Home breweries: reviews. Home mini brewery. Home brewery: recipes

In our country, people are becoming more and more acquainted with the culture of alcohol consumption. And the demands of beer lovers for products, which can be seen on the shelves of most stores, are growing. An excellent alternative is home breweries. In what their highlight and how to choose the best option - about this and tell you now.

A few words about beer

At the very beginning, it should be recalled that beer is a low-alcohol drink, which can be obtained as a result of alcohol fermentation of malt. The same fermentation process is promoted by brewer's yeast. And for the fullness of taste and as a natural preservative in beer add hops.

A bit of history

Also it must be said that the culture of brewing itself was known to the ancient Babylonians. At that time, this drink was prepared exclusively by women, and the formulation of the product included barley and spelled (cereal, which is the precursor of wheat). Interesting for many will be the following fact: it is beer that we should be grateful for that we now have the opportunity to eat bread. After all, the Egyptians always grew wheat and barley exclusively for beer, the appearance of bread is a pleasant and very useful accident. Over time, this drink began to acquire a certain popularity, spreading around the world. With the centuries, the recipe for its preparation has undergone changes, and only in the Middle Ages beer was added to the beer, which gives such pleasant bitterness (one can make a natural conclusion that before this beer was quite a sweet drink). However, if at that distant time it was a drink of the poor, today all people, including presidents, and even kings prefer and prefer beer.

About breweries

It is also worth mentioning that today in our country beer is produced mainly by large factories. And in this there is one huge minus: this drink in this case is pasteurized, i.e., preserved, which, naturally, affects the taste qualities of this product. And, of course, it significantly reduces its usefulness. The fact that homemade breweries (beermachine - that is, machines for making beer) is not very common, while in other countries even a small cafe prefers to please its customers with a "live" drink of its own production. However, in Russia today this situation is gradually changing.

Benefits

So, what is so good about home breweries? Customer feedback first of all draw attention to the fact that this product is useful for the human body (unlike beer, bought in a store in a closed bottle). The next important moment for many: such aggregates occupy quite a bit of space, they are small-size. The average size of the beer machines is only 30 x 30 x 30 cm (they are easily placed on any shelf, including the refrigerator). As for the volumes, at a time you can cook at least 10 liters of beer, and that's a lot! Time will also take relatively little. In addition, having bought a home brewery, you can easily vary all cooking recipes at your own discretion, creating new and interesting tastes of this drink.

Equipment

What parts do Russian domestic breweries consist of? First of all, I must say that their body is most often made of high-quality plastic, which can contact food products without damage. The shape of this device is a barrel. Other components:

• The lid with a special valve that tightly closes the keg, in order to prevent leakage of foam (it will be formed during the preparation of beer).
• Block of carbonization, or simply "siphon". It is needed in order to be able to saturate the beer with carbon dioxide (in the process it will be naturally aerated, but sometimes this is not enough, in addition, this drink can simply "exhale"). In this case, the situation can be corrected with a single click of a button that will start this siphon.
• Crane.

That's the whole package. You can see that it is quite simple, so there should not be any problems with the assembly of the construction. It is worth remembering that the unit is inherently airtight. And before its first launch into the business, everything needs to be properly disinfected (how to do it - prompt the accompanying documents that are attached to the brewery).

Preparation

So, how many home mini-brewery is preparing a drink? This occurs within 10 days. Having collected a brewery and disinfected it, you can start the most cooking.

• Stage 1. Yeast and beer extract are poured into the container. Everything is flooded with water (it is worth remembering that the quality of the water will depend on the taste of beer itself).
• Step 2. The safety valve is closed.
• Stage 3. The readiness of beer is expected (after all, as it was said, the process takes approximately 10 days).

Cooking process

What else is so good for home breweries? Feedback from buyers suggests that the whole process of cooking (in which a person participates) is completely non-waste, either on time or on human resources. Everything will take about half an hour (assembling and setting up the unit, filling in the ingredients). So, what is the sequence of making beer?

1. The first five days the drink should "wander". To do this, do not need special conditions, enough ordinary room temperature in the range of 18-25 degrees.
2. For the next five days, the brewery needs to be placed in a cold place where the temperature is about 0 ° C to +3 ° C. For this, the refrigerator is perfect. The brewery itself, having rather small sizes, without problems there will fit. This is the period of clarification and final preparation of this drink.

That's the whole process of cooking. After removing the brewery from the refrigerator, it is necessary to allow time to settle and get used to the surrounding temperature. It is sufficient not more than 10 minutes. And only now you can easily enjoy a tasty and also a useful drink.

About independence

It should be said that such home appliances for the preparation of beer were invented in the early 90s of the last century by Canadian scientists. However, if you want, you can create your own home breweries yourself. Knowing what details they consist of, you can easily make something like that without problems. However, there is a catch: it is necessary to take care of the integrity of the structure, only in this case brewing will be successful, and the product - tasty and useful.

About the choice

So, the brewery is homemade. How to choose the right model? It should be noted that all manufacturers that exist on the Russian market guarantee quality. However, the American firm of mini-brewers Mr.Beer enjoys special popularity. As for the indicators, the price for these units will vary depending on the amount of one-time cooking of beer. You can spend about 4 thousand rubles and buy a brewery, which will cook 8 liters per week, and you can shell out for 14 thousand, while receiving 20 liters at a time. However, the best choice will be small home breweries. Customers' feedback in this is in solidarity: it's so easy to consume freshly tasty beer (it's worth remembering that the shelf life of a "live" drink in the refrigerator is small).

Recipes

If you have a home brewery, the recipes for making a drink in it - that's what also needs to be taken care of. So, I must say that the usual recipe is quite simple: you need water, which is filled with malt extract mixed with beer yeast. However, in what amount do you need all these products?

1. The amount of water depends on the volume of the unit (that is, it needs as much as the brewery itself is designed).
2. The strength of the drink depends on the amount of malt: the more it is, the stronger the product.
3. If you want to get a persistent caramel flavor of beer, you need to give preference to fried barley. If you want the usual light beer, you need to stock up with either corn or wheat malt.

Key customer questions

Having figured out what the home breweries are so good (the feedback is excellent), it's also worth explaining a few rather important nuances:

• To get all the ingredients today is not a problem. Shops that sell breweries, often also realize all the necessary ingredients.
• In the brewery itself, the drink can be stored for about 1 month.
• Density of beer is from 10 to 12%.
• The percentage of alcohol in beer varies from 3.5 to 5.5%.
• Drink can be prepared on the most common tap water. But it is better to take either a spring or a store water (the taste of the resulting beverage depends on this).
• The mandatory temperature for the second stage of beer preparation is from zero to 3 ° C above zero. The maximum permissible mark of the thermometer is +7 ° C.