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It’s Not Impossible – Make Beer In Your Kitchen

It's Not Impossible - Make Beer In Your Kitchen

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Drinking beer is one of the most widespread human activities&period; Probably next after the instinct for eating and the one for sex&comma; beer consumption is the third most common thing in every part of the developed world&period; No matter if it is an after-work bottle of beer or an afternoon post-lunch glass of this divine gold drink&comma; beer is always a reliable companion in getting by everyday stress and obstacles&period; If you are a regular beer consumer&comma; it would be a shame not to go one step further from an average beer drinker&semi; making your own beer&period; It used to be a real nuisance only a decade ago&comma; but now home brewing equipment and sets are sold at quite affordable prices and one should follow the next steps in order to get to know how to make beer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Get the Foundation Units<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To start producing beer in your kitchen&comma; you need to decide what the initial amount of beer is going to be&period; On the basis of that estimate&comma; you buy an appropriate pot for beer&period; Beside that&comma; you have to buy distilled water and several containers smaller than the pot&comma; but larger than bottles&period; Beer will be kept in these containers during the fermentation process&period; Finally&comma; the end containers are going to be beer bottles&period; They are quite cheap and you are going to pour the beer into them once the production is finished&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1260" alt&equals;"It's Not Impossible - Make Beer In Your Kitchen" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;homebrewing-1024x768&period;jpg" width&equals;"710" height&equals;"532" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Ground Floor – Beer Flavor<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">While the <i>foundation units<&sol;i>&comma; as we have named them&comma; only serve as the liquid base for the beer&comma; it would be nothing if there were not the holy trinity of the beer production process&colon; malt&comma; yeast and hops&period; They also need to be bought before you start the sole procedure for making home beer&comma; but they are added only later and they actually make beer what it is&semi; they give that special beerytaste&comma; smell and flavor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The process begins when you start the boiling of malt starch&comma; with the addition of hops in hot water&period; Hop is the reason why beer is bitter&period; However&comma; be careful&comma; since the boiling temperature needs to be between 66 and 68 degrees C&period; So&comma; as the mixture of water&comma; malt and hops &lpar;aka wort&rpar; reaches the boiling point&comma; the temperature of the mixture needs to be lowered to the desired temperature&period; That is why it is important to have a kitchen thermometer&comma; as well&comma; as a part of the home-brewing equipment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Final Works – Fermentation and Bottling<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">After the hot mixture is boiled &lpar;and it matters for how long the wort is boiled&rpar;&comma; it should be cooled as fast as possible&comma; to keep all the flavors of it&period; The next step is pouring the cooled wort into the middle-sized containers&comma; for the fermentation process&period; No fermentation is possible is there is no brewing yeast&period; After the yeast is added to each container&comma; they should be sealed for two or three weeks and locked with an air lock&period; Finally&comma; after that two or three weeks’ time&comma; the beer is ready for bottling&period; Avoid twist-off caps&comma; but use regular caps and fix them with a bottle capper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Making your own beer will make you proud and you are going to enjoy it even more than those mass-produced beers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">About author&colon; Dan Radak is a beer lover&comma; of all sorts&comma; commercial and home brewed beer&comma; he’s also a web writer and co-author on several websites&period; In his free time&comma; he likes fishing or making homegrown beer&period; You can reach him on Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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