{"id":29955,"date":"2018-02-07T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=29955"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:37:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:37:46","slug":"how-beer-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/how-beer-is-made\/","title":{"rendered":"How Beer is Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3900 years ago, the ancient Sumerians were making beer from barley&#8211;and writing poems about it. Beer has been around as long as we have written records, and quite possibly long before that. Is beer as old as the wheel? As old as our ability to bake bread? Beer has been an item for thousands of years, and it\u2019s not going away anytime soon. While it now looks different, in its aluminum cans or brown bottles, our modern beer still has much in common with what the Sumerians were drinking almost 4,000 years ago. It\u2019s still made from barley. It\u2019s still a way for friends to relax. If you\u2019ve ever wondered how beer is made, now\u2019s your chance to poke your head into the brewery. The process of creating beer is simple and elegant, and it starts on the farm.<\/p>\n<h3>Farm To Beer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2012\/60-best-beer-brewing-company-branding-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Backcountry-Brew-Company-bottle-design-1.jpg\" alt=\"Backcountry-Brew-Company-bottle-design\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29956 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>60+ Best Beer Brewing Company Branding Examples<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Farmers make sure everything goes right for us. From carefully planting in the chill of October or January, to storing the harvested barley under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everlastroofing.com\/agricultural.html\">agricultural metal roofing<\/a> to keep it safe from damp and bugs, farmers are the ones who bring good quality barley to the brewers. Once the brewers take over, whether a microbrewery or a national industry, the process of making beer is basically the same, and hasn\u2019t changed much in 4,000 years. It takes water, yeast, barley, and hops, and it works something like this. <\/p>\n<h3>Waiting Is The Hardest Part<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/the-ingredients-you-need-to-brew-beer-and-where-to-get-them-the-kitchns-beer-school-2015-217249\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/the-ingredients-you-need-to-brew-beer-and-where-to-get-them-the-kitchns-beer-school.png\" alt=\"the-ingredients-you-need-to-brew-beer-and-where-to-get-them-the-kitchns-beer-school\" width=\"640\" height=\"896\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29957 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/896;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Ingredients You Need to Brew Beer (and Where to Get Them)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Beer production begins with malting, when the barley (or other grain) is heat-dried and cracked. This isolates the enzymes needed for brewing. Next, the grain is mashed. While your first thought might be of someone standing in a grape-trough, mashing the grain into powder, mashing here is related to \u201cmash\u201d like oatmeal, not mash as in \u201cmortar and pestle.\u201d The grain is soaked in hot water, a lot like making tea. This draws out the sugar in the grain. The grain is then drained away, and the sweet, \u201cbeer-tea\u201d water that remains is called the wort. After that, the wort is boiled, the hops are added, and the new liquid is left to ferment with yeast. The temperature surrounding the fermentation process is part of what produces the different types, like lagers and ales. The beer will eventually self-carbonate, after several weeks or months of being bottled, and then it\u2019s ready. It finds its way to you via a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coldist.com\/portland-beer-distributor\/\">beer and beverage distributor<\/a>, and the rest is history. <\/p>\n<p>Beer has always been an important part of culture. The ancient Sumerians weren\u2019t just writing poems about beer, they were writing them to their patron goddess of brewing, Ninkasi. Beer got its own goddess pretty much right away, which is a testament not just to how much people love alcohol, but to how much beer brings people together. <a href=\"https:\/\/runnerclick.com\/best-home-brewing-kits-reviewed\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more<\/a> great ideas for making your own beer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3900 years ago, the ancient Sumerians were making beer from barley&#8211;and writing poems about it. 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