BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
This is a general guide to brewing with Craft a Brew’s recipe kits. Not all
brewing processes are the same for every beer, so if your kit came with
additional instructions make sure to follow them.
1. Depending on your pot size pour as close to a 5 gallons of water (at least
2.5 gallons) in your pot as you can, but leave at least 6 inches of room
at the top to make room for the ingredients. Don’t worry, you can always
add more water to get to the 5-gallon mark in The Catalyst after
brewing. Place your pot on the burner and turn up to high.
2. Place your specialty grains in the grain bag and tie off the top. Wait until
your pot of water reaches 155° F and then steep the grains in the water
for 20 minutes while closely maintaining the temperature.
3. Remove and discard the grains making sure NOT to squeeze the excess
water from the grains (this can release unwanted tannins). Next, bring
your wort (unfermented beer) up to a boil. Once you see the first boiling
bubble turn off the burner.
4. Next, take out your malt extract and slowly stir it into the pot, making
sure it does not clump or stick to the bottom. Once all of the malt extract
is completely dissolved turn the heat up to high.
5. At this point you should be monitoring your brew pot at all times because
the wort can easily boil over and this can be a very messy mistake! If you
start to have a boil over, turn off the heat and wait for the foam to
subside. Bring the wort up to a slow rolling boil. Once this is achieved,
stir in your bittering hops and start timing for a 60-minute boil. If your
kit includes additional hops add them as directed on the packets.
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