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4 Easy Steps To Great Beer

 

 

PREPARATION

  1. Clean & sterilise your equipment. Instructions are provided.
  2. Put the yeast aside for the fermentation stage.
  3. Dissolve the contents of the can in 2 to 4 litres of very hot water in a sterilised bucket. Use less hot water in hot weather & more in cold weather. Add 1kg of glucose or dextrose and stir to dissolve. DO NOT USE SUGAR.
  4. Add about 10 litres of cold water to your fermenter, transfer the hot mixture from the bucket to your fermenter & mix thoroughly. Top up with cold water to the 22.5 litre mark.
  

FERMENTATION

  1. Sprinkle the yeast onto the surface.
  2. Seal the fermenter, fit the airlock and half fill it with cool boiled water.
  3. Allow the brew to ferment. Try to keep the temperature in the fermenter reasonably constant in the low 20's and try to avoid it falling below about 18ºC. Typically this takes about a week. 
  4. Fermentation is finished when the airlock stops bubbling and the brew itself begins to clear. Allow a further 48 hours for it to clear thoroughly. 
  

BOTTLING

  1. Sterilise the bottles & rinse with cool boiled water.
  2. Use your priming scoop to put a measured amount of sugar into each bottle.
  3. Fill each bottle to within 50mm of the top.
  4. Close each bottle with a crown cap and seal it firmly with a capping tool.
  5. Shake thoroughly then stand the bottles in a warm spot (say around 20 to 22ºC.) for about a week then store for at least another 2 weeks before sampling.  
  

MATURATION

Homebrew improves greatly with bottle ageing and will not go off in the bottle at all. A six month old beer will be very much better than a one month old beer. So, try to age your beers, you will enjoy them much more. In fact, you will be amazed at how much your aged beers have improved. Don't forget to label and date each batch. Keep samples to try at 3, 6 and 12 months old. Take notes about how they taste then you will see for yourself how this amazing improvement works.

 

  
   
   
   
   

A Keg System is a great alternative to bottling. Find out more about a Kegging System 

Click this link to see a more detailed list of what you'll need to get started making your own great quality beer at home.