DIY all grain brewing

First-time all-grain brewing with my DIY brewstand. An Amarillo-hopped pale al kit from Midwest Brewing supplies and a little help from an experienced brewer friend, Gary.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• DIY
• homebrew
• all-grain
• how-to
• sparge
• mash-tun
• lauter
• yeast
• first-timer
• kettle
• burner

[alteregoaxeman]

I was wondering, Do you use any Irish Moss in your brewing?? Its supposed to help with refining and clarity. Its supposed to help proteins fall off during the fermentation. I liked your vid on how to build on the cheap! Good vid!! Keep it up!!.. I grow hops, and use them in my brews, maybe that would be something for you to look into?? Just a thought..

[5stringfrolic]

@alteregoaxeman Great observation. I will use irish moss mostly if the recipe calls for it. You can definitely tell the difference after the cold-break when you see all the proteins in the brewpot. It does help with clarity of the finished product, as well. I have actually used locally grown hops that I harvested in another one of my vids, check it out!

[pabloar]

cool man, i've been brewing for about 2 years now, always all grain and i want to build a stand like yours. I just dont use a cooler like that, we use a big pan to make the wort. Do you get a good eficiency with that method?

little and usefull tip: you can buy a secondary chiller like that copper one and put it into ice, so the water from the garden hose gets even colder before hitting the main chiller. its very effective.

cheers from Brasil!

[5stringfrolic]

@pabloar Thanks for the comment! A secondary chiller is very effective. I am finding that I can go from boiling to a pitchable 75 degrees w/in about 20 mis so I have chose to keep the setup a little simpler.

[5stringfrolic]

@5stringfrolic As for efficiency, I run about 70-75% which I think is good enough for this type of setup. Plus, sparging is way-easy. A converted keg mash-tun is in my future, but I will have to consider changing my whole set up. 

[5stringfrolic]

Great. I love the gravity-fed concept. You can see my other vid for some more technical info where we are actually building it!

[homebeerbrewery]

Nice video! You have a awesome brew setup! Happy brewing and cheers :-)

[hall0ween138]

I am working on building the same setup! thanks for the vid

[1GiveSubs1]

Cool :D I actually have great audio and can hear it nice and clear. Great video man! Keep it up.

[5stringfrolic]

One other person mentioned that they had a hard time with the audio. I'm not sure what the issue is because when I watch it I can hear it fine all the way thru. Sorry.