Difference between revisions of "Simple all grain brewing"

Equipment used

• HLT: A plastic pail with a domestic immersion heater
• MLT: A converted cooler with a copper manifold and ball valve spigot
• Kettle: A converted keg
• Heat source : A 30,000 BTU propane burner.

Recipe

• Hobgoblin Clone

4.80 kg Maris Otter Pale (2 Row) UK

0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L

0.20 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine

0.15 kg Chocolate Malt

45.00 gm Styrian Goldings

45.00 gm Fuggles

Method

Preperation

Calculations

You need to know several things before brewing. These can be calculated with brewing software, a spread sheet or by hand. You need to know how much water you will need for mashing and sparging.
The get this figure I need to know that for a 60 minute boil I will loose wort due to evaporation, hop absorption and kettle dead space. To get 23L in the fermenter I need to start with 30L of wort

For this recipe you have a total grain bill of 5.40kg and with a recommended mash ratio of 2.6l/kg then 14L of mash water will be required. With my system the grain will absorb water and there is some dead space in the mash tun, this comes to around 9L. So the first runnings from my mash will be around 6L. This means I need to sparge with an additional 24L