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Make the Most of Your Extract Kit

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

Make the Most of Your Extract Kit

Whether you've recently purchased a starter kit for yourself or received one as a holiday gift, trust the knowledgeable craft-beer enthusiasts at Craft Beer & Brewing to give you the information you need to brew great beer.

9 chapters · 51 lessons · 1h 19m

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Whether you've recently purchased a starter kit for yourself or received one as a holiday gift, trust the knowledgeable craft-beer enthusiasts at Craft Beer & Brewing to give you the information you need to brew great beer.

Your instructor

Dave Carpenter

Dave Carpenter

Contributing Editor, CBB Magazine

Course contents

9 chapters, 51 lessons, 1h 19m of video

Chapter 1

Introduction

  • Welcome!
  • Meet your instructor0:50
  • Agenda

Chapter 2

Equipment Guide

  • What's in the Box?
  • Unbox I3:16
  • Unbox II0:45
  • Unbox III2:58
  • Recommended Additional Equipment1:08
  • Hydrometer 1:30

Chapter 3

Ingredient Guide

  • Malt Intro
  • Malt Extract1:36
  • Specialty Grains1:32
  • Hops1:23
  • Yeast, sanitizer, and priming sugar1:53
  • About Malt and Hops3:56
  • Flavors - Aroma1:23
  • Types of Hops1:18

Chapter 4

Brewing Your Beer

  • Specialty grains and malt extract
  • Steeping Grains4:13
  • Remove Grains3:51
  • First Hop3:19
  • Hop I0:36
  • Hop II0:33
  • Chilling Wort2:20

Chapter 5

Fermenting & Aging Your Beer

  • Fermenting & Aging Your Beer
  • Sanitizing I2:38
  • Sanitize II2:06
  • Yeast Prep1:59
  • Transfer2:18
  • Pitching5:05
  • Monitoring Fermentation
  • Final Gravity2:59
  • Gravity Reading

Chapter 6

Bottling Your Beer

  • Bottling Day Agenda
  • Sanitize bottles, caps, and equipment
  • Prepare priming sugar solution
  • Rack to bottling bucket with priming solution
  • Fill bottles
  • Filling Bottles2:47
  • Cap bottles
  • Capping Bottles2:05
  • Store bottles

Chapter 7

Demystifying Your Homebrew Store

  • Demystifying Your Homebrew Store
  • Shop Intro0:24
  • Malt5:48
  • Extracts1:57
  • Hops1:07
  • Yeast1:34
  • Equipment5:42

Chapter 8

Make the Most of Your Equipment

  • Re-purposing Equipment 1:46

Chapter 9

Conclusion

  • Thank You!0:46

What students say

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • Amazing what instructions leave out and how much you have taught outside written instructions, increasing the brewing know how. Thanks!
    Roger Gilmore
  • Very enjoyable course, I likes the home brew store tour and tips on making smaller batches to test flavorings
    Ben Kelly
  • He did a wonderful job of showing how to use the starter kit.
    John Applegate