Capital Brewing on how to brew beers

Learn how beer is made via a new video series from Capital Brewing Co . Footage supplied

Transcript

00:00 Um, uh, sorry.

00:04 Hi, I'm Sherry. I'm the lead brewer here at Capital Brewing Company.

00:08 And we're going to talk about the brewing process.

00:12 So we start with milling. We'll mill our grain.

00:17 And that just cracks it open and exposes the starch inside.

00:21 And the very first step of the process is mashing in.

00:24 So the mash is mixing that grain with hot water.

00:29 And that's basically just going to extract your sugars from the grain.

00:32 And leave you with what's called wort. Wort is basically sugary water.

00:37 And so from the mash, we go into the kettle. That's where we boil.

00:41 That's where we'll add a lot of the hops or your adjuncts, which is flavoring.

00:46 And then we go into the whirlpool. So the whirlpool is basically

00:50 another opportunity to add hops, but that'll be more flavor and less bittering.

00:55 And you're going to separate your solids from the liquid.

00:58 So you want that flavored wort. That's going to then go into the fermenter.

01:02 You don't want any of the solids.

01:04 So you go into the fermenter, and that's where you're going to chuck in your yeast.

01:07 And from day one, it'll start fermenting straight away.

01:11 And depending on the beer, about two weeks later, you've got a delicious brew.

01:17 [Beer pouring]