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Show rm Taree? Brew: The best way to Procure ‘Real Beer in Utah By Mike Alston who shop discuss the commercial brewers. gives birth toa brewer. Czech proverb You should brew your own beer! This strikes many as a ~ It is only fair to mention that as home brewers we_ have it virtual impossibility. However, if. you can cook ramen noodles you — can brew beer. | from are identical to those used when . In recent columns we have talk But, why bother with home brewing when you can just go to the store and buy good beer off heard or brew much you can buy. “What!” I hear many of you: saying. There is a simple reason... why home brewers can brew better beer. Commercial brewers. which to batch would commercial Furthermore, commercial. brewers hops, an the basis they get will often choose their . expensive ingredient, on of how much bitterness per dollar rather than on the quality of that bitterness. - As a home brewer you can afford to purchase the finest ingredients for your brews. A few pennies here and there can make a huge improvement to a beer. without much increase in cost. You are also allowed a greater flexibility in choosing these ingredients, making these choices on the basis of your recipe rather than economy. You little to no variation. variables for However, I don’t even have to me to the wort to cool until the - pot is slightly cool to the touch Tie the bag and Bring the | (60- IO%).. : When the wort has cooled sufficiently pour the worn through a strainer, if available, plastic fermenter. into Then can focus on making great beer and not worry about reproducibility. So, how do you do it? Brewing beer is-far easier than one would think. However, there are three things that must be done religiously in order to make Home of Velo-City Cyeling Cu good beer. These are, in. order, sanitation, sanitation and sanita- tion. (Ed Note: That appears to be one thing written over and over again.) If one is careful to ensure that all the equipment is sanitized, and it must be clean to be sanitized,(Knough we get the point) you will make good beer. It might need some recipe adjust- eral ways to sanitize your equip- Page 11 your. top up control. flavors or aromas. There are sev- flavorful Use ice I cannot ments but it should have no off more Allow _ not very cold. product year after year, out of many different breweries, with rather use the 45-minute boil. At the end of Budweiser can produce the same than more powerful hops and not break the bank. These options can boiling most attempt it. And that is another great advantage we have. We malts. the breweries. or home brewer you can explore the usage of dozens of different~ them to wort 2 minutes before the end of variability | bankrupt this. There are simply too many a If your kit contains finishing hops, add We can get away with in fact. many breweries produce their entire line of beers using only 2 As for 45 much easier than professional | which they might use. malts. hops. to boil if tap water is remove grain bag and discard. Take the brewpot off the heat even imagine how to accomplish different bittering wort sink or tub of cold water. -| water to 155 F and hold at that temp for 30-45 min. Then, uct but limits the variety of malts — three the the minutes at a slow rolling boil. malt extract, place it into the pot. huge batch brewers must make a profit on their beers. This is the basic underly‘ing motivator in many of their — They buy brewing decisions. malt in huge bulk which gives them very fresh, cheap prod- add ‘pot. Place the boiling pot into a | steeping bag. better beer than the lons of water to your brewpot. ~ about and experience them firsthand. But most importantly, you ~can and ~ Allow If your ingredient kit contains specialty grains take the grains and pour them into a grain read scorching the 2 minutes remove the pot from the heat and place lid onto that you have hand crafted youronly of hops, fresh yeast, and perhaps specialty grains. Remember, the quality of your beer is dependent on the quality of the ingredients so don’t skimp. On brew day, add two gal- There is something © the shelf? wonderful about drinking a beer You can brew styles which chances extract on the bottom of the pot. Once the malt has been mixed into the water put the mixture (called the wort) onto the heat homebrew supplier. from unhopped ed about malt and hops. These ar e the basic ingredients in beer. B y simply adding yeast to a malt-h op solution one can make beer. have you the Avoid any kits that call for the addition of more than | pound of sugar. You should preferably start with a kit which is built - boiling noodles, and steeping-tea self. stirring constantly. By removing © the pot from the heat you reduce . should be able to alternatives with you. You should start out by purchasing a high quality beer kit The basic steps you and add the malt extract while are simply not available to the — ment and your poe. TTT is the woman rr Blessed Utah State Road Champions ATOMIC Olympus Hills 3969 South Draper/Sandy 1138 E. Draper Wasatch Blvd. 278-1500 | Parkway Blvd 576-8844 |