Members Event: Beer Brewing Masterclass

Monday 18 July 2016 10:00am - 6:00pm

Institute of Making/Howling Hops

The class will show you how to make beer from scratch, going through the complete brewing process from mashing to boiling to fermenting to bottling. Throughout we’ll have a master brewer from Howling Hops on hand to talk about the process in more depth, explain the ingredients involved and the effect that they have on the final product.

• Learn about some of the different types of beer (lager, pale ale, pilsner) and how they are made
• Learn about the ingredients that go into various types of brews, and the effect that these have on the composition and taste of the beer produced
• Learn about the different stages of the brewing process, their function and their effect on the end product
• Participate in setting up a 120L fermentation (including mashing and boiling the ingredients, preparing the fermentation vessel and starting the fermentation)
• Participate in transferring the brewed beer to bottles and kegs
• Go on a tour of Howling Hops brewery and tank bar in East London to see what an industrial brew looks like
• Taste the beer we produce!

Although we will be using professional equipment for our fermentation, the stuff we cover in the workshop will be applicable to homebrewing, and we can give you tips on how to reproduce the different stages of the brewing process at home. The workshop is aimed at absolute beginners, so you won’t need any experience of brewing to participate, though some appreciation for drinking beer would be useful!

The workshop will be split over a few days in July and August, as follows:
Monday 18 July 10-12pm: Introduction to brewing – types of beer, materials, effect on brewing.
Monday 18 July 1-4pm: Setting up the fermentation to bottles and kegs.
Monday 29 July 10-12pm: Transferring the beer from fermenter to kegs/bottles
Thursday 18 August 6pm: Tasting party!
Brewery tour date TBC

Apply here by downloading our application form and send it back to us by 1st July.

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