A Preliminary Analysis of the Craft Beer Brewing Process

As the third most consumed liquid and first most consumed in the realm of alcoholic drinks beer is considered one of the most important industries in the world. The oldest record of a recipe, which could in face be the oldest recipe in the world, dates back to between 5000 - 2000 B.C. in what is now known as Egypt (Mauk, 2013). It is even thought to have been undocumented but still drank nearly 5 000 years before even that (Mauk, 2013). Beer has been such a fundamental part of civilization that the country of Germany has even implemented a law that has stood for over 500 years called the Reinheitsgebot, or the German Beer Purity Law, stating only hops, barley, water, and later allowed for yeast can be considered beer (Nicholson, 2016). This journal celebrates the love of beer by identifying and explores the process of brewing beer through independent study, case study work, and digital analysis. To start, a detailed description of how the malts, hops, water, yeast, and additional flavors are added together in various pieces of equipment to make the end product of beer. Continuing, a brief analysis of the configuration of the different pieces of equipment and how they relate with each other. From there, a detailed look at the equipment used in the brewing process and how the different pieces of equipment connect