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Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small scale, as a hobby.
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Brew Your Own
It's really easy & what's more, you will discover that the beer you make is very good quality. Here is some information about what you need to make beer & also a description of the process which shows you how very easy it is. It takes 1 to 3 weeks to make a batch & during that time you will spend a couple of hours of your time on the brew.
Once you have your Home Brewery Kit, you are ready to make your first batch. You will be using a canned beer ingredient kit which is extremely easy.
However, don't think the quality of the beer you make will be poor. You will make great beers this way as long as you remember that it is important to use really good quality ingredients.
Basically, home brewing from a can of beer ingredient kit can be done in 4 stages:
Stage 1 - Preparation
Stage 2 - Fermentation
Stage 3 - Bottling
Stage 4 - Maturation
Stage 1 - Preparation
1 Clean & sterilise your equipment.
2 Put the yeast aside for the fermentation stage.
3 Dissolve the contents of the can in 2 to 4 litres of very hot water in a sterilised bucket. Use less hot water in hot weather & more in cold weather. Add 1kg of glucose, dextrose or maltose and stir to dissolve. DO NOT USE NORMAL SUGAR.
4 Use ice bath to cool the mixture immediately or add about 10 litres of cold water to your fermenter and mix thoroughly. Top up with cold water to the 23 litre mark.
Stage 2 - Fermentation
1 Sprinkle the yeast onto the surface and stir for a minute.
2 Seal the fermenter, fit the airlock and half fill it with cool boiled water.
3 Allow the brew to ferment. Try to keep the temperature in the fermenter reasonably constant in the mid 20's (depending on the stated range from the beer ingredient kit) and try to avoid it falling below about 18ºC. Typically this takes about 5 days.
4 Fermentation is finished when the airlock stops bubbling and the brew itself begins to clear. Allow a further 48 hours for it to clear thoroughly.
Stage 3 - Bottling
1 Sterilise the bottles & rinse with cool boiled water.
2 Use your priming scoop to put a measured amount of sugar into each bottle.
3 Fill each bottle to within 5cm of the top.
4 Close each bottle with a crown cap and seal it firmly with a capping tool.
5 Shake thoroughly then stand the bottles in a warm spot (around 25 to 28ºC.) for about a week. It is ready for sampling.
Stage 4 - Maturation
1 Homebrew improves greatly with bottle ageing and will not go off in the bottle at all. A six month old beer will be very much better than a one month old beer. So, try to age your beers, you will enjoy them much more. In fact, you will be amazed at how much your aged beers have improved.
2 Don't forget to label and date each batch. Keep samples to try at 3, 6 and 12 months old. Take notes about how they taste then you will see for yourself how this amazing improvement works.
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What You Need
First you need to apply for a Homebrew License from the Singapore Customs. However, for administrative convenience, Customs allows a grace period of two weeks from the date of purchase of the equipment in Singapore for “home-brewers” to obtain the necessary licence.
Next, to start your brewing hobby is to buy a HOME BREWERY KIT which includes most of these basics essentials you need to make your first batch of beer and bottle it.
BEER INGREDIENT KIT-
The ingredients for your first batch. They come in a can & are supplied with yeast. All you have to do is add glucose, dextrose or maltose (NOT SUGAR) & water.
FERMENTER -
This is the container in which beer is allowed to ferment.
THERMOMETER -
To monitor the temperature of your fermenting beer.
AIRLOCK -
To allow carbon dioxide out of the fermenter & stop air getting in.
TAP & BOTTLING VALVE -
For getting beer into the bottles.
STERILIZE -
To prevent contamination.
PLASTIC SPOON or PADDLE -
For mixing your brew ingredients.
GLUCOSE / DEXTROSE / MALTOSE
This is a much better quality brewing ingredient than the white sugar that is so widely used.
HYDROMETER
For testing your beer to see if fermentation is finished & for measuring alcohol.
BOTTLE BRUSH
A great help for cleaning bottles.
PRIMING SCOOP
To measure the priming sugar into the bottles.
BOTTLES
To contain the beer for secondary fermentation.
CAPPING TOOL & CROWN SEALS
To seal each bottle.
These are the essentials that you will need to get going. As long as you have some bottles, sugar & water at home, you're on your way to making your first batch of about 36 bottles of fine beer without spending an extra cent. -
Games to play along with a glass of beer
Title: Sixes
Instructions:
Line up six cups, size unimportant. Get ready lots of beer. And a single die.
Everyone sits around and someone starts by rolling the dice. (clockwise or counter, direction matters not)
The number you roll corresponds to the number of the cup in the line. If it's empty fill it as much as you want, if it contains beer, drink it all, and roll again.
If you clear the table chances are the party will become more enjoyable ( at least to you ). -
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