There is range of special equipment that you can use to brew up a batch of non-alcoholic beer. But when you're sitting at home and the idea suddenly appears in your head, this equipment is unlikely to appear with it. However, if you have some basic kitchen equipment and the energy to pop to the store, then you could be swallowing a mouthful of your own non-alcohol beer before you know it.
Instructions
1. Fill a freezer bag with 8 oz. of crystal malt.
2. Use a rolling pin to mash 3 lbs. of light dried malt extract.
3. Fill a large bowl with ½ gallon of water from a 3-gallon bottle. Empty the rest of the water into a large kitchen pot. Tip out any excess from the pot so there is 3 inches spare at the top.
4. Drop in your malt extract and heat the pan on a medium-high temperature. Use a kitchen thermometer to monitor to temperature and turn off the heat when it is 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Place a cover on the kitchen pot and leave it alone for a half hour.
6. Use a kitchen strainer to strain the malt extract and use a heatproof bowl to hold the liquid. Return the liquid to the kitchen pot and bring it to the boil.
7. Switch off the stove and mix in the malt extract. Bring to the boil once again.
8. Insert 3 oz. of the hop pellets and continue to boil for an hour before turning off the stove.
9. Drop in the rest of the hop pellets, cover the pot and leave it alone for 10 minutes.
10. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. Pour ½ cup sugar into the brew pot and put the pot in the oven once preheated. Keep stirring the beer until it boils, which takes around half an hour.
12. Leave the pot alone for half an hour, remove from the oven and stir. By this time the heat from the oven will have driven away the alcohol.
13. Put the pot in a sink full of ice and water so that half of the pot is submerged in water. Keep adding fresh ice as the previous ice melts and stir the beer frequently
14. Remove the pot from the sink, pour in half a pack of brewer's yeast, and your non-alcoholic beer is complete.
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