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← Intro to Brewing: Brewing With Extract

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Welcome!

Welcome
About this course
Course objectives
Course Units
Equipment needed for this course
Materials needed for this course

Beer Basics

Beer basics
How beer is made
Beer's four main ingredients
Wort preparation
Boiling with hops
Fermentation
Conditioning
Packaging
Sanitation

Brewing Your Beer

Brewing your beer
Brew day overview
Recipe

Before the Boil

Before the Boil
Prepare equipment and ingredients
Prepare yeast
Prepare sanitizer solution
Heat water in brew kettle0:30
Prepare and steep specialty grains
Prepare and steep specialty grains Video3:07
Remove specialty grains
Remove specialty grains video0:49
Add malt extract
Add Malt Extract Video3:22

Boiling Your Wort

Boiling your wort
Prepare your hops3:00
Boiling
60 minutes remaining1:03
59–16 minutes remaining
15 minutes remaining2:36
Add yeast nutrient0:37
10 Minutes Hop Addition1:01
0 minutes remaining
Wort chillers0:30

After the Boil

After the boil
Cool the wort
Sanitize Carboy2:27
Transfer
Transfer wort to Fermentor3:17
Top up if needed
Measure original gravity (OG)
Original Gravity1:35
Pitch brewer's yeast
Pitch Brewers Yeast Video0:54
Lock up and store1:56

Fermenting Your Beer

Fermenting Your Beer
Lag phase
High Kräusen
Flocculation
Gravity Readings

Conditioning Your Beer

Conditioning your beer
Racking to secondary2:38
Dry hops3:20
Bulk conditioning
Measure final gravity (FG)
Final Gravity1:10

Bottling Your Beer

Bottling Beer
Bottling day agenda
Sanitize bottles, caps, and equipment
Prepare priming sugar solution
Rack to bottling bucket with priming solution
Bottling Overview2:48
Fill bottles
Filling Bottles2:47
Cap bottles
Capping Your Bottles2:05
Store bottles

Enjoying Your Beer

Enjoying your beer
Wait
Refrigerate
Pour
Observe

Thank You

Thank You!0:34

After the boil

Now we'll show you how to chill the hot wort and prepare for fermentation.

← Wort chillers Next: Cool the wort →

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