All Grain Brewing Part 1 of 2

[losermonster]

YEAH METALLICA

[hophearted]

Great videos, thanks!

[beerpunk1972]

damn i really want to know these measures in metric

[BobbyFromNJ]

@beerpunk1972

Sorry about that. If you go to google, you can type something like "1 quart in liters" and hit enter. It will do the conversions.

[zodiak3000]

is there water loss to the grain from sparge? im trying to figure out how to measure my sparge amount as im using the same ale pail technique to measure my first & second runnings. i keep getting different answers on grain absorbtion w/ sparge. i know during the mash there is around 1.375 absorbtion, but not sure w/ sparge? im doing my first AG this week, any advice appreaciated..

[BobbyFromNJ]

@zodiak3000

During mash, the absorption is about .125 gallons per pound or (1/2 quart per pound). This doesn't include mash tun deadspace loss though (the amount of liquid that remains in the tun after draining even when there is no grain in there. You can measure this with water ahead of time. During the sparge, there is no loss. 4 gallons in, 4 gallons out.

[antireligiouspolice]

you don't take pH measurement. right? You didn't use your pH meter.

[BobbyFromNJ]

No, I sure didn't at the time. I've only begun worrying about mash pH and water chemistry in the last 5-6 months. I currently use the colorphast test strips to verify my pH but it's been spot on since getting into water modification. I have more videos on that on my channel.

[ethans83]

Why would you use any computer program at all to write your recipes? After my first 6 or 8 batches, I just started writing my recipes from the top of my head. The next 50+ batches were very good w/out the use of a program. Not that I'm criticizing you, but I'm curious if you benefit in any way from that.

[BobbyFromNJ]

I like to be more exact than off the top of my head. Granted, I craft the recipes on my own, but I want to know the OG, IBU, color, etc without calculating it by hand.

[ethans83]

Not bragging, but I can get pretty darn exact with producing recipes in my head. If I want to know the IBU, SRM, etc., I'll calculate it, but I rarely do, and get in the range I'm shooting for. I hit OG consistently too. Over time I've gotten to know my system, efficiency, process, etc., better than any program can predict. Just my $.02. I do sometimes use a program if it's a style I haven't tried to brew before. There's a good quick one on power's brewery site. Cheers!

[bulrydrdan]

What is the program your using? Is it like beersmith.

[BobbyFromNJ]

beertoolspro

I have 3 videos dedicated to using it.

[gregovertone]

how does the latter handle the heat?

does this work ok?

[BobbyFromNJ]

No, it eventually got heat fatigue and the rungs started bending. It was a temporary solution while I was testing out my burner.

[gregovertone]

interesting.

you got my hopes up....pretty brilliant ;)

[meronheedo]

Cool burner. Did you have to modify it at all to use natural gas instead of propane? Have you ever tried to boil in the basement or kitchen using natural gas?

[BobbyFromNJ]

That burner was made specifically for nat gas. They have both kinds and the orifices in the tips are different.

[jimmah55555]

haha 4oz of 'Victory' - Best ingredient for a beer ever !

[davhix111]

bobby, how did you attach the end of the braid to the bottom? thx.

[BobbyFromNJ]

I epoxied a little square of scrap plastic to the bottom then screwed a cable clamp to that with a stainless steel screw.

[rick810]

What program were you using to calculate the indgedients?

[drunkfux1]

BeerTools

[MartinsBrew]

How much "grains" have you used? I just made a all grain with 22lbs of 2 row and 2lbs of crytal 20L. Made a strong batch then a "weak beer".. 10 gallons in total.

[BobbyFromNJ]

I've used 20 pounds on a single 10 gallon batch but that's about as big as I've gone so far. I'm planning a barley wine pretty soon.

[BobbyFromNJ]

Note to subscribers... Keggle is a girly word.

[im1dermike]

"Keggle"!?!?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[fstbttms]

My thougts exactly.

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[BobbyFromNJ]

What am I missing?

[fstbttms]

A "keggle" is an exercise performed by women to strengthen their hey-nan-nu-nan-nu (and as such, fully excouraged my me!) but in the the context of homebrewing is rather disgusting, IMHO. Many of us prefer to use the term "converted keg".

[BobbyFromNJ]

Sorry. Wrong. A "keggle" is a slang word within the brewing community and is combination of the words "keg" and "kettle" and is therefore pronounced [KEG-L].

A KEGEL pronounced [key-guhl, is an exercise performed by women to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.

I THOUGHT that might have been the issue but couldn't imagine more than one person would make the mistake in thinking the words were the same.

[fstbttms]

Oh, I think we all know the words aren't exactly the same, but close enough to be disturbing. And no offense, but I personally don't use cutsey, made-up words to describe my brew gear. What are we, 10-year-old girls? "Oh, how cute, it's a keggle!" Puh-leeze! ;-)

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[BobbyFromNJ]

Why don't you make a video outlining your brewing process so you can show me all the correct words to use. In fact, I should probably take this video down. I don't want anyone thinking I'm a girl.

[fstbttms]

Hey, I'm just busting balls. I think your videos are great.

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[im1dermike]

I was just playing around as well. "Keggle" doesn't bother me, but I know it irks a lot of other brewers. Saying "wort" is my pet peeve, but you correctly called it "wert" so I got no beef with you :)

[Homebrew58]

Nice video. My first beer making video was a disappointment (in my eyes anyway). I've added it as a video response. A new one is in the works... this time, *with* a script.

[twst1]

"wooder"?

you wouldn't be from south Jersey, would ya?

[BobbyFromNJ]

No actually, I'm in central Jersey and have no idea where I got my strange pronounciations from.

[irishmike07]

I was busier than HELL in my kitchen yesterday. I bottled a batch of Dunkel Weizen and brewed a batch of Honey Nut Brown. Both allgrain.

[BobbyFromNJ]

It's a running joke I had going on homebrewtalk. My use of tin foil to protect my nuts from the heat as I stirred and added hops was good for a laugh.

[aekdbbop]

whats up with that nad guard?