Insert the cooling pipe to cool the beer. You must hold it at this temperature for about ninety minutes, and you can add as many or as little hops as you would like to give the beer more flavour. The temperature now needs to be raised to 100C where the wort is sterilised. Usually all of the grain is removed at this point, but with our Mediamatic-edited process, we continue with the grain in the Braumeister whilst boiling to sterilise the grain before we extract it to inoculate it with the spawn. Sparge water is run through the grain to extract the residual sugars all the wort from the grain pipe into the main tank where the brewing process will continue. Into the Braumeister - Be sure that all the grain goes inside the grain pipe and not around! Carlotta SpargeĪt this point you will need to extract the grain and the malt pipe from the wort. An iodine test can be done to test if this step is complete. The longer you leave it the more sugar will be extracted meaning you will have a stronger beer. The time you leave this will vary dependent on strength of beer you desire, but will be around sixty minutes. This step is meant to to separate the starch in order to convert it to sugar. The wort (what we call the beer liquid pre-fermentation) needs to reach around 68 in order to start the saccharification. Once the Braumeister has reached the desired temperature, put the malt into the malt pipe and stir, so the grain is evenly dispersed within the pipe with no lumps. You will need to set up your brewing tank in the right way, this will include filling the tank with water to heat to 58C, and placing the malt pipe inside the vessel - a basket that sits inside the Braumeister, and will contain the malt. This needs to milled just before use, and it needs to be done so the grain is broken open, but not totally in half. Pre-milled Grain - It is important that the grain is milled just before it is added to the water Carlotta Mill Regardless of this, every brew needs the go through the following motions.

There will be specific steps that need to made dependent on the brewing device you have. Often this beer is called a SMASH beer (Single Malt and Single Hops). Let us assume we are making a basic brew which will include grain, hops and yeast. See our other blog post about beer recipe experimentation for more information. The main equipment that you will need: a home brewing kit (we have invested in a Braumeister, a mill to mill the grain, spirit or strong detergent to sterilise working tools, a fermentation bucket or container to ferment your beer in post-brew, bottle capping equipment and of course, the necessary ingredients. Secondary Fermentation - All bottled up! Another few weeks of secondary fermentation joe sin Prepare

Home brew set up