Beer dates back to the earliest recorded times. It is an alcoholic beverage where sugars from barley, wheat, other grains or rice is used to produce sugars which combined with yeast ferment to produce alcohol. Flavored with differetn hops and variations in brewing techniques, beer is as unique and distinctive beverage as any.

Beer enthusasits can enjoy and participate in the process through Home Brewing.

Over the last 70 years, the beer industry has grown and changed considerably, many collect Beer Cans and Brewery Memoriabila.

While other beer fans go for the in-home bar setup complete with state of the art beer gear.

How is Beer Made?

Most beers are made from malted barley. Barley is a type of grain which is then soaked in water allowing it to begin to germinate. It is then quickly dried out producing malt which can then be crushed and mixed providing beer with its distinctive flavor.

Other grains such as wheat and rye as well as rice can be used with each having a unique flavor.

Hops are used for flavoring often adding a bitter taste.

Yeast, when mixed with the natural sugars from the malted barley causes fermentation which produces alcohol.

Different types of yeasts produce different types of beer. Dark, stout beers often use yeast that floats to the top and forms a thick layer on top of the beer. Whereas certain lagers are produced using a yeast which ferments at lower temperatures and settles to the bottom.

Water is final and many times critical ingredient.

How is light beer made?

Beer Brewers discovered that if they used certain enzymes, they increase the amount of fermentation that occurs. Specifically, one enzyme would convert more starch from carbohydrates into alcohol. This allowed them to use 'lower carb' based malts and grain ingredients.

Another enzyme went even further in this conversion producing a higher a higher alcholol content which allows them to, yes, add more water and still maintain the same alcholol level.

So, light beer is made by increasing the amount of starch that gets converted into alcohol by introducing more and different enzymes which then allows the brewer to reduce calories through different grains or by adding more water to balance the extra alcohol.