how long does it take to brew beer at home?
Brewing time varies widely.It mainly depends on maintaining the correct temperature of the wort (brew).
Google ‘homebrew recipes’ for detailed instructions on how to brew all sorts of beers,ales and lagers.
After brewing the longer you leave the bottles the better, with a minimum of 2 weeks.
Properly brewed your beer will outlast bought beer
by months and months.Packaged beer has a very short shelf life, especially out of the fridge.
depends on what kind of beer you want to make and how many fermentations
there actually is a plastic how to brew beer sheet that gives you basic information on how to brew beer available at barnes and noble and borders for ~ 99 cents
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Comment by urgit39 — March 2, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
Brewing time varies widely.It mainly depends on maintaining the correct temperature of the wort (brew).
Google ‘homebrew recipes’ for detailed instructions on how to brew all sorts of beers,ales and lagers.
After brewing the longer you leave the bottles the better, with a minimum of 2 weeks.
Properly brewed your beer will outlast bought beer
by months and months.Packaged beer has a very short shelf life, especially out of the fridge.
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Experience
Comment by Brian B — March 2, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
If you get an extract kit it should take about 3 hours to brew. The directions will probably tell you to ferment for a week and then bottle, but I usually let it go for 2 weeks. Then bottle conditioning takes at least 2 weeks, 4-6 is better. If you’re serious about starting to brew, I’d check out http://www.howtobrew.com.
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Comment by Greg — March 2, 2010 @ 3:35 pm
The actual process takes about 3 hours, roughly. Ales ferment for about 2 wks on avg, while lagers ferment for about 5 wks, on avg.
Your best bet is to check the following sites…
http://www.beeradvocate.com
http://www.maltosefalcons.com
http://www.northernbrewer.com
http://www.beertown.org
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Comment by jpiepenbrok — March 2, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
About half a day to prepare the wort, cool it and pitch the yeast; two weeks in the primary fermenter, two weeks (sometimes more) in the secondary fermenter; an hour or two to bottle and clean up, then two weeks of waiting to open the bottle. This varies a lot. I won’t touch spruce beer until it has aged two years.
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Comment by oikos — March 2, 2010 @ 4:25 pm