | 1. Making wort or must. You can buy mash in the |
| you pour your own home made beer has no | | | | form of a kit initially. Later on you could go on to |
| comparison. | | | | more complicated ones after you gain some |
| One of the other great advantages of home made | | | | experience. Mash is basically the product you obtain |
| beer brewing is the opportunity to drink beer that is | | | | when malt and water are mixed and heated to make |
| 'live'. Almost every beer you buy has been | | | | sugar. There are also no-boil kits available. This would |
| pasteurized. Pasteurization requires the beer to be | | | | give you a liquid called wort. You can buy the |
| cooked, this kills the yeast and the beer tastes | | | | ready-made wort also if you have little patience. |
| considerably dissimilar from 'live' beer (that is, beer | | | | 2. Fermentation. Add yeast to your wort, this starts |
| containing live yeast). The beer will not age without | | | | a chemical reaction resulting into carbon dioxide and |
| live yeast. With home made beer brewing your beer | | | | alcohol. |
| is never pasteurized therefore the taste is a more | | | | 3. Clarification. |
| natural flavor, and the beer will age, changing in taste, | | | | 4. Conditioning. After that the raw beer would be |
| texture and color over time. | | | | siphoned from its original container into a second one |
| Most people who start with home made beer | | | | and coaxed to ferment some more. (Fermentation is |
| brewing are fed up with paying the bills for their | | | | actually complete, so the term secondary |
| beer, they are looking for ways to cut budget | | | | fermentation actually refers to conditioning.) |
| without compromising. Home made beer brewing can | | | | 5. Packaging (in bottles, kegs or casks) |
| do that for you. "In the United States, typical | | | | 6. Enjoy!!! |
| equipment costs are approximately $75 - $99 plus | | | | Patience is required in home made beer brewing. The |
| the cost of a large kettle (about $35-$50). | | | | whole brewing process can take from two weeks to |
| Ingredients for a typical 5 gallon batch range from | | | | several months. depending on what kind of beer you |
| $27 to $45 depending on beer style, using dry or | | | | are brewing. Most people who do home made beer |
| liquid yeast and the store's pricing. Additional costs | | | | brewing have several batches in different stages of |
| such as bottles (about $10-$14 per case of 24 12 oz | | | | completion to permit the dispensing of quality home |
| bottles) (which may be reused with adequate | | | | brew at short notice. |
| cleaning) and sanitizers should also be anticipated. It is | | | | As you can see, home made beer brewing is not |
| possible to produce beers using domestic kitchen | | | | difficult at all. Especially when you start out with a |
| equipment, but as it is reasonably inexpensive, most | | | | brewing kit, You can start today and see how easy |
| enthusiasts quickly buy some specialist equipment."* | | | | Home Made Beer Brewing is. |
| Home made beer brewing is a craft that is catching | | | | |
