Making Some Home Brew!
A few years back I decided that I wanted to make my own beer. Luckily, there's a home brew store near me. I can't say enough good things about this company! Look them up online they are amazing! They helped set me up with the needed supplies, and for less than $200 I was off and running.
A typical 5-gallon beer kit runs about $20-30 USD. The Oktoberfest is one of my favorites!
They come with detailed easy instructions that even I can understand.
Some of the contents of the package.
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I forgot to snap a pic of me steeping the grains, but here's a similar image I found on the Interwebs! It's pretty simple, add grains to cheese cloth, tie it off, and steep it like a giant cup of tea at the temp. specified in the instructions.
Once the grains steep, discard, and then add the malt. After you add the malt, bring the pot to a boil for an hour.
The aroma from the beer and hops boiling is AMAZING!
During the boil, add the Irish Moss and hops at the specified times. Once the hour is up, cool the wort using an ice bath or wort chiller until it's down to 75 degrees F. (This makes sure the liquid isn't too hot for the yeast) After that, drain the liquid from the sediment into your fermentation bucket and add the yeast.
And viola.... in about an hour and a half you've made BEER!!!!
I stored mine in my cellar, but you can put it in any a cool, dark place until it's fermented. Once it's fermented it's time for the bottling; which I will probably do as a separate blog.
CHEERS!
once you have brewed a drinkable batch you will be addicted to it.....you will buy brewsmith and sit in front of the computer for hours designing recipes. Your friends will suddenly want to come visit all the time again...... Its actually a great past time and I have brewed some awesome beers(a couple bad ones and one that went straight down the drain)....................have fun in your beer brewing adventures and I would almost take bets you are thinking all grain very shortly....
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kudos for that Willow pixie clip at the end...
I made mead which seemed pretty easy. I'm following and looking forward to the bottling and tasting outcome.
I really want to try brewing.
Someone gave me most of the kit recently so it is definitely on my winter project list.
Do it! You wont regret the satisfaction of drinking your first beer brewed yourself. I like the kits because they're simple and produce a delicious product. It's not lot the old Mr. Beer crap that I used to scalp from my dad...
