You don't have to have serious equipment to make beer at home. Many craftsmen use ordinary household utensils or mini breweries for this process. The latter are widely represented on the market by manufacturers from around the world. They are compact installations of various designs, equipped with automatic control units of the production process. Sellers of such equipment very often give buyers ready-made sets of different beer mixtures. They are designed for brewing beer at home in mini installations.
Malt extracts for making beer at home
Malt beer set allows you to exclude from the process of preparation of the drink stage of mashing. Its purpose is to obtain extractive substances of malt, is a nutrient medium for brewer's yeast. They are formed in the process of saccharification of malt, which occurs at certain temperatures.
Concentrated extract is obtained by evaporation of water from the wort.
This brewing kit can be in the form of a thick liquid syrup or dry powder. Malt extracts are used not only for brewing beer, but also in chocolate production, as well as baking. They act as sweeteners. There are a number of advantages to using a malt set for beer. Including:
- reduction of time, necessary for the preparation of the drink;
- reducing the complexity of the process;
- saving money on the production of foam product.
Most often for home brewing use a set for brewing beer, containing dry matter from 75 to 80%. Each malt beer set is designed for a specific type of intoxicating drink. Mixtures of the Muntons brand are very popular on the market. This company is one of the world leaders in the production of malt kits for the production of foam products. The founders of Muntons were the British. Now it is an international corporation.
PREMIUM LAGER MOUNTAINS
A set for brewing beer of this brand is used for brewing a traditional barley intoxicating drink. The finished product will have a golden hue, taste with a slight bitterness and fortress 4%.
Standard packages of the extract are designed for manufacture 23 liters of finished product.
Almost all dry extracts contain hops.
PREMIUM PILSNER MOUNTAINS
The dry mixture is used for the production of dark varieties. The finished drink tastes with a pleasant bitterness, rich color and pleasant aftertaste. The final fortress is 4%.
MUNTONS PREMIUM IRISH STOUT
Very good for porter drinks. The finished product has a sweet taste, characteristic of dark varieties and rich coffee color. The product has no bitter taste. The ultimate fortress - 4%.
Beer-based beer production technology
The process begins with the boiling stage. Its sequence consists of several
Beer making set
stages:
- Disinfection of equipment and inventory. You can use special solutions, produced by industry. After processing the equipment, it is necessary to rinse it under running hot water. The same procedure is performed for inventory.
- Dissolution of the extract in prepared for the production of drinking water, which has undergone additional purification.
- Loading the mixture into the brewery or boiling pan, in which hops are added if necessary.
- Cooling and filtration.
- Adding brewer's yeast and fermentation to the product.
The parameters of boiling and fermentation of the drink are fully consistent with the traditional methods of production.
Brewing. Grain kits for brewing beer: