I'm not a pro in brewing, I bought a home brewery for my hobby. I love beer, but homemade beer is natural: only malt, hops, water and no chemicals! Foamy, aromatic - you can't buy that in a store. Drinks for a sweet soul, and cooking it is no more difficult than soup in a slow cooker. I did it the first time. You need to follow the recipe exactly and everything works out great. I barely waited until the beer was infused. But when I tried it, guys, the feeling was indescribable!
Most importantly, when you cook, there are no fumes or smells! And this is a triple fat plus: the kitchen is not in the air, the wife does not swear, you do not need to drag your mini-brewery to the garage.
I am satisfied with the purchase.
- You can experiment with your own taste. Here I like it stronger, with a tart taste of hops!
- I control the entire process of preparing the drink myself.
- I learn a little recipes. Then with friends for a glass - a sacred cause. Already bursting with pride. I myself. Cooked. Beer!
It takes 4-5 hours to make a beer at home. Plus, in addition to boiling, it will take time to crush the malt and disinfect the fermenter. Cope with a brewery alone, but for convenience and time saving, it is better to brew beer together.
Which Home Brewery Is Better
A good brewery is a stainless steel wort kettle. Depending on the choice of the homebrewer, the volume differs.
- Small - up to 10 liters. As for me, this is more hassle than beer.
- I have 20 liters - not a little and not a lot.
- There are more: 30 and 50, even 70 liters.
While I was looking for a suitable option, I came across two types of mini-breweries - with a conventional wort boiler and with an automatic block. In the first case, you will have to make beer with "handles". In the second, automation will help to make homemade beer:
- the autoblock controls heating elements and pumps,
- displays the readings of the temperature sensor,
- signals the start time of the brewing pauses and the start time of the hops.
Thanks to the automation, the brewery can handle a complex recipe. For example, which includes up to seven mashing pauses and up to nine hops in the boil. In addition, the automation unit "remembers" the cooking stages, which is useful. If it knocks out plugs on the meter or the electricity goes out, the device does not lose its settings. These devices have a recipe memory.
How to make beer at home
Included with the product is an instruction with tips on how to make beer. The process itself boils down to five points.
Make beer with your own hands.
- Mashing: Ground malt is poured over with water and heated to the temperature specified in the recipe. Then washed.
- Hopping: the wort is boiled and the hops are added. Cool quickly with a chiller (liquid cooling unit) to 20 ° so as not to sour.
- Fermentation: Stir in yeast and ferment until the wort is clear.
- Blockage: add sugar, bottled and infuse the drink in a cool place.
How to brew home brewed beer in an automatic brewery
- Pour water into the boiler.
- They choose a recipe or set a new one.
- Start cooking.
The device monitors the brewing process and informs when the time is right:
- load the malt and take it out,
- add hops,
- cool and drain the finished wort.
Depending on the recipe, the brew is fermented for several days or weeks. It is bottled and stored in a secluded place.
Home brewery: how it works
In an automatic brewery, the wort is heated by heating elements.
- In 10-30 liter models, one heating element for 1.5 kW is installed.
- In a 50 liter boiler - 2.5 kW.
- Two heating elements are installed in a 70 liter tank - one for 2.2 kW, the other for 1.5 kW.
The broth is mixed using pumps.
- In smaller containers (up to 50 liters), one pump is installed.
- The 70 liter has two pumps.
The mash tank (hopper) is equipped with a filtration system. The malt is clamped in it with the help of filter sieves. Through it, pumps drive heated water, turning it into beer wort.
The mashing hopper is removed using two metal frames:
- one is placed on the edge of the brewery as a support;
- with the help of the other, the mash tank clings. There are two pairs of hairpins on it:
- one pair serves as hooks for the first frame;
- the second is a support for the bunker;
- hanging the hopper over the boiler, you can rinse the wort or let it drain into the boiler.
A conventional wort kettle should have a bottom with a recess (with a temperature compensator). It prevents deformation of the container at high temperatures, and promotes uniform heating of the mash. Such models are equipped with a bimetallic thermometer. It determines the heating temperature of the liquid.
When it's time to cool down, use the chiller. It is made of a stainless steel tube, installed in the boiler and connected to a cold water tap. The water circulates in spirals and quickly cools the mash to the desired temperature.
There is a false bottom in the mash tank. It acts as a screen for filtration and malt washing. When you need to filter and rinse the spent grain, you do just a few body movements:
- raise the mash tank,
- install the frame (it is included),
- put the tank on it.
The brew turns out clean, without grains.
Note: "The plastic window does not close: how to set up to close?"
Watch how to brew beer in a home brewery
