Three cheer for beer " wait that doesn't quite work, as one of those needs to be a plural. How about three cheers for beer(s)? That's better and actually more accurate because if you have the right home brewing kit, you can make many different styles of beer. And that's what making beer at home is all about, making as many styles as you like in a simple and easy to follow process.
A lot of people figure making beer is a pain in the patootie, and well really, I suppose anything you have to make for yourself has the potential to be a real disaster, including making beer at home. However, having said that, making beer is likely one of the easier things you will ever attempt if you are going to make a go of home brewing.
Not everyone will thrill to the challenge of making beer at home. So if you aren't sure this is what you want to do, then don't spend big bucks on a home beer making kit. Get a cheaper version and give it a try first and then if you like the idea, and the beer actually tastes like beer and not some as yet unnamed poisonous liquid, go for a better kit.
One of the best things about making beer at home is that it is really a cheap, easy and fun thing to do, provided you follow the directions ok? Don't be getting into this with the thought that you can "wing it" if things go wrong. Winging it is the wrong thing to do and will result in some of the worst tasting beer you've ever had the misfortune to run across. And since this is a pretty easy process, if you mess up that bad, let your wife take over.
Most of the kits on the market for making beer at home are pretty decent and go well together with the variety of ingredients you will need to get rolling. Make sure that the ingredients you do buy are top quality. Cheap ingredients will affect the taste of your beer. The scoop is that a good beer making kit can range in price from $60 to $200 and can keep you in beer until the cows come home once you have mastered the art.
Really, all you need on hand to make home brewed beer is four things. Make sure they are the best you can get, and the whole process will be really smooth. Here is what you need: filtered water, malted barley, hops and yeast. There are lots of places to get these ingredients, and in fact, you can likely get them at the store that sold you the beer making kit. Some kits come with enough ingredients in them to make one batch.
Take your four ingredients and boil them the length of time suggested depending on the recipe you are following. This is different for each beer style you are trying, but not that difficult to do. The combination of the four ingredients you are boiling is called wort (pronounced wert) and when it's done, you pour it into the fermenter where you leave it sit until it cools down.
Once the mix is cool, toss in prepared yeast and put an airlock over the opening and allow the yeast to go to work. It takes about 7 to 10 days for the yeast to eat the sugar in the mixture and drop to the bottom of the fermenter. At this point you bottle the beer and leave it to mature for about two weeks. Voila! Easy right? Well why not try it and find out?
A lot of people figure making beer is a pain in the patootie, and well really, I suppose anything you have to make for yourself has the potential to be a real disaster, including making beer at home. However, having said that, making beer is likely one of the easier things you will ever attempt if you are going to make a go of home brewing.
Not everyone will thrill to the challenge of making beer at home. So if you aren't sure this is what you want to do, then don't spend big bucks on a home beer making kit. Get a cheaper version and give it a try first and then if you like the idea, and the beer actually tastes like beer and not some as yet unnamed poisonous liquid, go for a better kit.
One of the best things about making beer at home is that it is really a cheap, easy and fun thing to do, provided you follow the directions ok? Don't be getting into this with the thought that you can "wing it" if things go wrong. Winging it is the wrong thing to do and will result in some of the worst tasting beer you've ever had the misfortune to run across. And since this is a pretty easy process, if you mess up that bad, let your wife take over.
Most of the kits on the market for making beer at home are pretty decent and go well together with the variety of ingredients you will need to get rolling. Make sure that the ingredients you do buy are top quality. Cheap ingredients will affect the taste of your beer. The scoop is that a good beer making kit can range in price from $60 to $200 and can keep you in beer until the cows come home once you have mastered the art.
Really, all you need on hand to make home brewed beer is four things. Make sure they are the best you can get, and the whole process will be really smooth. Here is what you need: filtered water, malted barley, hops and yeast. There are lots of places to get these ingredients, and in fact, you can likely get them at the store that sold you the beer making kit. Some kits come with enough ingredients in them to make one batch.
Take your four ingredients and boil them the length of time suggested depending on the recipe you are following. This is different for each beer style you are trying, but not that difficult to do. The combination of the four ingredients you are boiling is called wort (pronounced wert) and when it's done, you pour it into the fermenter where you leave it sit until it cools down.
Once the mix is cool, toss in prepared yeast and put an airlock over the opening and allow the yeast to go to work. It takes about 7 to 10 days for the yeast to eat the sugar in the mixture and drop to the bottom of the fermenter. At this point you bottle the beer and leave it to mature for about two weeks. Voila! Easy right? Well why not try it and find out?
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