An Easy approach to prepare Homemade Brew

The process of how do you brew beer is so easy that you can try out this recipe at home.

Equipment:

• One Plastic pail: 10-gallon, "food grade", and with lid.
• 1 Siphon hose: 74 inches
• 1 Hose clamp
• 12 plastic pop bottles: 2 liters each, and with lid.
• 1 Hydrometer or kitchen thermometer.
• 1 Large pot for brewing.

Ingredients:

• Malt Extract: 1 ounce, or a can of 1.5 kgs.
• Brewer’s Yeast: 1 tsp
• White Sugar: 6 to 7 cups, or Corn sugar: 8 to 9 cups

How to brew

Step 1: Sanitize

Sanitation constitutes an essential part of the brewing process. You must clean the equipment with warm, soapy water. Rinse well to discard the soap residue. Sanitize the equipment and its accessories with bleaching powder.

Step 2: Brew

Fill the plastic pail with fresh, cold water. Boil 7 liters of water in a large pot. Add malt extract; stir well and cook for twenty minutes. Stir in the sugar and mix well until sugar dissolves completely. Add yeast as soon as the sugar dissolves; allow air to enter the mixture. Fill the carboy with bottled water to arrive at a natural temperature. Take the temperature with a sanitized thermometer. Sprinkle the yeast, stirring well. Cover the pail with a lid. A tight seal may cause an explosion due to the production of carbon dioxide. The brewing process takes around six to ten days, provided the suitable temperature conditions are available and an appropriate amount of sugar is added. The ideal room temperature should be between 16 and 20 Degree Celsius. Place a hydrometer in the pail and spin the liquid once to get a reading. Once the liquid reaches a scale of 1.008, dark beer is ready to be bottled. At a range up to 1.015, light beer is produced which can be bottled.

Step 3: Bottling

Place the pail on a table steadily. Use a funnel to put 2 teaspoons sugar into each of the 12 bottles of 2 liter volume. Siphon beer into bottles without disturbing the sediment formed at the bottom of the carboy. This can be done by attaching a plastic straw at the end of the hose. You must remember not to splash or agitate the beer while the process of bottling is on, as the introduction of oxygen leads to oxidation and give a "cardboard" like taste to the beer. The tube end should be placed close to the bottom portion of the bottle in order to avoid frothing. A little amount of air space should be left at the top of the bottle. Caps are screwed tightly on the bottle. Shake the bottle in an inverted position in order to dissolve the sugar present in the bottom of the bottle. Keep the bottles in a warm area for the initial phase, then shift them to a cool and dark area of your house. Aging allows the beer to brew better.

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