How is beer actually made in a brewery? Brewing beer in a brewery is a fairly complex and lengthy process, and depending on the type of brewery, each usually has its own recipe. The process begins by bringing in malt that must be rested through the so-called “brewing process”. This is followed by mashing (during which polysaccharides are broken down), fermentation, hopping, cooling, fermentation, aging (lagers take 60 days to mature), filtration, bottling, and distribution.
This is a simplified description of the process; each step is time-consuming and requires strict sanitary conditions, but the beer-buying consumer must not think about this when drinking beer.
But what about trying to brew beer at home? If you have a family home, a vacation home, or a cottage (because you\’ll need a little space for that), there is nothing complicated about it, according to those who have tried it or who regularly brew beer at home.
– From the raw materials, you need malt, dried or granulated hop cones, and brewer\’s yeast, and if you think about where you can get these ingredients, at a brewery of course, you won\’t be selling them in large quantities, but on a small scale that\’s not a problem
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– Good quality water is also needed; well water is ideal, but tap water is fine as long as it is good quality
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– A large pot and larger containers (to handle intermediate products), hoses for bottling, a classic stove for cooking, a long cooker (should not be metal), and importantly, a thermometer that can accurately measure up to 100 degrees Celsius.
And nothing prevents you from looking up recipes. There are plenty of recipes in the newspapers and especially on the Internet, so decide for yourself which one you want to choose and get to work brewing your own homebrew. Most people who have tried to brew homebrew, or are still brewing, have confirmed that they were successful the first time and have followed the same process ever since.