Process Of Homebrewing Microbrews

The normal batch of homebrewed beer is five gallons in volume, which is enough for 2 cases, or 48 12 ounce bottle of beer. The typical homebrewed beer is produced by boiling water, malt extract and hops together in a large kettle and then cooling the resulting wort and adding yeast for fermenting. Experienced homebrewers [...]

Troubleshooting Home Brewing

Stuck fermentation Stuck fermentation occurs when your beer fails to ferment to completion. This can result from the use of old yeast or poor ingredients. The best way to take care of this problem, is to prevent it from starting. To do this, you should: 1. Re-hydrate the yeast by adding it to some water [...]

Equipment For Microbrews

Before you can start brewing beer, you’ll need to have the right equipment. If this is your first time brewing, you should start simple. Before you begin, the first thing that you’ll need is a brewpot. Before you rush out and buy one, you may already have one that will work just fine. The pot [...]

Beer Ingredients

The main ingredients found in beer are water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. There are other ingredients such as flavoring, sugar, and other ingredients that are commonly used. Starches are used as well, as they convert in the mashing process to easily fermentable sugars that will help to increase the alcohol content of beer while [...]