Nice job on the video. Your reasons at the beginning are part of the reason I went from brewing 10 gallon batches to brewing 2.5 gallon batches. Keep the videos coming.

I laughed out loud when I saw the phrase "standard household refractometer" as if everyone just has one laying around in a kitchen drawer alongside other utensils. LOL. Good vid though!

@renetruelsen9032

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you got the pun ;-) But basically my idea with this video is to demonstrate that you can actually make beer without investing a lot of money in special brewing systems.

yeah im looking to do smaller and more . wish i relised this before i gor lots of big gear for brewing.. ho well we live and learn. cheers .Hic* lol

Thanx for a nice simple video I'm about to take on my first ever brew (which will be ag biab) and was losing myself with all the details for a while so this video has really brought back my confidence

@renetruelsen9032

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, for me it's all about keeping things simple and fun. Good luck. Always that beer is forgiving of almost everything, except sanitization. ☺️

Thank you.

Thanks for the video. I know its been 8 years since you made this, but... I have a question. Timestamp 1:15 - Your grain Mill hopper has all four sides sloping towards the middle and a plastic grid mesh in it as well. Why?

@renetruelsen9032

3 ай бұрын

The four sloping walls is just to allow more grain in the funnel, since the funnel is bigger than the grinder. The plastic mesh is just to avoid injuries with your fingers while grinding. 🙂

yeah i agree ive been brewing a while and find it can be hard work on bigger batches and i do like kit beers but much like the all grain.. cheers..Hic* from uk england

I there a way you can explain how you set up your equipment profile in Beersmith in order to build a recipe with it.

@renetruelsen9032

5 жыл бұрын

Sure. It set it as follow: Mash Tun vol 12 liter, Top up water for kettle: 0, Boil off: 2.5 liter (as hourly rate), Cooling shrinkage: 4%, Batch volume: 7 liter, Fermenter loss: 1 liter .... and well, my effeciency is currently around 64%. It's a bit low, but that doesn't matter, since it's pretty stable. :)

ok this was done 3 years ago,i agree with you,my only problem with the video,as i am 68 is that it was too fast,please keep in mind many folks of many different ages and backgrounds watch this,otherwise Cheers bud

@RichardCockerill

6 жыл бұрын

ok

@dpratt2000

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know you can change the playback speed on youtube videos? Click the Settings gear in the bottom right corner of the video, choose Speed, choose as slow as 25% normal. Cheers!

Great video. Nice job. 2 questions. What if your mash temperatures drops too low. How would you bring it back up to proper temperature. I would think that would scorch the bag on the bottom of the kettle. Also do you use the entire packet of yeast or a 1 or two gallon batch?

@renetruelsen9032

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Paul. I've never actually had any problems with a burned mash, neither on my small batch setup or on my 10 gallon kettle. On the small batch setup, I only use 1-2 (of 14) on my induction stove to correct the temp, so that's too low to do any harm. When I increase to mash out temps I usually use around 10 (of 14) which again doesn't pose an issue. However if you use propane you should definetely be careful. With regards to yeast - a good question - it depends on which beer I making, but I usually use half the package and I use a vacuum sealer to preserve the rest of the package (which is stored in the fridge). Works fine. :)

@MrThesem

6 жыл бұрын

If your kettle fits in the oven you can always set it to temp and put it in there for the mash.

@TheGavranatar

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrThesem my god, that's a brilliant idea. I never thought of that all this time!

This sure looks easy after my 3 vessel RIMS set up which can be a pita.

@renetruelsen9032

2 жыл бұрын

I now only brew 6-10 liter brews. Never looked back. :-) I hope you find inspiration. Happy new year

Can you tell me what kind of bag you are using, and where you got it?

@renetruelsen9032

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Maya. I am just using a regular mash bag bought in a home brewing shop here in Denmark. Nothing fancy. You can easily use something else like cheesecloth. :)

Great vid. Where did you get that step by step recipe from? Thanks

@renetruelsen9032

6 жыл бұрын

The recipe was done in Beersmith. Highly recommended tool :)

@richardbuchanan7091

6 жыл бұрын

OK so its like Brewers friend where you can down size the recipe if you want. Eg 20lt batch to 10lt and it will adjust the quantities.

@richardbuchanan7091

6 жыл бұрын

Just had a look at Beersmith. Which membership type to register with to adjust recipe sizes. Does basic do it?

@renetruelsen9032

6 жыл бұрын

I am using Beersmith Desktop, and it does recipe scaling as well. A great product :)

@richardbuchanan7091

6 жыл бұрын

There are basic desktop, gold, platinum, or pro. which one are you using? And does it get all the recipes from the cloud?

what size kettle? 3 gallon?

@renetruelsen9032

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I often end up doing 6-7 liters (1.7-1.9 gallon) batches with this kettle, which fit perfectly into my 2 gallon kegs ;-)

Great video! I did my first 5 litre batch last weekend and it was such a breeze compared to larger scale brewing. planning another this weekend. One thing I noticed was that I experienced very little grain absorption. Maybe because I mashed in my entire water volume rather than sparging separately. Have you ever done this and had similar experiences? Cheers

@renetruelsen9032

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes your efficiency can get a little lower if you don't sparge, but for me it's not important to get a high efficiency. It's more important to get a steady efficiency, so you are able to predict your recipe. The only reason why I sparge is because I only got a 12 liter pot, and I like brewing 7 litres of beer (fits my 9 litre kegs). I'm considering buying a bigger pot, so I can avoid sparging :-)

@graemeclinton478

5 жыл бұрын

@@renetruelsen9032 thanks for your reply man. Yes, I was actually about 8 points out in my starting gravity. My pre boil volume was about 1 litre more than intended because I anticipated the normal rate of grain absorption. My pot is just 12 litres too but because it was a 5 litre batch I could fit the total water volume in. Might consider rinsing now as you do to maximise efficiency and control my pre boil volume

@graemeclinton478

5 жыл бұрын

@@renetruelsen9032 Out of curiosity - Are you getting the same grain absorption as you did doing larger batches? On my 23 litre batches I lose 1 litre for every kilo of grain from the mash. Should the same principle apply here?

@renetruelsen9032

5 жыл бұрын

@@graemeclinton478 Ahhh...I completely misunderstand your first comment. Thought you meant effeciency, when you wrote absorption. Well...I don't really think about absorption. I let Beersmith handle that with the deafult values, so I guess my absorption-ratio is the same for small batches as it is for my bigger batches. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Why the music ?

@dpratt2000

5 жыл бұрын

So the Mute button has a reason to live!