partial mash brewing Tag

Beer making is not much more complicated than making a pot of tea. Can you heat water and steep a tea bag in it? Can you then remove that tea bag and drink the tea once it’s cool enough? Beer making isn’t a whole lot more complicated than that! The only difference between making a pot of tea and brewing a six-pack of beer is that you won’t be steeping tea leaves in the beer-making process, but instead, an ingredient called “malted barley.” The steeping process will turn the otherwise unfermentable starches in the barley into simpler fermentable sugars. You’ll then bring that sugar water, now called “wort,” to a boil and make your hop additions. Instead of letting the…