Your Questions About Brewing Beer Equipment
Donna asks…
brewing all grain beer?
so i brewed a couple of beers with steeping grains with great results, now i want to move to all grain beers, but the thing is, i dont right now feel like dishing out money for more equipment and everything i read about full grain beers makes it sound like you really can brew with the equipment i have… i have a very large pot 30 qt brew pot, would anyone advise against brewing full grain in such a way, where i constantly stir and watch the temp (turn on the fire when needed and turn off when not)? this is how ive done steeping grains, would this work or no?, thanks
Brian answers:
You could do it that way, and then run your grain through a strainer. You’d probably end up with a really cloudy beer that way, and a lot of trub in the boil. I use a 30 qt brew pot for my 5 gallon batches all the time and works out great.
I’ll only disagree with Alesmith in the fact that to make a mash tun, it is really easy to spend under $50, and even less with a little ingenuity. For going all grain, unless you’re getting grain precrushed, the worst part for me is getting a grain mill for good crushing. So I just borrow a mill from one of the other guys in the brew club and it works out great. When I started, I didn’t have my 7gal pot, so I just used a 4 gallon and a 3 gallon pot and did a two part boil, and never had any problems with that either.
Where there is a will there is a way. Good luck!
Nancy asks…
Does anyone own his pub or hotel, or any brewmaster here?
I want to learn how to brew with beer equipment system like mash tun,fermentation tank,CIP system.
Does anyone own his pub or hotel, or any brewmaster here?? Can give me some advice how to brew with some beer machine, and about the raw material like hops, thanks very much.
Brian answers:
As a brewer of 30 years experience, I could write a book to explain how to do it,however the best thing in my opinion is to point you in the right direction.
There are some great groups to join in Yahoo groups. Just search for beer, brewing, ale etc and join up to any that grab your attention.
Look out for brewing forums like northernbrewer.com
It is a simple process that can take an eternity to learn, however you will find you will be able to make a good brew almost from day one, the more you learn the better the brew.
Good luck.
William asks…
How can I brew beer [detailed please]?
Like I want to make it from raw ingredience if i can so could you just tell me how to make it
a few wee tips and what equipment i need
my main goal is to brew http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn
although i got told to start with beer.
God bless and thanks
Brian answers:
Here is an outline on the topic of alcohol production.
Http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoyGinrCpV1pHcqDZK_Mk8_ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100918080501AA6kOYG&show=7#profile-info-NqS8nHcNaa
What you want to concentrate on is distillation.
Http://www.rotteneggsx.com/r3/show/se/176267.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13857122
http://homedistiller.org/wash-grain2.htm
Mandy asks…
home brew beer Help please?
i want to start brewing my own beer but have no idea what to do how much it will cost etc.
To get my own brew going how much will i need to spend (including equipment ingredients etc)
how to do it and is it a hard process on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most difficult) and please list why it is hard
Brian answers:
First, go to eBay and buy a copy of Papazian’s book The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing. That should set you back about $3 plus shipping. Read the first 40-odd pages to get the general idea. Then get an equipment kit (eBay might be good if shipping is not too high) and a large stockpot, at least 20 quarts. You’ll eventually buy more (and more and more) but that will get you started. Go to http://byo.com and click on the “resources” button to help you find a local home brew shop. The same site is handy to give you links to online suppliers too. Explain your situation to the shop-owner and get the ingredients for an all-extract ale. Follow the directions. Brew. Drink. Repeat. You will eventually work your way up to grains and lagers.
Beer is less forgiving than wine but should not cause problems if you keep everything sanitary.
Steven asks…
how do I find out how to brew my own beer?
I would like to see websites that tell me what equipment and ingredients and step by step instructions that tell me how to do it. also references on where I can purchase materials would be great too.
Brian answers:
Hands down, the best site for learning to homebrew:
http://howtobrew.com
My favorite supplier:
http://morebeer.com
Lizzie asks…
Is there actually a cost effective way to home brew beer?
I have all the very basic equipment such as carboy, food-grade buckets, airlock, etc.. I started just collecting stuff that people were giving away. So I went to the home brew store and bought the malt extract, hops, barley, yeast that I needed but in the end spent probably about $45 for a 5 gallon batch. I brewed a really tasty pale ale but it ended up that each beer cost about a dollar and plus the time involved in the whole brewing process. It was fun and all but I thought that you were supposed to be able to brew some good beer for dirt cheep!.. Which would of course make it all the more enjoyable. At that price I might as well just buy a case of Henry Weinhard’s which may not taste the same but sure would be time and cost effective. Does anyone have advice on how to beat the system in this regard?
Brian answers:
A few ways to lower costs are to buy LME (liquid malt extract) from the home-brew store in buckets (poured from large containers in the store), you can get like $2.5 per pound. You can also try all grain brewing which involves buying less processed materials.
All in all, you will never save money brewing lower level beer. Higher quality beer which costs like $3 per bottle can be cloned to save money, but bud/miller/coors light will always be cheaper than anything you can make.
Wine on the other hand is another story. You can get the cost to make 5 gallons under $10. Although the $10 recipee I have is low quality… Higher quality will again cost $30-50 for a 5 gallon batch.
James asks…
I want to brew my own beer and wine?
What equipment will I need, and roughly how much will it cost to buy?
Brian answers:
To some extent, you can use the same equipment for both. A basic kit will set you back about $80, more or less. Your best bet might be eBay or craigslist, picking up a used kit. There was a free kit offered today on the latter. You will also want a book of instructions. I recommend Papazian’s The New Complete Guide to Home Brewing and Berry’s First Steps in Home Winemaking.
Cost of supplies varies with how much of the work you want to do yourself. If you make an all-extract beer, it will cost on the order of $35 for all the supplies to make a 5-gallon batch, about 2 cases of pints. Wine will run about twice as much.
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