How Beer Works
Submitted by rch on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 6:47pm
This story was written by Karim Nice for How Stuff Works
Have you ever wondered what "malt" really is, and how you get malt from barley? And what about hops, and why do we need yeast? Barley, water, hops and yeast -- brewers combine these four simple ingredients to make beer.
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