Gather ingredients: malted barley or malt extract, hops, yeast, and water
Sanitize all equipment
Heat water and steep grains or dissolve malt extract
Boil the wort
Add hops during the boil
Cool the wort quickly
Transfer the wort to a sanitized fermenter
Add yeast
Seal with an airlock
Ferment until complete
Bottle or keg the beer
Add priming sugar if bottling
Condition the beer
Chill and serve