| Making home brew is cheap quick and easy, once | | | | 13. After 4 to 6 days check gravity using a |
| you have the basic items your away, making brew | | | | hydrometer. For this kit, check that gravity remains |
| this way can be made stronger than the average | | | | constant below 1014. If you do not have one, then |
| beer you get from the pub. Just remember to make | | | | click me. |
| sure everything you use is sterile and clean, so lets | | | | 14. Clean barrel (old style barrel shown) using plenty |
| get started. | | | | of cold water. Clean hard to reach contamination |
| 1. Cleaning your brewing bucket thoroughly a few | | | | using a clean brush. |
| times before starting is your first step. | | | | 15. Add 4 teaspoonfuls of SDP to the empty barrel. |
| 2. cleaning stirring paddle, top cover and beaker then | | | | Fill with very hot water, then let stand for 20 |
| put it in brewing bucket and sterilize with boiling | | | | minutes. |
| water. | | | | 15 Fill a container with near boiling water. Add SDP |
| 3. Add an SDP cleaning agent approxsimitely 4 | | | | and stir. Place the syphon tube, with the tap |
| teaspoons, fill to the top with hot water and let it | | | | attached into the container, making sure that the |
| stand for 20 minutes. | | | | solution fills the tube (the tap will need to be open). |
| 4. Clean the bucket thoroughly a few times to | | | | There should be no air bubbles in the tube. |
| remove all traces of SDP cleaning agent. | | | | 16 After 20 minutes, close the tap. This will keep the |
| 5. Stand your syrup cans in hot water for 5 minutes | | | | tube full of cleaning solution until the tap is opened |
| to slightly melt the syrup and make it flow more | | | | Clean the barrel thoroughly with large quantities of |
| freely. | | | | cold water to remove all traces of SDP. |
| 6. Pour a cooled cup of boiled water into a sterilized | | | | 18. Add 1 teaspoonful of sugar, for every 2 pints into |
| cup, then add the dried yeast let it stand for 10 | | | | the barrel (40 pints=20 teaspoons). Tip: Put sugar into |
| minutes while doing the next steps This is a yeast | | | | measuring jug and add hot water to dissolve sugar, |
| re-hydration technique, not a yeast starter. | | | | before adding to barrel. This will make the sugar |
| 7. Open your brewing syrup canisters, with a kitchen | | | | dissolve more quickly. |
| tin opener. Poor into the brewing bucket. Adding hot | | | | 19. Place bucket on a higher level and barrel on a |
| water to the can and stirring to remove the | | | | lower level. Try not to disturb the contents of the |
| remaining syrup. | | | | bucket as you siphon, or sediment will begin to move |
| 8. Add 6 pints or 3.5 Ltrs of boiling water, (accuracy | | | | around. |
| is not essential) and stir with a paddle. | | | | 20. If you do not have a 'racking cane' (see glossary) |
| 9. Top it up to the 40 pint mark (5 gallons or 23 | | | | then place the siphon tube into the bucket, as far |
| Ltrs.) with cold water. Stir until syrup has dissolved. If | | | | down as possible, without disturbing the sediment, |
| you have bacterial problems then boil the water | | | | e.g. about 1 inch or 2cm above the base |
| before adding. But remember to vigorously stir air | | | | 21. Open the tap and allow the cleaning fluid, to drain |
| back into the solution. | | | | in to a waste container, under gravity. Close the tap |
| 10. Add re-hydrated brewing yeast and stir. The | | | | when the cleaning solution in empty and the tube is |
| yeast must be around the same temperature as the | | | | full of beer. |
| wort (step 9), to prevent thermal shock. Do not add | | | | 22. Place the tube in to the barrel and open the tap. |
| to the wort, if the wort is still boiling hot or the yeast | | | | Make sure not to disturb the sediment at the bottom |
| will die! | | | | and keep the tube in the beer at all times |
| 11. Press cover firmly onto bucket to make an | | | | 23. Put petroleum jelly around the lid seal before |
| air-tight seal. Insert your sterilised air-lock or blow-off | | | | screwing the lid on tightly. |
| tube. | | | | 24. Let stand in a warm place for 2 days. You may |
| 12. If available, use heating belt or heating plate (belt | | | | use a heater (belt, plate etc.) for this. |
| shown) to speed up brewing process. If possible, | | | | 25. Let stand for 2 weeks in a cool place, or until |
| place the bucket in a position where it will not require | | | | beer has cleared, drink, enjoy! |
| moving for the 2nd brewing process. | | | | |
