I come from a place where you have to drink water, a lot of it, all the time, so I have very strong opinions about it. When I started making beer, I decided to always experiment, and play with the beers I'm making, so it only made sense to take water as my first experiment. Water is also the cheapest ingredient, and in my opinion, can make a huge difference on beer making.So to … [Read more...]
Making beer – my simple process and some terminology
Making beer can be very complicated, but it can very easily simplified. i hope one of those days to be able to make a very precise beer after a very complicated process that was really clear to me, but I'm not there yet. Until than, my simple process is (this will no include quantities, just the step by step for now): 1. Cooking the malt-syrup with water on just above … [Read more...]
What really makes beer
Beer is very simple, and only requires 2 ingredients: grains and water.Basically grains are left to ferment in the water by allowing the natural yeasts in the grain (barley, wheat, etc), allowing the yeast to break the sugars in the grain into alcohol. That is it, very simple. The problem is that this process is unpredictable, unstable and tend to go bad very quickly, so we use … [Read more...]
My beer making setup, aka a small flat brewery
My beer making setup, aka a small flat brewery First step in talking about making beer is the tools of the trade. My home brewery consists of very few tools and our kitchen. A simple setup that can be stored away in any flat and used when ever in the mood for some beer making adventures. The tools that I actually use are: 20L food grade plastic bucket with a … [Read more...]
First post with the last beer in the batch
Time to start writing, and to explain why another beer blog. It's a pretty simple story - I live in a normal 2 bed flat in London, love beer (which makes me average here), and will drink any beer when I can. I prefer craft beers, and can appreciate a really good beer, but I'm not a beer connoisseur, I'll drink the cheap lager sometimes just for the fun of it. All my life … [Read more...]