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How to Brew Beer at Home: First Batch in 7 Clear Steps

Brewing beer at home takes seven steps: gather equipment and an extract ingredient kit, sanitize everything that touches cooled wort, steep grains and.

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Brewing Basics

Homebrew Equipment List: 12 Essentials (and What to Skip)

A complete homebrew equipment list has 12 essentials: a 4–5 gallon brew kettle, a 6.5-gallon food-grade fermenter bucket, an airlock and stopper, no-rinse.

Bottling & Conditioning

How to Bottle Homebrew: Priming Sugar, Caps, and Timing

To bottle homebrew, first confirm fermentation is finished with two identical hydrometer readings taken two to three days apart.

Fermentation & Gravity

How to Calculate ABV: The Standard Formula, Worked Out

To calculate ABV, subtract your beer's final gravity (FG) from its original gravity (OG) and multiply by 131.25: ABV = (OG − FG) × 131.25.

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