All Grain Brewing Equipment?

terra · 12-01-2010, 04:50 AM

Hey all,

I'm new here, but an avid beer lover. I've spent the past couple years traveling the world sampling beers. I think I've been bitten by the home brew bug. I'm looking for some pointers on equipment needed for an all grain setup.

So far I've been looking for:
A 15 gallon steel kettle with spigot
10 gallon mashtun
10 gallon hot water tank
X gallon fermentation vessel?

Is any other equipment needed, obviously outside of the ingredients? I have a heat source ready to go as well.

My apologies if this is sticky'd somewhere.

Thanks!

Alex

Justibone · 12-01-2010, 12:40 PM

You don't have to go equipment-intensive at the start. You can actually make small amounts of all-grain beer on the stovetop to start, in order to get your process down.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/

(Partial mash is the same as all grain -- just add more grain and hold the extract.

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Also, you don't need one fermentation vessel for the whole batch. A lot of guys just use two buckets for a 10 gal. batch, instead of getting one big conical.

Money plays a big part in this. If you have plenty of cash, just go to your LHBS or an Internet homebrew store and get Bling (Blichmann) equipment.

stevo155 · 12-01-2010, 12:47 PM

Immersion wort chiller or counter flow chiller.

Justibone · 12-01-2010, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by stevo155

Immersion wort chiller or counter flow chiller.

+1,000

Haha, forgot about that! Makes life a LOT easier.

Flomaster · 12-01-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stevo155

Immersion wort chiller or counter flow chiller.

CFC FTW.... is what I hear

-=Jason=-

terra · 12-01-2010, 05:35 PM

I don't mind buying equipment. The stuff I listed was all pretty affordable anyways.

I have a pair of 5 gallon glass carboys, would that do it?

So I need:
Immersion wort chiller or counter flow chiller.
A 15 gallon steel kettle with spigot
10 gallon mashtun
10 gallon hot water tank
carboys.

Anything missing?

Thanks guys

Justibone · 12-01-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by terra

I have a pair of 5 gallon glass carboys, would that do it?

Absolutely. They are heavy and hard to clean, make sure you put them in milk crates or buy handles or something, and consider "armoring" your forearm when you handle them... but they will definitely do the trick.

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So I need:
Immersion wort chiller or counter flow chiller.
A 15 gallon steel kettle with spigot
10 gallon mashtun
10 gallon hot water tank
carboys.

Anything missing?

You have a heat source, right? And if you want some kind of filtration for trub/hops, you can consider that, too.

terra · 12-01-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Justibone

Absolutely. They are heavy and hard to clean, make sure you put them in milk crates or buy handles or something, and consider "armoring" your forearm when you handle them... but they will definitely do the trick.

You have a heat source, right? And if you want some kind of filtration for trub/hops, you can consider that, too.

Cool, I have 2 or 3 glass 5 gallons laying around.

Yes I do, propane burner. What would you recommend for a filtration system?

Justibone · 12-02-2010, 11:55 AM

Filtration depends on what you want to catch.

Filtration after the boil catches hops and other large objects. If you don't have a built-in screen on your drain, then a strainer or colander (or even a nylon bag) is good for filtering out big stuff and it also aerates the beer. I find that it's the least considered part of an all-grain brewday, but it is a potential source of mess/injury/wort loss, so it's worth some thought.

Filtration of yeast is a different story, and most homebrewers don't bother with that.