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How To Home Brew Brown Ale

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How to home brew brown ale beer; learn more about how beer is made in this free instructional video series.

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Summary: Home brewing beer is a surprisingly easy undertaking—and that’s great news for beer enthusiasts the world over who have long pondered the notion of concocting ales in the comfort of their own homes, after the noble tradition of their patriarchal forefathers. Learning how to make wort, measure hops, and add yeast can be daunting tasks at a glance, as is the case with any recipe you try to make the first time around. Brewing beer at home is no different: there will be a trial and error process. But with each successive batch, you will eventually perfect the beer you've always dreamed of having on hand…a cold, crisp reward for all of your hard labors.

Don’t let the idea of setting up your own personal brewery overwhelm you! In these diy home beer brewing videos, follow a step-by-step method to make your brown ale recipe. Award winning brewer and BJCP judge Mark Emiley shows you the beer brewing process in an easy-to-follow fashion, from choosing malt, hops and yeast to bottling your batch of homebrew. You'll get tips on sanitizing your brewing equipment, measuring out the hops and other ingredients, how to add the yeast, how to ferment your brown ale, siphoning and racking tips—and many more hints on how to get the perfect brown ale. Bottle it, label it, and share it with your friends: your very own hand-crafted, home brewed beer. Bottoms up!

About the Expert

Contact: wahomebrewers.org

Expert: Mark Emiley has been homebrewing since 1998 when he cooked up his first batch of porter. With about 140 extract and all-grain batches under his belt, he has won numerous beer making awards--and his recipes have even been brewed commercially. Mark has passed the Institute of Brewing and Distilling’s General Certificate in Brewing & Packaging examination through UC Davis. As the President of the Boeing Employees Wine and Beer Makers Club (BEWBC), he has taught dozens of homebrewers how to start brewing, both individually and in group classes. Mark is the Executive Chairperson of the Washington Homebrewers Association. He has brewed beers from every family in the BJCP’s (Beer Judge Certification Program) style guidelines and is a certified BJCP judge.

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