I'm Jeremy from F.H. Steinbart Company. And
today we'll be doing a beer brewing tutorial
on behalf of Expert Village. Now that we're
through using grains for this beer. It's time
to add some malt extracts to it. What we can
do here is go ahead and shut off our heat.
This is very important. The last thing you
want to do is scorch this malt extract to
the bottom of your pan. Go on and open your
bag. Pour it on in there like so. For this
beer we'll be using about 7 pounds of malt
extract. For lighter lower alcohol beers you
use less malt extract. For heavier more flavorful
beers you use more. For this stout we're a
bit on the high side. But that's ok, because
we want a nice heavy flavorful stout. And
that's what all this malt extract is going
to get us. We've got one more bag to add in
here. We'll go ahead and thoroughly stir our
malt extract in. This is dry malt extract;
you'll also see another form of malt extract
called liquid malt extract. There's not a
lot of difference between the two. Dry malt
extract has the tendency to float on the top
a little bit more, so when we add our dry
malt extract, we just have to stir it down
in there real thoroughly until all the chunks
break up. Traditionally any brewer would have
to take the sugars from malt extract and extract
them from malted barley through a complicated
process called mashing. Malt extract is made
for home brewers and small breweries. And
the use of malt extract allows them to fore
go the mashing process. Just add it and you
are done. Makes things a lot easier. Now that
we have our malt extract in the pot and thoroughly
mixed in, its time turn back on the heat.
Pour your self a beer and wait for this to
boil here. Usually it will take about 20-30
minutes depending on how hot your stove is.
But you really want to watch this guy. It?s
a good idea to come back and stir it every
5-10 minutes. And once your thermometer reads
about 205 degrees or so, you don't want to
leave that pot. You really want to watch this
guy and make sure that it doesn't boil over.
It makes a big mess that nobody wants to have
to deal with.
