100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall – Beer Recipes to Make at Home

Posted by Darren on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

You’ve just finished bottling your first batch of beer with some equipment and a standard beer recipe you got a couple of weeks back. You take the bottle opener (or just use your teeth, because your in such a hurry to taste your beer), and pop open the bottle. Cautiously you taste it; about 10 seconds later, you have a smile on your face because it actually tastes like beer (and it’s delicious too). Looking at the two and a half cases of beer that you just made, you realize that it will only last you a couple of weeks (if you don’t invite any friends over to help you drink it). You need to hurry up and make some more. Here are four beer recipes that are pretty easy for beginners to make; but once you have a lot of experience with beer making, you will enjoy making (and drinking them) as well.

The Full Pilsner (this is a great second beer to try, because the ingredient list is really short)

1 can of Pilsner beer kit

2.2 lbs of dry malt extract

1 lb of corn sugar

1 oz. of hops

1 vial of Pilsner Lager yeast

Carbonation drops

Heat the water to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and add the malt extract and corn sugar. Bring the mixture to near boiling. Remove from the heat and add the beer kit.

Add the hops to a liter of cold water and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and boil for 10 minutes. Let cool, and then add the water from this pan to the mixture of malt extract, corn sugar and beer kit, straining out the hops.

Cool the mixture, and add to the fermenter (adding more water to make 5 gallons). Add the yeast, and begin the fermenting process. Before bottling, add some carbonation drops, and enjoy!

Simple Stout (this Irish beer recipe is a bit more advanced. Don’t worry, after you’ve made a couple of beers, this dark beer won’t seem difficult to make at all)

6.6 lbs of dark malt extract

1 lb of flaked barley

1 lb of roasted barley

2 oz. of Challenger leaf hops

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