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« on: April 21, 2010, 10:48:06 am »
Do all ya'll know how long it takes to make beer?
Weeks is the answer for those of you who are unsure..I'm sure a lot of you make your own beer, as you think loosing is fun and boy are there a lot of ways to loose with brewing! (it is really fun..btw)
So, that means our little Dwarfy friends are making..um..really bad beer. I always imagined that those little short guys would make really good beer as they have beards to soak in it.
Lets see now..to make a long story short;
soak grain in hot water (to get the sugar out)
boil that wort (wurt) with bittering plants (hops is what we use today or at least since 13th century..before that 'gruit' which is a mix of random herbs..which i image our heroes making beer out of)
cool it down
pitch in some yeast (well, unless you are making a belgian then you are just asking for something real nasty..you just let it sit open and hope the wild yeast that falls in will taste good <shudder>)
ferment for at least 2 weeks (3 is better) in a dark cool place.
Then you have a few choices for carbonation;
put it in a keg/barrel and force CO2 in...um..can't find that on the embark screen..guess not)
put it in keg/bottles/barrel with more sugar or unformeted wort and wait for at least 3 more weeks for the yeast to eat the new sugar and produce CO2.
sorry..i know..this is a game, but I have been imaging the little Dwarfs doing all these tasks for a year or so (still a total newb) and then seeing them produce beer so quick..made my stomach turn.
Anyways..making some IPA this weekend. Hail to the hops!
l.
> I'm in total agreement.
