Brew on Premises

Brewing a batch of beer at Kuhnhenn´s is a great learning experience and a lot of fun. There are several steps involved,
and you'll need to return to our store two weeks after you brew (to bottle your creation), but we will guide you through every procedure. Let's take a look at how you'll do it.

An appointment is made for a Thursday or Saturday. Between 1pm and 8pm.

1.You'll first select your recipe from our extensive collection. You can choose from beers of every type and taste, from light lagers and pilsners to rich stouts and porters. We have a brew for everyone! If you have a particular commercial brew you favor, one of our staff members can recommend a recipe that closely matches (and in most cases, out-tastes!) most of the beers available in the stores. Great beer is our specialty! Each Customer gets to customize there beer to the way they would like it to taste.

2.Now, it's off to Brewing World, our Home Brewing Supply Store next door to gather your ingredients. Kuhnhenn´s provides our customers with only the finest top-quality grains, malts, hops, and yeast. Grind the malt.Now, it's time to start brewing your beer!

3. In the Kettle, you heat the Wort(sugar mixture) and Steep your specialty malts. This "tea bagging" releases more colors and flavors, after 30 min or so the bag is drained and the wort is boiled. Hops are added in beginning of the boil to extract bitterness. More Hops may be added later to give more flavor and aromas. After 60 min of Boiling, the heat is turned off and the wort is whirlpooled for sedimentation. Hops may be added during this rest for more aroma and flavors.

4. Knockout. The wort is then pumped out and chilled to fermentation temperature. This takes about five minutes. Yeast and Oxygen are added during the transfer.

5. Fermentation, Yeast eats the sugar in the wort and produces alcohol. The "Wort" then becomes beer. Fermentation takes 4 to 30 days depending of the beer you make.

6.The beer "lagers". This is just a cold resting period that allows for some sediment to fall to the bottom of the fermenter. Takes a few days.

7.The beer is "racked". Our skilled Cellarmaster pumps the beer off the sediment into a upright carbonation tank. The beer is then carbonated to the desired level. then the beer is transfered to a 1/2 BBL Keg.

8. Bottling. The bottling process, a. Bottles are sanitized in our machine b. bottles are then inserted into the counterpressure bottle filler machine. then once full are removed an manually capped. c. a label is applied to the bottle. Bottling a batch can take up to three hours.

Custom Labels. a .JPG or TIF picture is best for this task. We do have a scanner If you have a hard copy you wish to use. Do to Federal Regulations, No one under 18 years of age may be on a label, No Government Seals, and only your own copyrighted images and artwork may be used.

Cost: Yield is Between 12.75 and 13.5 Gallons of beer, Bottles cost around $60

3.5% to 5.5% up to 4 oz hops $160.00

5.6% to 6.8% up to 6 oz hops $175.00

6.9% to 9% up to 7 oz hops $195.00

9.1% to 13% up to 8 oz hops $235.00

The finished bottled beer; Is living beer, meaning it has live yeast in it. The yeast will make the beer cloudy, This yeast will sediment in the bottle just like a home brewed beer. Careful attention to pouring the beer off the sediment must be made to ensure a clear beer in the glass.

Shelf live. Most unpasturized beers have of 30 to 90 days. The stronger it is and the more hops it has will preserve it. Treat your fresh beer like milk and it will last much longer.

Wine Making on Premises

Whether you prefer a robust red, or a refreshing white, Kuhnhenn´s will help you create a wine you'll be proud to serve to family & friends! From simple table wines to varietal styles, you can produce your own fine wine here and please even the most discerning palate.

Cost $150 Fruit Wine , Most Domestic Vanifera $180, Imported Vanifera $220. Special limited releases $270 Empty Bottles cost $1-$3 each

Age.. Reds, eight months to a Year. Whites three months to eight months. Fruits two months to four months.