STEP ONE:
1.Choose Your Recipe.
-Ingredients could include a pre-packaged and hop-flavored kit, unhopped base malt and your own hops, malt syrup, dry malt extract, or malt extract made from a full mash of grain. It's up to you!
2. Steep Grains.
-Pour clean water into pot. Put crushed grains into cloth bag & tie the end into a knot. Place grain filled bag into brewpot and heat water approximately 150-170F depending on the recipe. Carefully remove bag and allow to drain into pot. Discard bag.
3. Boil.
-Heat until boiling. Add malt extract. Stir until it returns to a boil. Add bittering hops. Boil 30-90 minutes depending on the recipe. If included, add flavor or aroma hops and boil for an additional 5-20 minutes.
4. Chill.
-Cool the wort rapidly to 70F. Cooling can be done by immersing pot into a tub of cold water and stirring. A simple device called a wort chiller can also be used, saving time at this point of the brewing process.

STEP TWO:
1. Transfer Into Fermenter.
-Siphoning from your brewpot helps leave sediment behind. Top up fermenter until level reaches the 5 gallon mark. Be sure to stir well.
2. Specific Gravity.
-Take the original gravity reading and record for future reference.
3. Yeast.
-Stir the yeast in very well and secure the fermenter with an airlock. Store at room temperature(68-72F). Ferment for 7-10 days.

STEP THREE:
1. Transfer Into Secondary.
-Siphoning beer gently into secondary fermenter helps improve clarity. If included in recipe, additional hops or flavorings can be added at this point. Re-attach airlock and allow to finish fermenting for 5-30 days.

STEP FOUR:
1. Make Simple Syrup
-In a small saucepan, dissolve priming sugar into 2 cups of water and boil for 5 minutes. Allow to cool, then pour contents into bottling bucket.
2. Siphon Beer Into Bottling Bucket.
-The siphoning action should thoroughly blend the beer and sugar solution.
3. Fill & Cap Bottles.
-Fill bottles using tubing and bottling wand. Fill approximately once inch from the top and then cap.
4. Condition Beer.
-Store in a dark place at room temperature for two weeks.
5. Drink Beer! Cheers!

*Sanitation is the key to success! Any piece of equipment that comes in contact with your product should be cleaned & sanitized!*

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