Learn to brew with the American Homebrewers Association's director Gary Glass. Watch these short 3 minute videos to learn the basics of homebrewing. You can also find these instructions in our free magazine Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing.

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Brewing Ingredients

Lesson 3: Brewing Equipment

Lesson 4: Sanitation

Lesson 5: Brewing Your First Batch of Beer Part I

Lesson 6: Brewing Your First Batch of Beer Part II

You are on Lesson 7: Managing Fermentation

Now that the beer in safely in the fermenter, Gary shows you how to add (pitch) the yeast and use a hydrometer to take a starting gravity reading—fancy talk for measuring the density of the beer. Finally, learn about how to best store your fermenting beer.

Lesson 8: Preparing to Bottle Your Beer

Lesson 9: Bottling Your Beer