So the actual time you spend is about 10 hours working and 4 weeks monitoring and waiting. The following recipe is The simplest way for making 5 gallons of beer. Brewing yeast eats the sugar, and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. You'll need two cans of lightly hopped, light-colored extract for your first batch. The bitterness balances the sweet flavor of the malt.
Hops are usually in the form of compressed pellets at most suppliers.
The amount of freshop flowers varies with the bitterness and type of beer you are brewing. We can suggest variety type and amounts for a particular beer you wish to brew. You should use two packages of ale yeast for your batch of beer. This is used to prime your bottled beer, giving it carbonation. Don't use aluminum.