Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small
scale, as a hobby.
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Brew Your Own
It's really easy & what's more, you will discover that the beer
you make is very good quality. Here is some information about what
you need to make beer & also a description of the process which
shows you how very easy it is. It takes 1 to 3 weeks to make a
batch & during that time you will spend a couple of hours of
your time on the brew.
Once you have your Home Brewery Kit, you are ready to make your
first batch. You will be using a canned beer ingredient kit which
is extremely easy.
However, don't think the quality of the beer you make will be poor.
You will make great beers this way as long as you remember that it
is important to use really good quality ingredients.
Basically, home brewing from a can of beer ingredient kit can be
done in 4 stages:
Stage 1 - Preparation
Stage 2 - Fermentation
Stage 3 - Bottling
Stage 4 - Maturation
Stage 1 - Preparation
1 Clean & sterilise your equipment.
2 Put the yeast aside for the fermentation stage.
3 Dissolve the contents of the can in 2 to 4 litres of very hot
water in a sterilised bucket. Use less hot water in hot weather
& more in cold weather. Add 1kg of glucose, dextrose or maltose
and stir to dissolve. DO NOT USE NORMAL SUGAR.
4 Use ice bath to cool the mixture immediately or add about 10
litres of cold water to your fermenter and mix thoroughly. Top up
with cold water to the 23 litre mark.
Stage 2 - Fermentation
1 Sprinkle the yeast onto the surface and stir for a minute.
2 Seal the fermenter, fit the airlock and half fill it with cool
boiled water.
3 Allow the brew to ferment. Try to keep the temperature in the
fermenter reasonably constant in the mid 20's (depending on the
stated range from the beer ingredient kit) and try to avoid it
falling below about 18ºC. Typically this takes about 5 days.
4 Fermentation is finished when the airlock stops bubbling and the
brew itself begins to clear. Allow a further 48 hours for it to
clear thoroughly.
Stage 3 - Bottling
1 Sterilise the bottles & rinse with cool boiled water.
2 Use your priming scoop to put a measured amount of sugar into
each bottle.
3 Fill each bottle to within 5cm of the top.
4 Close each bottle with a crown cap and seal it firmly with a
capping tool.
5 Shake thoroughly then stand the bottles in a warm spot (around 25
to 28ºC.) for about a week. It is ready for sampling.
Stage 4 - Maturation
1 Homebrew improves greatly with bottle ageing and will not go off
in the bottle at all. A six month old beer will be very much better
than a one month old beer. So, try to age your beers, you will
enjoy them much more. In fact, you will be amazed at how much your
aged beers have improved.
2 Don't forget to label and date each batch. Keep samples to try at
3, 6 and 12 months old. Take notes about how they taste then you
will see for yourself how this amazing improvement works.
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