The Beer Factory - The steps involved in brewing your own beer in our commercial-grade microbrewery

7 December 2009
It has been another manic lead up to the Christmas period with hundreds of delicious brews sitting ready for bottling. Please try and get in a little early for you bottling appointment. We hope to stay on time with our bottling schedule, but obviously with so many excited and enthusiastic brewers coming in to bottle we can get some delays. Please be patient – your delicious icy cold brew won’t be far away!

Also please remember, whilst we are excited at the thought of so many people enjoying our amazing beers over the Christmas period, we don’t want to lose any customers! so please DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. Despite the obvious risks to yourselves and others, we look forward to see you back safe and sound next year.

Finally, from all the staff at The Beer Factory, we want to wish you and your families a fantastic Christmas and New Year!

Step One
Arrive at your pre-booked time and choose and pay for your brew. You will be given a bottling date/time as well as your recipe sheet.

Step Two
Measure your ingredients as listed on your recipe sheet (Approx. 10min)

Step Three
With our staff, brew your beer in one of the kettles prepared for you. (Approx. 60min)

Step Four
Your beer will then be transferred to a fermenting vessel where you add the yeast. Your brewing is now complete and the brew is left with us for 2-4 weeks to ferment, filter and carbonate.

Step Five
Arrive on your bottling date/time and sterilise your bottles, fill them, cap them then take them home. (Approx. 45-60min). Your beer is cold and ready to drink immediately, and should be refrigerated when you get home.

Tip: This is also an ideal time to brew your next beer so it will be ready by the time this brew is finished.