making good beer at home

Making Good Beer at Home

History of Beer

• One of the oldest beverages, dated to 6th Century BC

• The oldest still operating commercial brewery is the Weihenstephan (Bavaria) abbey brewery, 1040 AD

• Schafer-Meyer Brewing Co, 1850, in Louisville.

Styles of Beer

• Most people only know of three styles. – Regular Lager– Import lager– Light beer

• Over 125 styles of beer.• Specialty beer/wine – mead, cider, apfelwine

Ingredients

• Malted barley- Several varieties• Specialty grains for flavor or color• Hops – about 30 varieties• Good Water – balance & profiles• Adjuncts – corn, rice, oats• Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Process

• Malted barley is soaked in hot water to release the malt sugars.

• The malt solution (wort) is boiled with hops for seasoning.

• The wort is cooled and yeast added to begin fermentation. Aereate

• Beer is bottled.

Equipment

Let’s Make Beer !• Cincinnati Pale Ale

Ingredients for a 5 gallon batch3-4 lb. Pale malt extract syrup, unhopped

• 2 lb. Amber dry malt extract • 12 AAU of bittering hops (any variety) For

example, 1 oz. of 12% AA Nugget, or 1.5 oz. of 8% AA Perle

• 5 AAU of finishing hops (Cascade or other) For example, 1 oz. of 5% Cascade or 1.25 oz. of 4% Liberty

• 2 packets of dried ale yeast

Let’s Make Beer

• Prepare a gallon of boiled water for sterile • Clean & Sanitize• Boil 2 gals of water. Pour into fermenter to

cool.• Boil 3 gals of water+ extract. Add hops per

directions• Add yeast. This is what makes wort beer.

Fermenting

7-10 Days for primary fermentation. You will see it in the airlock, and measure it with the hydrometer.

Bottling

SANITIZE EVERYTHING

Non screw off bottles are greatOxyiclean to remove labelsWash, sanitize, dry.

Add “priming surgar” to beer. This will cause the carbonation.

The worst part

It will take about 3 weeks to carbonate and age the beer. Time is your friend here.

What to do? Start that second batch, the first one goes very fast!

Enjoy & Share !

Advanced Topics

• Partial, All Grain• Kegging• Water Chemistry• Automation• Competition • BJCP • UC Davis

Integration with Work

Resources

www.howtobrew.comhttp://www.lagersclub.com/

www.myoldkentuckyhomebrew.com