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Introduction

ABOUT BEER

Brewing from malt extract, hops and adjuncts

Ingredients

Recording the brewing process

Brewing the traditional way

Brewing record sheet template

Hydrometer temperature correction chart

INTRODUCTION

Over a period of thirty years, I have progressed from a home brewer brewing from kits to owning my own microbrewery, and every day I still learn something new about brewing.

My first job after leaving University was working for a large retail chemist in the chemical production department. Other factories on the same site manufactured home brew kits and some of my friends were fortunate enough to work in product development within these departments.

Purely in the cause of science, I would also help out the product development department by testing new recipes for the home brew kits. This involved brewing and then drinking the beer. Difficult as this task was, I carried on manfully and tested many recipes of every imaginable combination: those for bitter, stout and lager made with malt extract, with a combination of malt extract and grain, and using dried and liquid yeasts. I developed a taste for home brewing and a desire to brew beer that was like the stuff I drank in the pub.

I later turned to brewing beer at home using malted grains and hops – a full day’s work that did not always make me a family favourite! I even went as far as culturing yeast from the dregs at the bottom of certain commercial bottle-conditioned beers. True dedication to the art!

No book can, in my opinion, claim to be the complete guide to brewing because it is an enormously complex subject that requires years of study to fully comprehend. I have spoken to several head brewers in large organizations who have left me dazed and confused with their elaborate explanations of the mashing and fermentation processes.

I have tried to offer brewing styles to suit as many people as possible. For those with little time but a keen desire to start home brewing, there is a chapter on СКАЧАТЬ

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INTRODUCTION

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