¿Cómo Se Hace La Cerveza? [Proceso En Fábrica]

HOW IS BEER MADE? In today's video, we'll discover how beer is made in a brewery, from the arrival of the raw materials to the bottling process. Let's get started! PROCESS 1. Milling The type of malt is chosen according to the desired beer style. Each type of malt contributes different flavors, colors, and sugar levels. Optionally, some brewers lightly moisten the grains to make the husks more flexible. This facilitates milling and improves the efficiency of sugar extraction. The malt is fed into the mill, where rollers or hammers crush it. The goal is to break the grain to expose the endosperm without completely pulverizing the husks. The consistency of the grind is checked. A good grind mixes broken grains, flour, and whole husks. The whole husks help filter the wort during mashing. Once milled, the malt is transferred to the mash tun, where it is mixed with hot water to begin the sugar extraction process. 2. Mashing The milled malt is added to the hot water gradually to prevent clumping. Once all the malt has been added, the temperature of the mixture is checked and adjusted if necessary. The mixture of water and malt, now called the "mash," is left to rest in the mash tun. During this time, the malt's natural enzymes begin to act on the starches, converting them into fermentable sugars. The temperature is kept constant throughout the process to optimize enzyme activity. Each enzyme has an optimal temperature for activity. Some beer styles require a step mashing process, where the mash temperature is gradually increased through several steps to activate different enzymes that function at different temperature ranges. To clarify the wort, it can be recirculated; that is, liquid is drawn from the bottom of the mash tun and poured back in at the top. This helps filter the wort through the grain bed. After mashing, the grain is washed with hot water to extract any remaining sugars. This process is called sparging and helps maximize the amount of fermentable sugars in the wort. Once sparging is complete, the wort is transferred to the brew kettle for the next step in the process: boiling.