What is a zymurgist?

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Updated: 8/21/2019

A zymurgist is a person who practises or studies zymurgy, or who considers himself a knowledgeable brewer.

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The Basics of Home Beer Making?

Homebrewing, or making your own beer at home, is a hobby that is both fun and rewarding. It also has the benefit of allowing one to make high quality ales at a significantly lower cost than purchasing them in the store. A new zymurgist will likely choose to start out brewing with malt extract, which is a liquid or powder in which the barley starch has been broken down to sugar. This eliminates the step of mashing the barley which requires additional equipment and knowhow. To make a basic, but tasty, ale requires just a few ingredients: malt extract, hops, yeast, water and, for some recipes, small quantities of additional grain. The process is quite simple. The malt extract and the additional grain, if the recipe calls for it, is added to water and boiled. At some point during the boiling process, the hops, which add bitterness, flavor and aroma, are added to the boil. After the boil, which typically takes one hour, is completed, the wort, which is what the malt and water mixture is called, is cooled and placed into a fermentation vessel. The yeast is then added to the wort, and the mixture is then placed in a dark corner and allowed to ferment for a period of typically seven to ten days. After that, the beer is placed in bottles or other sealed containers where it will naturally carbonate and be ready to drink in approximately one week. Home beer making also requires very minimal equipment. One can get by with a large pot for the boil, a 5-6 gallon glass “carboy” for fermentation, a thermometer, an inexpensive plastic fermentation lock to allow the gasses to bubble out during the initial fermentation, and some tubing for siphoning and transferring. In addition to this, brewers need sanitizing fluid, such as pure iodine or pure bleach, to ensure that the fermentation equipment is free of bacteria. Finally, one will need bottles to hold the beer. Home beer making is an extremely enjoyable hobby. It also has the unique distinction of being able to pay for itself very quickly.

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