Jonathan Standefer - Attention to Details
Jonathan Standefer is an entrepreneur and former business owner who is currently taking some time for himself to travel, do some writing, and think about his next business venture. He says that he is interested in the possibility of starting a new company or nonprofit that he would run primarily for the benefit of others. In the meantime, in addition to his writing, Jonathan Standefer is devoting some of his extra time to creating homebrewed craft beer. While following some basic recipes is almost guaranteed to result in a beverage that is superior in quality to anything he could buy at his local beer store, he has learned that it is his attention to detail that really makes the difference. And so he always follows each recipe very closely, and he always uses the best ingredients that he can. It starts with the water. Water is the main ingredient in beer, so Jonathan Standefer says that it is important to use filtered water that tastes good. Ordinary tap water won't do. Tap water can be boiled to evaporate any chlorine that is in it, which will improve the taste. In addition to water, the other three ingredients found in any beer, no matter what style it is, are malted barley, which supplies fermented sugar; hops; and yeast. Each of these ingredients is important to any beer recipe, and Jonathan Standefer thinks that it helps to understand the basic quality of each ingredient and how it reacts with the others. The first step in making a new batch of beer is cooking up a soupy mixture called wort, a word that rhymes with "shirt." Wort is malt and sugar that is boiled before fermentation. It is a sort of foundation for that brewer's yeast grows in, which starts the process of fermentation. All of the ingredients that go into a basic beer recipe can be purchased either online, or at a beer making supply store. In addition to the specialized ingredients, Jonathan Standefer says that there is essential equipment for the process, including a three to five gallon pot to brew in, a three to five gallon glass bottle called a carboy, an airlock that prevents the beer from being contaminated, some empty bottles and a bottle capper, a bottle brush, a fomenter, a measuring cup, a siphon, a racking cane, a stirring paddle, a bottle filler, a thermometer, and a hydrometer, which is a gadget that measures the specific gravity of the developing beer. For more information visit at here : http://vimeo.com/jonathanstandefer