Brewing

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What is Brewing? Brewing is simply the process of making beer, but for many, it offers so much more. On the surface, its is as easy as making boxed Macaroni and Cheese, which it can be easy, but for many amateur and professional brewers, The art and science can make this a life long passion. The Process is broken up into 3 major steps, the brewday, fermenting, and packaging. The brew day which traditionally takes anywhere from 3-6 hours is essentially extracting sugars from malted grains, then boiling that with hops for bitterness, aroma, and flavors. Cool all of this down and yeast is added to start fermentation. Fermentation is where the yeast eats the sugars and produces alcohol, this step traditionally takes 7-14 days. Packaging is putting the beer in either bottles, cans or kegs, this is the final step before getting to enjoying that beer. This explantation is fairly simplified if you are interested in learning more about the brewing process, keep reading as we dive into the different types i.e. Extract & All-Grain, Professional brewing and More! Browse Five Gallon Home Brewing Starter Kits The 3 Basic Brewing Steps: Brewday: This is where you the brewer essentially makes sugar water also called “Wort” for yeast to feast on and make beer. A typical extract brew day takes about 3 hours where an all-grain brew day can take about 6 hours. The brew day is where a majority of flavors are being created. These flavors come from the different types of malt extracts or grains and hops being used. Click here to jump to the Brewday section . Fermenting: During fermentation yeast eat sugars present in wort and produce alcohol and cO2. The amount of yeast needed to ferment a beer is dependent on how much sugar is present. Different types of yeast like specific fermentation temperatures and also can add to the flavor and aroma of the finished beer. A typical fermentation takes about 7-14 days to complete. Click here to jump to the Fermenting section. Packaging: Once the