Brewing Guide

Needs Knowhow Tipsy Tips
  • Grains
  • Hops
  • Yeast
  • Water

1:Preparation

Sanitize everything!
Sort out ingredients and ensure accurate measurements.
Activate the yeast.
Sort out your equipment and ensure you have everything you need.

Bacteria = Bad Beer

Stay a step ahead
  • Pots
  • Ladle
  • Burner/stove
  • Thermometer
  • Syphon

2:Mash

Boil water to 175˚
Add grains and water to mash ton/pot
Steep for 60 minutes at 150˚
Strain grains into boil kettle/pot
Sparge (rinse) grains maintaining 1 inch of water above grain bed

Water will cool when added to grains

It’s like making oatmeal

Stir occasionally without oxygenating

Be sure no grain particles enter the boil

It is optional to sparge more than once
  • (wort chiller)

3:Boil

Heat to a boil
Once you have reached the hot break, Start the timer for 60 minutes
Add bittering hops generally within first 45 minutes
Add aromatic hops generally within the last 15 minutes
Cool down to 70˚ as fast as possible
Siphon into fermenter

Don’t allow to boil over

Add more time for more style

There are a few techniques to hopping, each providing a different outcome

Rapidly cooling helps settle unwanted minerals
  • fermenter
  • airlock
  • blow off hose
  • blow off cap
  • pitcher

4:Ferment

Pitch the yeast, mix well
Place cap on fermenter and attach blow off hose
Place fermenter in a dark space at room temperature (70˚)
Halfway fill pitcher with sanitizer and place hose into mug
After 2-3 days remove hose and attach airlock
Fermentation will be complete after at least 2 weeks

Shaken not stirred

This system allows oxygen out and nothing in

Once bubbling subsides

Timing depends on style and preference
  • bottles
  • caps
  • capper
  • priming sugar

5:Bottling

Thoroughly clean and sanitize bottles and caps
Syphon beer off of yeast into pot
Add priming sugar
Syphon beer into bottles
Cap bottles
Place beer in a dark space at room temperature (70˚) for at least 2 weeks

Mix well without oxygenating

Timing depends on style and preference

  Cheers!
Download this Guide as a PDF

Additional Brewing Resources:

John Palmer is considered the Godfather of homebrewing.  He has been improvising, adding, and revising a how to brew guide for over 20 years.  

The link below is a free short hand version of his book and a great place to start learning the basics of brewing.

How to Brew – by John Palmer

 

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