five phases of a blackened sun
Ingredients
Utilising the best malted barley, hops and yeast is the start of any quality beer. Getting the best ingredients is key and these are stored following simple guidelines to stop any degradation that could affect any future brews. Recipe design is the next step which comes from experience, an understanding of the ingredients and how to get the absolute best from them.
Brewday
Fermentable sugars are extracted from the malted barley in hot water, this liquid known as “wort” is then run off into a brew kettle leaving the barley behind. The wort is boiled for one hour, during which time hops are added at different intervals to influence the flavour and bitterness. It is then cooled and transferred to a fermentation vessel in preparation for the yeast.
Fermentation
Adding yeast to the cooled wort produces alcohol and CO2. The yeast eats the simple strain sugars imparting flavour and character to the finished beer. The key to the fermentation process is keeping the vessel between specific temperature ranges to maximise the yeast. Temperature ranges vary depending on the style of beer being produced.
Conditioning
Once the wort has been fermented by the yeast the next stage is to transfer it from the primary fermenting vessel to a secondary vessel. This gives a chance for the new “green” beer to mature and develop its flavour. After five-seven days it is then transferred to bottles with a small amount of priming sugar. This is so the remaining yeast can create the carbonation of the beer.
The Beer
Blackened Sun do not filter or pasteurise beer, it is left to mature naturally in the bottle. If you drink one of our beers after one-three months, you will notice very subtle changes in flavour and conditioning due to it constantly evolving in the bottle. We believe beer should be consumed fresh, unpasteurised and unfiltered for a fuller and more diverse flavour.
Brewing is about creativity, skill and the precision to make the very best beer possible. That is how Blackened Sun Brewery create their tasty artisan beers, crammed full of flavour and passion.
All Blackened Sun beers are unfiltered, unpasteurised, contain no additives or chemicals and are suitable for vegans.
