Virtually all beer is made using the same basic ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast. Malting is a process whereby grain (barley is the most common) is allowed to partially germinate in order to activate starch-converting enzymes before being quickly dried, or kilned. The grain is cracked open to expose the starch by running it up an auger that takes it through the grain mill.
Virtually all beer is made using the same basic ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast. Malting is a process whereby grain (barley is the most common) is allowed to partially germinate in order to activate starch-converting enzymes before being quickly dried, or kilned. The grain is cracked open to expose the starch by running it up an auger that takes it through the grain mill.
