Two beers in one day

We were super keen today and brewed two beers. Our stocks of homebrew have run down to almost nothing as we have not found the time to do it for ages.

We made an all grain 'quaffing beer' which is made by heating up malted wheat, maize and rice then straining it and boiling the liquid with hops. This is quite an effort and takes a lot of time. 

The other is made with spray malt which is where someone else has done the boiling up of malted wheat (no maize and rice in this one) and then dried out the results. You then just have to boil with hops to make the beer. This second one is going to be an IPA which means we will add more hops as it ferments (called dry hopping).

Poppy got bored during the many many hours it took to make the all grain

We had a previous brew when we were finished to celebrate

They will now frment for a week or maybe a bit more and then be bottled with a bit of sugar to give fizz. They will be ready a couple of weeks after that. It lasts several years in the bottle usually.