Homebrew Beer

I’ve allways had a passion for beer. Beer is an important part of our culture and the most popular drink in social gatherings. The love is extended by the fact that you can make your own beer at home, with your personal touch and taste. That is right, you can make one of the most exclusive beers in the world and share it with friends – your homebrew beer!

Making our own beer is one of the most fun and profitable hobbies you can have, especially if you are drinking it ourself. For starting out with homebrew beer, there is a few investments you will have to do, like some tubes and a tank for the brewing itself. However, the investment can be very small if you just want to check out if this is the hobby for you.

There are generally two ways to brew your homebrew beer. One is using brewing sets with extract, while the other is with whole grains. Generally it is easiest to start out with extract-brewing, and then move on to brewing from whole grains when you have more experience. However, there is nothing stopping you from starting directly from whole grains, as this will give you more control over taste and beertype. Homebrew beer from extract is easiest, as you only need to add water, yeast and sugar. It tends to be cheaper and you will see results quicker and with less work. You still have the chance to choose between different types of extract for your homebrew beer, like ale, stout and lager, but you don’t get the freedom you get from whole grain brewing.

Brewing from whole grain involves boiling the ingredients, like malt, hops and barley, into wort and finding your own recipe. Of course there is recipes ready for you when you start out, which we will provide you with or you find other places, but after trying it out, you can adjust the ingredients to make your special homebrew beer – your own beer brand. After boiling the ingredients you are at the same point as extract brewing, you add sugar or another fermentable substance and yeast. This approach is a little bit more expensive, but can give you better results and more customization than extract homebrew beer.

The yeast for you brewing process is very important. The yeast is the ingredient that transform the wort into beer, and you want absolute quality in your yeast. We will guide you to the right types for your homebrew beer. Generally there are two types of yeast you can use, dry yeast and liquid yeast. Most brewers are favoring liquid yeast for homebrew beer, or at least making the dry yeast active. Dry yeast is the cheapest alternative, and is often provided to you when you buy a brewing set with extract. For beginners in the game it is a more than satisfying solution.

When you are brewing beer, it is very important that you use clean equipment. There are many techniques you can use to make sure there aren’t any unwanted bacterias in the system. They can make your beer foul and destroy both your beer and your motivation. The easiest solution is to wash your equipment in bleach, but after making a frew batches of your homebrew beer, you might want to start looking into more specialized sanitation materials for home brewers.

After finishing brewing your beer, you need to bottle it. There are many different approaches to this, from using small bottles, bigger bottles or kegs. The first time you brew beer, it might be best to use mix of small and a bit larger bottles, as it gives you a bigger freedom for usage. Sharing a large bottle of your homebrew beer with your friends is an experience everyone should enjoy, but you can also take a small bottle after work just to relax a bit. Sanitation is also important when you use used bottles and kegs, and even if you buy new supplies for storage. Allways make sure they are very clean before you pour your beer into them.

Brewing beer is an exciting and interesting hobby, and you will not regret trying it. Nothing can beat the taste of homebrew beer – and nothing can beat the exclusivity!