Main Beer Brewing Ingredients
- Malt
- Hops
- Sugar
- Yeast
- Water
Other Ingredients
Other Ingredients
Colouring Agents
The beer that we drink should not only taste right, but should have
the right colour. To achieve this, some form of artificial colouring is
often necessary. The ideal colouring agent should affect only the colour
and not the flavour of the beer. 'Parisian Essence' or caramel colouring,
added at the rate of one teaspoon or more per four gallons, will darken
the colour of the beer and not affect the flavour. Fining Agents
Fining or clearing agents are added to the beer when the primary
fermentation is complete, or nearly complete. This is done to hasten
sedimentation of the yeast and other insoluble matter.
Using them can produce a beer that clears rapidly, but they can be so
effective that not enough yeast cells are left in the beer to start the
secondary fermentation. When using them, it is just as well to place a
small amount of sediment back into the beer before bottling.
If we use a good beer yeast, and boil the
wort properly, the use of
fining agents is not necessary.
Yeast Nutrients
A well formulated wort contains all of the nutrients necessary for
good fermentation. Unless difficulty is experienced with fermentation,
nutrients need not be used.
Heading fluid
Heading fluid is added to beer ti improve the head. It cannot produce
a head on beer which does not contain enough gas and is flat. The use of
a heading fluid is not particularly recommended unless you like a thick
frothy head on your beer. It should not be used until you have tried a
few brews without it.
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