Tag: homebrew

  • Making beer at home: Part 3

    This is a follow-up to part 1 and part 2 of my home-brewing series. The final step, as you may have guessed, is bottling the beer. There’s not a whole lot too this: you put your bottles in the dishwasher, then bake ’em a little to sanitize them, fill them with beer via a siphon,…

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  • Making beer at home: Part 2

    Today we’re going to follow up to Part 1 of my home-brewing series. The next step takes place about 5 days after part 1. We’re going to begin “secondary fermentation,” aka putting our beer into a different container. As always, the real first step is to sanitize everything. So my glass carboy (jug) gets sanitized…

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  • Making beer at home: Part 1

    For a few months now I’ve been making beer at home. It’s surprisingly simple. If you can make tea, you can probably make beer. I’m by no means an expert at this, but I’m chronicling my attempt at making a porter. This is my 6th batch of beer ever, and it will take around two…

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