Home Brewing 101

Ancient Mesopotamia

(Egypt)

Clay tablets indicated brewing was a respected occupation.

Most Brewers Were Woman.

Crusades

Monasteries were some of the first organizations to brew

beer as a trade.

Built Breweries to provide food, shelter, drink for

pilgrims.

Christian Saints are patrons of Brewing

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Luke The Evangelist

Saint Nicholas

Industrial Revolution

Thermometer (1760)

Hydrometer (1770)

Two huge contributions in home brewing today.

Darkest Days in American History

Prohibition

Boot-Legging was the only way to get beer.

Boot-Legged beer was watered down to increase profits. American palates to

this day prefer weaker beers.

Famous Brewers

Adolphus

Busch

Arthur Guinness

Stone Brewing

Famous Beer Connoisseurs

Brewing EquipmentKettle

Thermometer

Hydrometer

Immersion Chiller

Carboy

Air-Lock

Water

90% of beer is water.

The water you use will lend characteristic to your beer.

Water with high concentrates of dissolved Sulfur, Iron, or Bicarbonates (Think Bottled)

High Chlorine (Use Household Filter)

Steeping Grains (Malted Barley)

Similar to wheat in appearance.

Steeped in water under carefully controlled conditions until it begins to sprout, after which it is dried.

After drying the barley has been said to be malted.

This process develops sugars, soluble starches.

Hops

Cone-like flowers of the Hop vine which can reach 20 ft.

Their bitterness, flavor, and floral aroma are primary

considerations of the brewer.

They have the properties to inhibit the growth of certain

beer spoiling activity.

Aids in flavor stability and head retention.

Hop Types

Whole Hops (easy)

Hop Pellets (easy)

Hop Plugs (easy)

Hop Oils (difficult)

Yeast

Microorganism that uses sugar as food for their life

cycle.

Helps convert sugar and hops into the tasty refreshment we

call beer.

More about yeast in 1B!

So You Ask, Why Homebrew?

Hobby (Stick with your strengths!)

Creativity Anything Goes! (Cinnamon, Molasses, Hibiscus,

Orange Peel, use your imagination! Can’t promise it will work, but it will fun in the process!)

MONEY

Guinness 8 pack (14 oz.) $0.14/ oz.

Newcastle 12 pack (12 oz.) $0.11/ oz.

Coors Light 18 pack (12 oz.) $0.07/ oz.

HOMEBREW KEG (640 oz.) $0.05/ oz.

By the way if you were wondering that is 54 12 oz. beers!!!

-Charlie Papazian-

“Relax,

Don’t Worry,

Have a Home Brew!”