Small Scale Brewing

Andy Larson, ISU Extension

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GETTING STARTED
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THE BREWING PROCESS
 Brewing Process, Step-by-step
• Design your recipe
– Style (BJCP guidelines…or not)
– Fermentables (gravity, color, body, head)
– Hopping schedule (IBU, flavor, aroma)
– Yeast (ABV, flavor, aroma, body)
– Other (finings, flavorings, herbs, spices, fruits, etc)
– Reinheitsgebot
 Cleaning and Sanitation
• Acid, alkali, oxygen, and iodine
 Mash
• Grain and water at ~154°F for 60 minutes

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 Sparge
• Sparge – rinse the sugar water out of the grain
with water up to 170°F

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 Boil
• Follow hopping schedule; plan for ~10% loss
of volume per hour

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 Cool
• Chill wort down to 80°F or lower before
pitching yeast

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 Ferment
• Ferment

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Ferment

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Packaging

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Packaging

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How awesome should you get?

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HOMEBREW FOR GROWERS
 http://www.midwestsupplies.com/
http://alestolagers.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jan08/hops0108.htm
 http://www.freshops.com/
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_lva13pPkJMwDbJDRTMhpw
https://picasaweb.google.com/jvetter/HopGrowing#
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefflouella/2524203389/
https://picasaweb.google.com/jvetter/HopGrowing#
http://www.growinghopsyourself.com/
http://lukeforehand.blogspot.com/
http://yakvaldp.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
http://beer.wikia.com/wiki/Hops
 https://www.northwesthops.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35
http://wncveggies.blogspot.com/2010/05/downy-mildew-on-hops-present-in-wnc.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darbagroup/3740897729/
 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WRu_k2MKIp5ExvIEw5VDlA
https://picasaweb.google.com/paulhubble/Hops#5364741345194961538
http://www.gorstvalleyhops.com/production_2_1016252712.pdf
• Up to 140°F until dried down to 10% moisture
(when strig breaks rather than bends)
• Store in freezer, oxygen removed if possible

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 What else besides hops?
• Herbs & spices
– Basil – Lemon Balm
– Chamomile – Mint
– Coriander – Nasturtium
– Ginseng – Rose hips
– Oregano – Rosemary
– Juniper – Sage
– Lavender – Thyme
 What else besides hops?
• Fruit • Honey and syrup
– Blackberries • Vegetables
– Raspberries – Peppers
– Blueberries – Pumpkin
– Cherry – Rhubarb
– Peach • Trees
– Apples – Oak
– Grapes – Juniper
 What else besides hops?
• Grains
– Amaranth • But malting at home can
– Barley be lots of work…
– Corn – Cleaning
– Oat – Steeping
– Quinoa – Germinating
– Rye – Couching
– Sorghum – Kilning
– Spelt – Roasting
– Wheat
 Resources
• Free Online Calculators
– TastyBrew.com: http://www.tastybrew.com/
– Beer Calculus: http://hopville.com/
• Free Desktop Calculators
– Brewtarget: http://www.brewtarget.org/
– Brewmate: http://www.brewmate.net/
• Homebrew Forums
– http://www.homebrewtalk.com/
– http://brewboard.com/
 Basic Homebrewing
• What is the minimum equipment I need?
• When do I add hops/herbs/fruit?
• How can I learn to do all this?
 Thanks!
• What questions do
you have?

Andy Larson
(515) 294-5875
smallfarms@iastate.edu

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