Re: Organic Beer
Yeah, it's pretty easy too. I've made a fair bit of beer, so I have some tips for working from the kits:
-Double malt. Instead of using sugar, use two cans of molasses. Only use one pouch of yeast though.
-Keep it dark. Light damages beer, so let it ferment in dark room.
-Through in some extras. Nuts, caramel, and licorice all go well with dark beers. Just toss a cup or so into the wort when boiling up the original gallon.
-Get fresh yeast. The yeast in the kits is often past date. Buy a pouch of fresh stuff.
-mix your carbonating sugar in with the entire batch instead of shocking each bottle or keg. Just pull a few cups of wort, bring it to a boil and mix in one cup of sugar for every five gallons of beer. If you want more carbonation, add a little more sugar. Add the sugar mixture to the wort and stir well. Now bottle the beer.
-Use mini-kegs, or big kegs if you have the space. Do you want to wash 72 bottles or four little kegs?
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