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Real gear picks for brewing beer at home, from kettles and fermenters to kegging, ingredients, and cleaning

  1. 1

    Mash

    Steep crushed grain in hot water, often around 148 to 158°F, to turn starch into sugar.

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  2. 2

    Boil

    Boil the wort, usually about 60 minutes, adding hops on schedule.

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  3. 3

    Ferment

    Chill, pitch yeast and ferment at the yeast's listed temperature.

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  4. 4

    Package

    Bottle with priming sugar, or keg and carbonate.

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SRM beer color

  1. 2pale straw
  2. 3straw
  3. 4pale gold
  4. 6deep gold
  5. 9pale amber
  6. 12medium amber
  7. 15deep amber
  8. 18amber brown
  9. 20brown
  10. 24ruby brown
  11. 30deep brown
  12. 40black

Approximate colors from common SRM charts; screens and glass size change how a beer looks.

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