The Wolf Creek Brewing Process
Here at Wolf Creek, brewing is an eight-step process that takes between three and four weeks. We use only the finest ingredients and take the utmost care in brewing our fine ales. Here’s how it works…
Milling: pale barley malt along with other specialty malts is ground in the malt mill. The grains are transferred though a long tube (the flex auger) into the copper mash-tun.
Mashing: once in the mash-tun, hot water is added to the grains, creating the “mash”. Steam heating allows the brewer to control the temperature of the mash while it mixes, converting the grain to sugars.
Sparging: once the desired body is achieved, the brewer rinses, or “sparges” the grain. Now called “wort”, the liquid is separated from the grain and transferred into the copper brew kettle.
Boiling: the wort is boiled for about 90 minutes, during which time the brewer adds the hops. The boiling sterilizes the wort and causes the hops to release oils which give flavor and aroma to the beer.
Cooling: next, a whirlpool is created which helps settle any solids to the bottom of the kettle where they can be removed. Now the hopped wort is pumped through the “heat exchanger” which cools the wort from boiling down to about 70 degrees.
Fermentation: the cooled, hopped wort is then transferred to a fermentation tank (the ones along the back wall of the brewery). The yeast is then added, which metabolizes the sugar in the wort and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. This takes about five days.
Aging: once the yeast has consumed most of the sugars, the temperature is lowered, the yeast is removed and then the conditioning, or aging of the beer can begin (a minimum of two weeks).
Filtering: after the beer has aged it is filtered and transferred to a serving tank (the ones behind the bar). Once it is transferred to the serving vessel, the beer is carbonated to the proper level and is ready to be served directly from the tanks to the tap towers. This is as fresh as it gets. Cheers!
Wolf Creek Brewery is located at 25108 Rye Canyon Loop in Valencia. For more information about Wolf Creek Brewery, please call 661-294-9977.
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