| Brewing your own beer can be both fun and | | | | Steps: (The Simple Plan) |
| challenging. It can allow you to make some great | | | | Step 1 - Boil Your Malt |
| home brew and impress your friends. The process of | | | | Begin by mixing your malt, water and desired hops or |
| brewing beer at home can be as simple or as | | | | other form of sugar such as honey or fruit. Allow to |
| complex as you want to make it. Following are a few | | | | boil vigorously for at least 20 minutes. |
| simple tips to brewing excellent quality beer. | | | | Step 2 - Cool the mixture in step one following the |
| Tips: | | | | tips listed above. Once you have it at the proper |
| Be Clean - This is the most important step in the | | | | temperature, add your package of brewing yeast. |
| entire process. I recommend that you boil whatever | | | | The yeast will work the sugars in the mixture over |
| you are going to use to make sure it is properly | | | | the next week or so and ultimately create your |
| sanitized. | | | | alcohol. |
| Time - This hobby is a process that must be dealt | | | | Step 3 - After this week long period of letting it |
| with some patience. You need to let your malt stand | | | | "work off" you will bottle your fermented beer into |
| for at least one hour before mashing it in. When | | | | separate bottles. You also need to add a little bit of |
| boiling, allow it to reach a vigorous boil for no less | | | | priming sugar to kick start the carbonation of your |
| than 20 minutes. | | | | home brew. |
| Temperature - You want to make sure the | | | | In just one more week, you will have your first |
| temperature of the mash is around 155 degrees | | | | batch of home brewed beer ready for the |
| Fahrenheit or you risk making the wrong type of | | | | consumption. |
| sugars and it will not ferment properly. | | | | |
