Self-Sufficiency: Home Brewing

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John Parkes. Self-Sufficiency: Home Brewing

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

About beer

Beer beginnings. Origins

Hops and beer

Europe

Asia

The Industrial Revolution

Modern beer production

Beer styles. The evolution of beer styles

English beer styles

Mild beer

Golden ales

Pale ale and IPA

Light bitters

Bitter

Old ale

Barley wine

Porters and stouts

Lager

Lager production process

Commercial lager production

Ingredients

Water

Malt

The malting process

Types of malt

Pale malt

Mild malt

Stout malt

Amber malt

Brown malt

Chocolate malt

Coffee malt

Black malt

Crystal malt

Peated malt

Pilsner malt

Vienna malt

Munich malt

Rauchmalz

Acid malt

Honey malt

Melanoidin malt

Adjuncts

Unmalted barley. Roasted barley

Black barley

Flaked barley

Torrefied barley

Wheat. Wheat malt

Torrefied wheat

Wheat flour

Rye

Sorghum and millet

Rice and corn

Non-grain solids

Syrups and extracts

Regional differences. Britain

Continental Europe

The United States

Hops. General information

World production

Hop processing

Hop varieties

Noble hops

Noble hop types

Making beer

Cleanliness

Sterilizing your equipment

Sterilizing barrels

Sterilizing bottles

Basic equipment

Home brewing methods

From a kit

Using malt extract, hops and adjuncts

In the traditional way

Brewing from kits

Basic beer kit brewing techniques

Select and purchase a suitable beer kit

Read and follow the instructions that come with the kit

Making the beer

Kit beer’s shelf life

Transferring the beer into bottles or a barrel

Drinking your beer

Pouring your beer

Brewing from malt extract, hops and adjuncts

Equipment

Ingredients

Malt extract

Malted grains

Hops

Adjuncts

Finings

Recording the brewing process

∼ Traditional bitter ale ∼

Malt

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

You will also need

∼ IPA ∼

Extract and grain

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Irish stout ∼

Extract and grain

Bittering hops

∼ Bitter ∼

Extract and grain

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Best bitter ∼

Extract and grain

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ India Pale Ale ∼

Extract and grain

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

Brewing the traditional way

Basic all-grain brewing. Equipment for basic all-grain brewing

Ingredients. Grist

Types of malt

Adjuncts

∼ Light summer ale ∼

Water

For the grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

You will also need

Basic all-grain brewing – mashing

Basic all-grain brewing – sparging

Basic all-grain brewing – boiling in the copper

Basic all-grain brewing – pitching the yeast

Advanced all-grain brewing. Additional equipment for advanced all-grain brewing

Advanced all-grain brewing – mashing

Advanced all-grain brewing – sparging

Adjusting the weight of pale malt

Grain recipes

∼ Special bitter ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Brewer’s pride ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Hop ‘n’ jump ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Second hops (added 10 minutes before the end of the boil)

Aroma hops

∼ Shorten stout ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Santa’s delight ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

Optional (but highly recommended) spices

∼ Premium pale ale ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

∼ Old fashioned mild ale ∼

Grist

Bittering hops

Aroma hops

Brewing record sheet

Hydrometer temperature correction chart

Troubleshooting

Fermentation. The beer doesn’t seem to ferment at all

The beer started fermenting but has stopped before it is ready for racking

The beer started fermenting but smells like rotten eggs

The beer is starting to clear on the surface

Finished beer. The beer in the barrel is flat

The beer in the bottles is very lively (fizzy)

The beer in the bottles is flat

The beer in the barrel or bottles tastes like vinegar

Glossary

References

Suppliers

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ABOUT BEER

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Hops, along with alcohol content, contribute to the storage life of a beer; heavily hopped beers keep longer and are capable of travelling further than lightly hopped beers. The term IPA, which stands for India Pale Ale, refers to the strong, heavily hopped beers brewed in England which were sent out to the members of the military serving in India. This term is often misused by modern brewers who sometimes apply the title to low-gravity pale beers.

Taxation has also affected the type of beer brewed in a country, as high alcohol content beers often have attracted higher levels of duty, which is ultimately reflected in the price of the beer. This was particularly true in Ireland where the Guinness stout consumed there was of a lower alcohol content than the stout which was exported in order for it to be cheaper for local people to buy.

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