How to brew your own beer at home Part 2 Bottling
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Easy Home Brewing - Second Addition 2
This is Part 2 on how to make beer with a Coopers Draught beer kit
Easy Home Brewing - Second Addition 1
Here's a video that shows you how to brew a batch of beer with a Coopers Draught Beer Kit part 1
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
BeerEasy Video Training
It's easy. It's wonderfully flavourful.
And all equipment & ingreidents you need to get started are EASILY accessible.
(You probably have some of it already lying around in your kitchen!)
That's it...simple enough. So let's get started shall we?
Here's what's inside your BeerEasy online video training course...
Here's what's inside your BeerEasy online video training course...
Video Training on each of the Steps in the Brewing Process: ($497 value)
Video #1 - Introduction to Brewing Your Own Beer
Video #2 - Equipment and Ingredients for Brewing
Video #3 - Day #1 Brew Day - Part 1 of 2 (length 16:58)
Video #4- Day #1 Brew Day - Part 2 of 2 (length 10:30)
Video #5 - The Fermentation Process
Video #6 - Day #2 Transfer Day (length 07:26)
Video #7 - How To Sanitize Your Brewing Equipment
Video #8 - Day #3 Bottling Day (length 13:52)
Checklists (PDFs) to walk you Step by Step through your Brew Day... Comes in handy WHILE brewing.
Checklist #1 - Equipment & Ingredients Checklist
Checklist #2 - Day #1 Brew Day Checklist
Checklist #3 - Day #2 Brew Day Checklist
Checklist #4 - Day #3 Brew Day Checklist
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Recipe #3 - India Pale Ale Recipe
Recipe #4 - Mac's Amber Ale Recipe
Recipe #5 - Lake Superior Porter Recipe
Recipe #6 - Oatmeal Stout Recipe
Recipe #7 - Pre-Prohibition American Pilsner Recipe
Recipe #8 - Strawberry Blonde Recipe
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What Goes Into Commercial Cigarettes?
For many people, cigarettes are merely something that they buy and enjoy without a second thought, but have you wondered what was in the cigarettes that you are smoking? The truth is, there are more than 500 ingredients in commercially made cigarettes, and they will do everything from keeping the cigarette lit to producing a distinctively recognizable smell. When you are thinking about what is really in your cigarettes, you'll find that some ingredients keep coming up time after time.
When looking at the ingredients in cigarettes, you'll find that you will see a number of chemicals that are designed to kill weeds and insects, including DDT. These chemicals are used to keep the tobacco plants healthy but can take a toll on your own health over an extended period of time. You will find that there is no good way to get these pesticides out of your cigarettes, and that by ingesting them you can, over time, deplete your immune system's ability to heal itself.
You'll also find that ammonia is a common ingredient that is often added to your cigarette. Ammonia is toxic, and you may recognize the scent very easily; it is a common ingredient for use in commercial cleansers. For cigarettes, you'll find that ammonia is used to help the nicotine get absorbed through your lungs more quickly. You'll find that this can give your cigarette more of a punch, and your brain will be able to process a larger amount of nicotine with each puff.
You will also find that there are a number of chemicals that have been added to your store-bought cigarettes in order to improve the smell or to make them feel smoother when you smoke them. For instance, cadmium, which is frequently used in paints, appears in cigarettes, but is commonly linked to lung and prostate cancer. Similarly, benzene, which is linked to leukemia, and formaldehyde, which is linked to lung cancer, will appear as well. Most of these chemicals have a preservative quality, giving the cigarettes a longer shelf life.
When you are considering what you can do to reduce your health risk when it comes to cigarettes, you will find that switching to hand-rolled cigarettes might be the key. While many people feel that hand-rolling cigarettes is old-fashioned or too much trouble, you'll soon see that there are a number of reasons to roll your cigarettes. You'll be able to have more control over the finished product, and you'll find that you have a better understanding of smoking itself. You'll find that the only way to really be sure about what you are smoking is to grow it and dry it yourself!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
How Do You Make Beer
How Do You Make Beer
Beer is such a popular beverage because it has such a deep earthy flavor and because the variety of flavors, brands, colors and textures of beers is so diverse that you can explore a new brew each and every time you want a beer and never get bored.
Yet most of us pretty much settle on one kind and stick with it. That is until we discover brew pubs. That is when our eyes are opened to the idea that we don’t have to depend on Budweiser and Miller for good beer. It can be made right at home.
Some of the finest beers you could hope to taste are not made in the big commercial factories but in small brew pubs all around the country. So if you have discovered some particularly flavorful home brewed beers, it isn't long before you might decide to take a stab at brewing a batch yourself. Be careful because once you start experimenting with brewing your own beer, you may become hooked into an addictive hobby that will provide hours of fun as you tinker with your recipes, get new and better equipment and become a true beer expert in brewing your own custom blends for the best flavored beer.
But it all starts with that very first batch. You might approach that moment when you decide to make your first batch of beer with some fear and trembling. But keep your spirit of adventure and experimentation because, after all, if you bought good equipment, you will get the hang of it. As the wise man said, that the journey of a hundred miles begins with the first step. So too your journey toward becoming a master brewer starts with your first batch.
The process of brewing that first batch is pretty simple actually. Here are the steps to go through to get your first brew underway.
Gather the ingredients to have them on hand as you step through the brewing process. You don’t' want to have to stop and go dig something up so have them ready to go when they are added in as the brewing process is underway. .
It all starts with water. One gallon of good water will do. You don't need specialty water as tap water in most areas of the country does well due to a good combination of minerals that actually makes the beer taste better. So get a gallon of water boiling in a large pot capable of holding 2-3 gallons of water.
You need that extra space for adding ingredients. .
The first ingredient to add to the boiling water is the brewing yeast that you bought just for this purpose. The yeast will have specific instructions but in essence you will mix the yeast with piping hot tap water and stir it in a separate pot or pan until it becomes a thick paste. . You can prepare the yeast while the water boils and when it's ready, add the mixture to the water. .
Once the yeast is mixed in well, add the malt extract that you bought for this brewing process. Make sure the malt is mixed in well and dissolved before moving on. . Hops will come as pellets when you bought them from the supplier so add them when the water is boiling again and allow the entire mixture to boil for another five minutes. .
During this preparation time, get your fermenting equipment sanitized and ready to go.
As the brewing process approaches completion, fill the fermenter about three quarters full with cold water from the tap. The strong beer you have boiled is called the "wort" which is now ready for fermenting. Pour the hot wort into the cold water in the fermenter. What you are looking for is an end result of five gallons of mixture in the fermenter so if you don't find you are at that level, add more water.
The brewing process is done and you can follow the directions for fermenting that are provided with the equipment or that you learn from other resources about the fine art of fermenting beer. Now it's just a matter of letting nature do what it does to ferment your beer. Enjoy the anticipation as you allow the fermenting to continue and then enjoy the flavor of your very own first batch of home brewed beer.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
You Can't Make Gasoline but You Can Make Beer
You Can't Make Gasoline but You Can Make Beer
In tough economic times, we all look for ways to save money. With gas prices going up constantly, the prices of everything just goes right on up with them. Unlike the government, we can't print up money so anything we can do to cut costs without giving up quality of life is a good move.
And if quality of life includes having a nice tasting brew every so often, well then there is definitely something we can do and maybe you are already starting to do that is not only great fun but a very good cost cutting move for you.
The great thing about taking up home brewing is that you get three great benefits all in one great hobby. First you get a new passion in your life that will keep you busy and learning a side of beer making that you never knew could be so fascinating. Second, you inherit an entire society of fascinating people who are zealots for this hobby and life style of home brewing.
And finally, once you get set up with the equipment and learn the "ropes" of brewing your own beer at home, you can make beer that is 100 times better than anything you can get at the liquor store or in a restaurant. But you can make it for a tiny percentage of what you would pay for retail beer which is inferior to yours anyway.
The great thing about home brewing is that in addition to all these benefits, it really is not difficult to learn how to make great beer right at home. It will take some effort and a bit of study or coaching to learn how to use the equipment and what ingredients to buy and store. But because the ingredients are easy and abundant to get, you can set up to make literally gallons of beer for a very small investment. So on top of great fun, that’s just sensible economics.
One great way to get some help with this process and make it even more fun is to learn to make beer with a group of friends. You can split the costs and make it even more economical. And each of you can and pool your knowledge, your learning and your talents to make each batch of beer better than the last one. Because the process of brewing involves several steps, you need that patience and understanding of the process to do it right. And having friends in the process, each one can be watching for steps that need to be taken. Then when the beer enters the fermentation stage and what you all need is patience not to break into the beer and drink it before its time, you can be a support group to be willing to wait for it because you know how good it will be.
This support group can also be very helpful to be patient if that first batch of beer is not entirely perfect. But you know there are ways to get better. So by being faithful with your learning, joining with other beer brewing lovers around your town, you can and will get better quickly.
But the other value of working together with good friends is that you can eventually get a feel for how much beer you will make with each batch and how much each of you will use in a period of time. Then you can time the brewing sessions so you may even have multiple batches in various stages of completion and coming into use at just the right times so you never have to go to the liquor store again. You will have taken control of this one part of your economy by making your own beer so it's a cost you can control, unlike gasoline.
Zymurgy Lovers You Know
The fun of any private hobby or passion is knowing the secret language that goes with it. So if you had someone come to you and say, "You are really into that zymurgy stuff, aren’t you", you may not know whether to thank him or slap him. But if you are beginning to get excited about the art of making beer at home, not only are you getting into "that zymurgy stuff", you probably know a few major zymurgists as well. Zymurgy, for the trivia buffs, is the art of fermenting that leads to the production of beer.
There is a lot of fun in the hobby of making beer. Not only is it not a difficult process to learn, it's rewarding to bring out bottles of rich tasting beer for your family and friends that you made yourself. And since most batches of home made beer produce five gallon brews, you will have plenty of beer for a small fraction of what you would pay for commercial beer.
But there is another level of fun about becoming an amateur brewer and that comes from discovering this whole new world of other brewers who are out there spreading the gospel of home brewing far and wide. The network of people who love to brew their own beer is extensive and well organized. Zymurgy is actually an international passion that goes back for thousands of years and reaches into just about every society. So by now as you begin to just discover the huge social world of brew makers, you are going to be amazed at the diversity and size of this culture that has existed right under your all this time.
The first group you should become a part of to become connected to the larger world of home brewing is the American Home brewers Association. They operate an interesting, informative and up to date web sites about home brewing at http://www.beertown.org/ba/index.html. One of the best things you will discover on the AHA's web site is a list of upcoming home brewing events all around the country. The odds are that somewhere in your geographic area there is an event being planed to bring home brewing enthusiasts like you together to trade methods, share recipes and generally celebrate this exciting hobby together.
As soon as you get connect to the AHA's web site, your knowledge of beer making and the amount of information that is available to you will go through the roof. In fact, you will no doubt quickly want to get the AHA's bimonthly magazine coming your way. Not surprisingly, that magazine is called Zymurgy. Through Zymurgy magazine and by surfing beertown.org, you will also find out about special days set aside just to celebrate the big community of home beer enthusiasts such as National Home brew Day held the first Saturday in May. Congress actually set aside this day to celebrate the love of home brewing. No doubt a few senators and congressmen brew up their own blend at home as well.
Along with publications and festivals, there are regular beer brewing competitions you can keep up to date on through the AHA and through a local affiliates as well. These competitions are great fun but you may feel timid about entering your newest beer concoction to be judged. But it's all in fun and by striving to make your brew genuine competition quality, it just makes the excitement you already have for home brewing even more fun and engaging between contests.
But perhaps the greatest service the national organization can be to you is to point you to local contacts to help you move along more quickly in developing your love of home brewing. This is the kind of networking you need to find the best local brewing supply shops so you can get stocked up on the grains, malts and hops you will need to make your next big batch of home made beer.
But more importantly, you can connect with the home brewers association in your own community and become part of this very active and fun loving community. And as you learn the insider tricks and taste their blends, you will move along much more quickly toward making your own beer that will really taste the way you want it to. So get out there and have some fun with people who love home brewing just like you do. You will never regret it.
Anheuser Busch and Micro Brews
Anheuser Busch And Micro Brews
Beer brewing has always been the core business of the Anheuser-Busch company. An industry leader since 1957, Anheuser-Busch currently owns over half of the domestic beer market.
The market share has grown so much that Anheuser- Busch now has a bigger portion of the market than the next four competitors, with the international sales being no different. Anheuser-Busch remains the leading exporter of beer from the United States, with sales in more than 60 countries. Microbreweries, or microbrews for short, have been gaining a lot of attention in the past several years.
Microbrews are best classified as breweries that produce less than 15,000 barrels in a given year. The strength of micro brews is found in their philosophy that beer should be of the highest quality. Therefore, micro brews are only brewed with malted barley, hops, water, and yeast, which are the only four ingredients found in the purist German beers. Mass bottled beers normally add rice and corn to help lower costs. The only drawback to micro brews is what they cost.
The more expensive ingredients found in micro brews cost on average 60% higher than the mass bottled beers. Beer isn't like wine, which tends to get better with age. Beer is instead a food that should be consumed as soon as possible after production. With this in mind, pubs or micro brews that produce beer on the premises are the hottest new trends, with four new pubs on average popping up each and every week. Each year, sales of micro brews goes up an average of 40% each year. This figure is very impressive when you consider that the market is shrinking as a whole.
Even with this amazing success, the micro brew sales represent around two percent of the entire beer market. In their pursuit to continue dominating the entire beer market, Anheuser-Busch has tapped into the trend of micro brews. They recently purchased a stake in the Seattle based Red Hook Ale microbrewery.
The new products they released into the beer market include Red Wolf, Elk Mountain Red, and Elk Mountain Amber Ale. Micro brews are normally produced regionally, therefore Anheuser-Busch is developing regional manufacturers and distributors. By doing this, they must decide on the best possible way to handle their short term cash needs for purchasing inventory in these tiny plants.
With their recent transition into the world of micro brews, you can count on Anheuser-Busch to make quite the impact. They will be offering more micro brews in the future, which is great news for beer drinkers. If you like the wild taste of micro brews, Anheuser-Busch is more than worth your time and money.
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