
“Have you ever wondered what ‘malt’ really is, and how you get malt from barley? And what about hops, and why do we need yeast? Barley, water, hops and yeast — brewers combine these four simple ingredients to make beer. But it’s not just a matter of mixing the right amount of each ingredient and voila!… you have beer. A complex series of biochemical reactions must take place to convert barley to fermentable sugars, and to allow yeast to live and multiply, converting those sugars to alcohol… Read on and find out how beer works.” w/ photos





