Craft BeerBehind the Process

The Making of Craft Beer

Microbrewers focusmainly on qualityand variety, like“Cadejo BrewingCompany”. Here’s asmall explanation of the major steps in craft brewing.

About Cadejo Brewing Company

● Started producing craft beer two years ago

● Craft beer is a new concept in El Salvador

● Focuses on quality and variety

Overview DiagramThis diagram shows all the steps to brewing. We will only be detailing the steps highlighted in red.

Step 1

● Malted Barley and other grains are crushed in a mill

● They are crushed to help extract sugar

Step 2

● Crushed grains fall into mash tun● Boiling water extracts the sugars● Mix with grains is separated with lauter

tun● Leftover grain sold

Mash/Lauter TunDiagram

Lauter TunDiagram

Often both tuns are combined into one machine as seen here

Step 3

● Mix is moved to brew kettles

● Sugar levels are measured

● Yeast and hops are added to the boiling water

● Hops are removed

Brew Kettles

Brew kettle diagramed as the kettle to the far right (Boil Kettle)

Step 4

● Clear mix goes through heat exchanger● Travel to fermentation vessels

Heat Exchanger

Fermentation Vessel

Step 5

● Beer is packed!● Shelf life of

6 months

Types of Cadejo’s Beer

● La Mera Belgao Belgian White Aleo 4.8% alcohol

● La Negrao Irish Stouto 4.8% alcohol

● W.A.P.Ao Wheat American Pale Aleo 4.6% alcohol

● Rojao Red Aleo 5.3% alcohol

● Hija de Pooho Honey Blonde Aleo 5.3% alcohol

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