Brewing is process of making alcohol drink through fermentation.This is very popular method for making not only beer but and many other beverages.The word brewing is also a name and for any mixing process.

The history of brewing is long and there are proofs that it was used in ancient Egypt.There can be also found many beer recipes in the Sumerian scripts,which by the way are some of the oldest found on Earth.

The microbrewing is not so simple process and varies a lot.The basic steps of brewing you can find below:

1. Mashing - This is the first phase of brewing,in which the malted grains are crushed and soaked in warm water in order to create an extract of the malt. The mash is then held at constant temperature long enough for the enzymes to convert starches into fermentable sugar.

2. Sparging - At this stage, water is
filtered through the mash to dissolve all of the sugars. The darker, sugar heavy liquid is known as the wort.

3. Boiling - The wort is boiled along
with any remaining ingredients to remove any excess water and kill any type of microorganisms. The hops, either whole or extract are added at some point during this stage.

4. Fermentation - The yeast is now added
and the beer is left to ferment. After it has fermented, the beer may be allowed to ferment again,which will allow further settling of the yeast and other particulate matter which may have been introduced earlier in the process.

5. Packaging - At the final stage, the beer will contain alcohol, but not too much carbon dioxide. The brewer will have a few options to increase the levels of carbon dioxide. The most common approach is force carbonation, via the direct addition of CO2 gas to the keg or bottle.

Beer is a finished product after brewing. At this point, the beer is kegged, casked, bottled, or canned. Beers that are unfiltered may be stored for further fermentation in conditioning tanks, casks, or bottles to allow smoothing of harsh alcohol or heavy hops.

There are some beer enthusiasts that consider a long conditioning period attractive for various strong beers such as Barley and wines. Depending on the beer enthusiast and what he likes to drink, it will vary.

This are the basic methods of brewing and microbrewing.The process of making a beer is very complex even though it sound easy.But more knowledge you gather ,better your beer will be.As the history show us the microbrewing and the beer excist on our planet for a long time and make people happy all over the world.

The Process of Brewing Beer