Home Brewing Beer

The process for home brewing beer is actually very similar to commercial processes except on a much smaller and more domestic scale. Like commercial beer brewing, home brewers need to mix the grains with water and “mash” to release the sugars and create their own malt extract. However, to skip this step, novice home brewers can instead buy ready-prepared malt extract to make the whole Beer brewing process a lot easier.The malt extract or water and grain mixture then needs to be boiled for around an hour to an hour and a half, during which time the hops are added to give the bitterness and unique aroma to the beer. After cooling, yeast is added and the liquid is stored and allowed to ferment for around 21 days for ale and 35 days for lager. If a speciality beer is desired then flavours are added at the end of the home brewing process, and the beer is complete.