This is the BEST all grain brewing starter video I have ever seen! Just subscribed to your channel after watching 5 minutes! I love your NO BS approach to all grain brewing, and you have just answered all my questions in one video, THANK YOU! I have made many extract kits, and have moved on to extract and specialty grains, but want to now go on to all grain brewing! I only want to make 5 gallon batches, so I contacted my local home brew shop, and they told me that I couldn't heat a brew kettle with that much water on my gas hob! Then they told me I would have to purchase a burner and a gas bottle that MUST be used outside! Outside brewing in the UK with our weather? I do want to brew more than 3 times a year! Lol 😂 Then they went on to say, if you want to brew indoors, we recommend buying a Grainfather all in one brew system! Then I looked at the price of a Grainfather!!!!😢😢😢😢 But thanks for sharing the truth with your honest uncomplicated approach. 👍 😉
Thanks, this comment just made my day!! I think this method of all grain brewing is a great way to start and I'm happy that I started this way. You get to learn a lot from the processes without a machine automating everything. I live in an apartment so there was no way to use a burner with gas cylinder but found that my gas oven hob with all 4 hobs on was enough to reach boil for 20-30litres of wort. It may take you a little longer to reach the boil but it's definitely achievable - you can put the lid on leaving a gap to allow the DMS to escape - just be careful to not to get a boil over!! You can set your thermometer to alert you when the wort reaches the 90c's so you can start watching it and stir to avoid boil over. I do now have a grainfather, fermzilla fermentation tank and a kegerator but I am very happy that I started out cheap and basic to learn - plus i was able to make beer whilst i saved up enough money!!! Good luck and happy brewing, cheers.
@@theculturebrewingchannel5619 I'm in the process of trying to buy a second hand US 10 gallon brew kettle! I was hesitant at first, because I realised that 10 US gallons isn't the same has 10 imperial gallons that I am used to here in the UK! But after thinking about it, it will work out perfect because I am planning to go away from plastic home brew pressure barrels, and go to cornelius kegs next year anyway, and the most commonly available are 5 US gallons! Thanks for your response, looking forward to watching and learning more! Cheers, Neil 👍 😊
@@theculturebrewingchannel5619 Hi my friend, though I would let you know that I managed to picked up a stainless steel Bayou 10 gallon US brew kettle ready to go on ebay for £88.00! It is fitted with a half inch ball valve, thermometer and volume sight glass. Now for the chiller and mash tunn. I am planning to make my own mash tunn out of a cool box, what size do you recommend I make? Also, what size submersion chiller do you recommend I buy? I'm planning to stay with 5 gallon batches of beer! Many thanks, Neil.
@@MrNed09 Hi Neil - nice job picking up the kettle, it sounds spot on. I believe my mash tun is a 35 litre capacity cooler - which i've found to be a good size to leave me some head space when dumping the grains into the water. Basically just look at what your usual mash volume will be and go perhaps 5-10litres bigger. The immersion chiller - you could measure the height of your kettle to see how long your chiller needs to be. Mine can sit at the bottom of my kettle but i found i'd be moving it up and down to try to chill quicker. I now use a counterflow chiller with the grainfather which works great if you want to get a pump and pump your wort out of the kettle into the fermentor.
This is one of the best beginner all grain videos on UA-cam. I'm stunned that is hasn't had more views. Brilliant video, man. I learned so much.
Thanks for the kind words - i had fun making these videos.
This is the BEST all grain brewing starter video I have ever seen!
Just subscribed to your channel after watching 5 minutes!
I love your NO BS approach to all grain brewing, and you have just answered all my questions in one video, THANK YOU!
I have made many extract kits, and have moved on to extract and specialty grains, but want to now go on to all grain brewing!
I only want to make 5 gallon batches, so I contacted my local home brew shop, and they told me that I couldn't heat a brew kettle with that much water on my gas hob!
Then they told me I would have to purchase a burner and a gas bottle that MUST be used outside!
Outside brewing in the UK with our weather?
I do want to brew more than 3 times a year! Lol 😂
Then they went on to say, if you want to brew indoors, we recommend buying a Grainfather all in one brew system!
Then I looked at the price of a Grainfather!!!!😢😢😢😢
But thanks for sharing the truth with your honest uncomplicated approach. 👍 😉
Thanks, this comment just made my day!! I think this method of all grain brewing is a great way to start and I'm happy that I started this way. You get to learn a lot from the processes without a machine automating everything.
I live in an apartment so there was no way to use a burner with gas cylinder but found that my gas oven hob with all 4 hobs on was enough to reach boil for 20-30litres of wort. It may take you a little longer to reach the boil but it's definitely achievable - you can put the lid on leaving a gap to allow the DMS to escape - just be careful to not to get a boil over!! You can set your thermometer to alert you when the wort reaches the 90c's so you can start watching it and stir to avoid boil over.
I do now have a grainfather, fermzilla fermentation tank and a kegerator but I am very happy that I started out cheap and basic to learn - plus i was able to make beer whilst i saved up enough money!!! Good luck and happy brewing, cheers.
@@theculturebrewingchannel5619
I'm in the process of trying to buy a second hand US 10 gallon brew kettle!
I was hesitant at first, because I realised that 10 US gallons isn't the same has 10 imperial gallons that I am used to here in the UK!
But after thinking about it, it will work out perfect because I am planning to go away from plastic home brew pressure barrels, and go to cornelius kegs next year anyway, and the most commonly available are 5 US gallons!
Thanks for your response, looking forward to watching and learning more!
Cheers, Neil 👍 😊
@@theculturebrewingchannel5619
Hi my friend, though I would let you know that I managed to picked up a stainless steel Bayou 10 gallon US brew kettle ready to go on ebay for £88.00!
It is fitted with a half inch ball valve, thermometer and volume sight glass.
Now for the chiller and mash tunn.
I am planning to make my own mash tunn out of a cool box, what size do you recommend I make?
Also, what size submersion chiller do you recommend I buy?
I'm planning to stay with 5 gallon batches of beer!
Many thanks, Neil.
@@MrNed09 Hi Neil - nice job picking up the kettle, it sounds spot on. I believe my mash tun is a 35 litre capacity cooler - which i've found to be a good size to leave me some head space when dumping the grains into the water. Basically just look at what your usual mash volume will be and go perhaps 5-10litres bigger. The immersion chiller - you could measure the height of your kettle to see how long your chiller needs to be. Mine can sit at the bottom of my kettle but i found i'd be moving it up and down to try to chill quicker. I now use a counterflow chiller with the grainfather which works great if you want to get a pump and pump your wort out of the kettle into the fermentor.
good and informative.
Hey man, amazing video, cheers from Portugal!
thanks!