ALL GRAIN HOMEBREWING FOR BEGINNERS

[@tltunnell]

It's a rare gift to be able to explain things in such a way that fancy lingo becomes english & you don't come across as condescending. thanks

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks for the kind words Tyler!

[@boochvonbooch8765]

Thank you for keeping this HOMEBREW FRIENDLY!!!! most people dont want to spend thousands of dollars on equipment for this, and with a little bit of tools and work, this is amazing.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

much love cheers Booch!

[@anthonyprose4965]

Outstanding video. Brewed a batch tonight for the first time in 12 years. Had forgotten everything. Watched this video as I went and turned out great!

[@joshuakimmis2544]

Great video! The way you explained the process as well as some of the reasons why you were doing certain things really helped me. I stopped and started it so many times just to make sure I had everything down. Really well done and much appreciated.

[@Akerfeldt77]

I kinda lost track of this channel and homebrewing in general when I became a Brewer. It's odd, I stopped brewing at home altogether when I started doing it as a job. Something wrong there. So here I am, checking back in, putting on playlists in the background while I ez mode brews on my Anvil. I love the channel, glad I rediscovered it. Slainte!

[@GenusBrewing]

Easily the best AG tutorial I've seen.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Have a good weekend up there in the pacific northwest my dudes

[@ozzylozada9653]

This is the first video that explains in detail the brewing process. Thank you

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks for watching cheers ozzy

[@moof8851]

I have probably rewatched this video 5 times now, all of my ingredients just arrived and I will be brewing my first batch today or tomorrow. Thanks for the video!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You got this braj, cheers!

[@baronvonkaiser9912]

how was it

[@davidbumpus3457]

Thanks for the good info on all grain brewing. I've been doing extract for almost a year now and considering upgrading to all grain but wasn't sure if it was a big step or a little step. Now I am sure that it is something I want to do and I feel like I finally have a decent road map on what extra equipment I need and how to go about it.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You got this David!

[@danieldowning4701]

This is by far the best tutorial I’ve seen so far. Haven’t started brewing yet but this video makes it so much easier to understand

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers Dan!

[@mattwalters7858]

Have been brewing 1 gallon batches and time to scale up, been watching your videos all day yesterday and today. Awesome video and I’ll be using your Amazon links to get all the supplies!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

right on matt and we are doing a livestream tonight if you have any questions

[@shyamumich]

Great job explaining the terminology and keeping things simple and slow. Appreciate your work.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Glad you found us Shya. Cheers player

[@SethSongwriter]

Thank you for sharing this video, I really enjoyed it and thought you were very nice and interesting and I actually was able to learn from you. Thanks again, God bless you

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

🍻

[@millstreetdrumchannel8005]

I got an all-grain IPA kit from my local brew shop by accident (instead of malt extract) and came here to figure it out. Great fucking video! Clear explanations and makes it feel possible to step-up my game. Thanks!

[@adamsandoval730]

This was the video that got me into making beer. I heard chrono trigger and said; "hell yes.." the rest is history. Thanks for all the inspiration dude!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers braj!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

0:47 THE RECIPE 1:56 THE MASHTUN AND EQUIPMENT 5:12 MASHING IN 8:19 SPARGE / HOT LIQUOR TANK 11:52 THE BOIL 13:02 COOLING YOUR WORT 19:28 PITCHING THE YEAST 21:50 DETERMINING ABV

[@silvermediastudio]

4:40 bug

[@lokisunday]

That Chrono Trigger music was what this video needed!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hell yeah bro! Cheers! - CH

[@PringleMan5]

Watching this, a pretty cheap trick you could use to improve the effectiveness of your Ice-side is to add a good amount of salt to the bucket too. This is a bartender's trick to rapidly chill something. The salt will drop the freezing point of the water to somewhere below zero, so it will stay a liquid colder (this is why they put salt on roads in winter in some places). The added minerals (salt) also improved the heat conducting properties of the water. So the end result is a mixture in the bucket than can get colder AND can carry away the heat even better.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

good call, cheers Truman!

[@joshuawalker7352]

Won't the salt deteriorate the copper?

[@PringleMan5]

@@joshuawalker7352 Not in the timeframes you are talking about if you properly rinse it off after

[@TheEffectOfMass]

i just discovered your channel. I'm just getting into homebrew, love your vibe and teaching method. But most of all, I love your choice of music. I heard Chrono Trigger in there, nice touch!

[@nichbecerra9148]

This was great! It's been about 4 years since I have done any homebrewing, and wanted a quick rundown as a refresher. Exactly what I needed.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers milky!

[@happydays2190]

Good tip get a cheap aquarium pump and make a little recirculation system in a plastic tub with ice, it would ensure the water is always cool instead of warm from the tap

[@jetli24]

Awesome. I am just waiting for a few things to arrive in the mail before I start my first homebrew. I am excited to do this and your videos have been super helpful.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers braj!

[@musicbymark]

Great tutorial. BTW, you can make your starsan last MUCH longer by using SPRAY bottle for most sanitation, and just a cup of mixed Starsan occasionally for shaking up in carboys, fermenters and kegs. Also, using distilled water, it doesn't go 'bad'. I think I confirmed this years ago w/ a staff person at the company that makes it.

[@RPHPros]

Excellent video. I’m jumping back into brewing after having a couple of kids and this was a great reminder of the steps I’m jumping into. Thanks.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Happy brewing Ron!

[@ricardodelzealandia6290]

I've havent stopped a video so much to convert quantities to real units.

[@outonthelawn3825]

Great video! Here's a suggestion: for the water inlet and outlet of the wort chiller, you should bend those away from the top of the boil kettle so even if there is a leak, they just drip on the ground instead in the wort. looks like you have plenty of slack to work with.

[@briandowdell358]

You just got upvoted because you used Chrono Trigger's Festival Music. Well done.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Millenial Fair for the win! Good catch Brian!

[@chall4867]

I'm glad someone else picked up on that!

[@brianmelander5877]

I'm not the only one!

[@adamshine5]

1000 A.D.

[@Brennemania]

I, too, immediately caught Millennial Fair -- Chrono Trigger is my favorite game!

[@matlynch83]

Love the Chronotrigger hook thrown in there

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Nice catch matt!

[@markluxton3402]

One suggestion to keep your beer clearer; find a way to organize your "brewery" such that, once you set you primary and/or secondary fermenters in their temp controlled location, you do not have to move them again to rack them. This will keep the beer much clearer. The final rack bucket with priming sugar in it, can be...needs to be, moved up higher for gravity filling, but it no longer matters about moving this bucket about. I do realize that things are done a little bit different for demonstration purposes ;-)

[@craigrobb7508]

Thanks for including all necessary information, clear instructions and spot on. Thank you.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers Craig!

[@justinwingett5845]

Just a cool idea that i use for the chiller, if you dont have a 2nd chiller, take a 25 ft fountain pump ($20 home depot/lowes) you can cycle the ice water through the chiller and recycle the water back to the ice water and it will melt some, but it i found that it works pretty effeciently.

[@spiff2268]

A couple of months ago I started thinking I might want to make a counterflow wort chiller one day. And I got to thinking what I might do with my coil chiller. I thought, hey, I'll put it in a bucket of ice and run water through it before it hits the counterflow chiller! I felt like a friggin' genius. And you've already beaten me to the punch.

[@randypower9317]

Dude, why don't you have more likes?! lol. I'm sure you'll have more. I brewed my first all grain yesterday and found your video today. I almost felt like throwing every f**king thing through the f**king basement window sticking my head in the washing machine on spin f**king cycle!! If you're watching this, guy who I bought the system from, you know who you are! Any way, glad you're here. I even thought about making my own video, before I saw your's, still might, but you explain it all. You can't tell someone how to brew all grain beer in a 3 f**king minute video! I'm venting this morning. I have to pitch my yeast, the temp is down, and I found out I could let it set for 24 hours, although that's NOT what I wanted to do. I'll let you know how the beer turns out. There a LOT of "Pre-sh*t" you need to know before jumping into brewing!! People don't know that. They only find out like I did and wish they had stuck with drinking PBR and watching cartoons! I'd like to make a video about THAT! Or maybe you can. The "Non-anal" home brewer. Dude, you don't need a F**KING science degree to make beer!! It's meant to be a fun, communal experience that you do over, improve and pass on to your offspring. Wow, glad I got that off my chest. I've subscribed to you man. thanks!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Well said brother! Cheers Randy!

[@brewstradamus7110]

Great video! All grain is where it’s at.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

keep grinding brotha!!!!

[@brewstradamus7110]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE Will do, keep up the great work!

[@jamiewoki]

Awesome Video, As a noob, you make it look easy and fun ! thank you.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@es20641]

Dude's brewing that Guardia Millennial Fair brew. It's about time.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

nice catch Eric!

[@carolhardy797]

Excellent tutorial...giving great clarity and simplicity. Thank you, Casey

[@romanfore7956]

Thanks for the recipe and explanation of process. Cherry is now popped!

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

Welcome to the club, if you run into issues, this community is always there to help.

[@_stars_at_nite_7184]

Very good video on what-the-what is in all grain brewing! Thanks and 🍻!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers! Thanks for watching 🍻

[@ChesapeakeFan]

Awesome vid man. Much thanks. Side note, I use a cooler to hold sanitizer as I can fit a 5 or 6 gallon carboy in it and roll it aroundto get sanitize. Plus easy to sanitize all the other equipment

[@kingherotv]

This guy just tells it like it is. Good job.

[@brewerlogs9612]

Awesome all grain video!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers Braj!

[@jaxs2384]

Hello sir. I'm a stupid beginner brewer. And of course your new subscriber🙌🙌🙌🙌. I love your clean & Clear description. I'm gonna make with your recipe. I can't find some stuff like specially beer yeast, or liquid yeast or grade one hops in my country. But I do my best Thanks for every thing Googi from Iran✌

[@Eric-H79]

Great video. Love the Chrono Trigger music between segments.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Great catch Eric. Cheers!

[@joshzsmith]

Millennial Fair or bust!

[@daltonwalsh2605]

I was hooked from the moment I heard the Chrono Trigger tune...well done!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yew! Cheers walton!

[@rojosurtv]

This is my favorite video on All Grain!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers hugo!

[@Kooly1]

Awesome video. I recently started brewing use kits with malt extract as an introduction into home brewing. That experience familiarized me with some of the things presented in your video. This video will definitely help make the transition into grain brewing.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Welcome to the club kooly! 🍻 ❤️

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

Yo, you are in for one hell of a ride. The homebrew community is always willing to help. Reach out to any of us if you have questions!

[@baldo5097]

New to brewing just bought a kit last week found this video now I want to upgrade

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers! Brew on!

[@richardcagle5475]

My well is over 100ft deep. After i run through whats in my pressure tank and water conditioner its always 55 degrees, even in august. In winter i have about 20 gallons in the tanks sitting between 35 and 45, depending on what it is outside.

[@williamrodrigues2902]

I'm rewatching this video and noticed that between this video and the "Do's and Don't of Brewing" video you now no longer suggest having people over on brew day. LOL I can only imagine how many brew days turned into drinking days. Keep up the good work. Your videos kick ass!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

the longer i've been brewing, the more i just wanna do it alone. Friends can come over after the yeast pitch lol

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

I don't have friends the brew or drink craft beer so all of my brew days are a solo brew. Brew days are already busy, so why complicate things with other people.

[@jasonshepherd5750]

i watched your 'last video forever' vid and i wanted to come on your most recent vid and comment. i found your channel tonight because i was looking up brew stuff and the youtube ai was nice enough to show me your stuff. love you guys and the humor. i binge watched all your stuff tonight so i subscribed and am looking forward to seeing your new stuff if you feel like making it :P or whatever live your life.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Jason Shepherd welcome aboard Jason, cheers!

[@viraj1981deshpande]

Wonderfully explained bro!! This is best video.. I have only one Qs - after your wort is ready you kept it open especially when outside. I was more worried looking at it in case something falls in 🤪... Just curious should you usually close the lid while wort is cooling to 75/80 deg?

[@joealitz4157]

Listen bros I pounded a few to many home brews last night and recommended everyone in the home brew Reddit page to your channel. This can be a blessing or a curse.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Much love. Cheers Joe!

[@stephanieray6587]

You should add links to the equipment on Amazon... the false bottom, ball valve, fittins, etc. Good for you, and for us.

[@nicsharkey8278]

Very awesome, thanks for sharing .

[@chadbrake5100]

Excellent video, just the right amount of detail.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers chad!

[@haydnmaxwell649]

Great vid which helps a newbie like me understand some of the terminology involved with the process. Many thanks. Did the beer turn out ok for you. Looked great.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Both!

[@udaynj]

Best tutorial to date!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thank you for watching cheers!

[@T3hderk87]

San Marcos represent! I miss mother earth's supply shop....

[@williamelliott]

Excellent information

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers william!

[@kakidashi]

Great tutorial man! Wish I found this when I was starting out

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers brotha!

[@Rtollinchi]

Amazing video always was a little confused about sparging. Thank you.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thank you for watching Cube. Cheers!

[@wholemilk7922]

when you add hops to the wort throw an ice cube or two in it will lower the temp just enough to like completely banish the spill over

[@imFurbs]

Just got my AG kit, never brewed before. But I wanna do this shit right. Have a huge interest in barrel aged beers, gonna order me some 5 gal oak, and used bourbon barrels as soon as they are ready. Can't wait to start making some sours, and BA beers.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hell yeah!

[@808JuJu]

Question, shouldn’t you have added one of those tablets that amplifies the beer along with the aroma hops? Also, I didn’t see any bitter hops, were those multi purpose hops or just aroma hops? I’m new looking for tips on what is needed and not needed

[@tman9338]

Brajlord ! What did u use for homemade funnel??? I made a mess last time at the water store

[@arthurcathcart9175]

Love the Chrono trigger music!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Nice catch Arthur! 🍻

[@hanslain9729]

Wonderful explanation of this process. Thanks

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks Hans Cheers!

[@turbocpt1]

I am fortunate enough to have a deep freezer. I put my cooling pipes in a bucket, fill it with water and put the bucket in the freezer to create a massive block of ice. I fill a container with water and use a 7000 liter water submerable pump and recirculate the water. The block of ice struggles to melt because of the size, this way it cools down beer quicker than you can say "cold beer"

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Dialed in amigo!

[@Morventhus]

Another great video

[@MrAcuta73]

Really, REALLY good video for a n00b like me....Charlie Papazian would thumb this up. You just did a damn fine job of making all-grain a helluva lot less intimidating. I need to drive 6 hours East and hit up an artesian spring I know of...best water I've ever drank. Make great brews! Got a few 55 gallon food safe barrels. Just have to get on it when I do. lol Edit: Dunno about all-grain, but I'd use a blow-off tube. My last partial mash was....explosive. A rootBEER. More like a porter than a soda, but, yeah...

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers bro!

[@mike2404]

Just watched one of your later videos where you say glass carboys suck. Had a little laugh watching you ferment in one in this video. Clearly early on huh? ;) You guys rock!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

much love mike!

[@NoelSufrin]

"Dizzle" just got you a subrciber, dawg! 👍🏽 n00b kit brewer here - ready to take the plunge into all-grain brewing! Great video!!!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Noel Sufrin you got this Noel!

[@joshfriesen8440]

Hey man! Really enjoy the content! Looking into to whole grain brewing jjsy curious if you needed some sort of rubber washer or anything in-between the the valves from the orange coolers to keep everything from getting in between the walls? Thanks again for all the information!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Naw good to go!

[@silasderoma4726]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers silas!

[@Rockit66]

I stoped spargeing like that years ago. Just dump all the water in at once. stir well. Leave sit for 5-10 min, then circulate til wort is clear. and drain. Tada. No it does not give anything bad to the wort. Most of the sugars are converted by right temp the first 10 min of mashing.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I like it! Ill give it a go

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

batch sparging is easier. Do you see a difference in efficiency?

[@Rockit66]

@@Unsub-Me-Now Yes, always get good results from stiring. Thats why I never gave up.

[@afhostie]

CH, I have a boil kettle and all the parts laying around to add a temp gauge and ball valve to it. Anything I need to watch out for before drilling a couple holes in this thing? Will gaskets work or do I need to look into welding on a nut like you got? Thanks braj

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers!

[@dannykraeger1602]

You were using fuggle hops but I have an bunch of nugget hops will those work just the same?

[@Graemecrompton]

The outlet on that chiller - blew my mind!! 💥 💦 Great tutorial, dude! 👊

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers Braj!

[@darthtitteous1215]

Are you supposed to sparge at the same time you are lautering?

[@Chi_Bro_2000]

This is way more complicated than BIAB, which is what I’m used to. Does it make noticeably better beer?

[@cessnaherrera1279]

Took 5 years off. Thanks for the refresher

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yeah buddy stay on the grind!

[@cessnaherrera1279]

Right! After moving so much it’s just finding everything. I left my super fancy pink 2 tier system at my parents for storage years ago. I have a plate chiller and a chugged pump but I can’t find my old copper wort chiller lol. Just placing the old pieces together

[@1985tomak]

Awesome video... The fact that you used C. Trigger music made it even better! That’s a like a subscribe from me!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Its my favorite video game. Good ear!

[@1985tomak]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE Makes the two of us!

[@jacksudar6721]

Before sparging, should you drain any liquid besides the vorlauf?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

what do you mean "drain"?

[@ongjianxiang6377]

Hi all, Im new to homebrewing and having some issues with the recent batches. The ale gives me and my mates a very quick(almost immediate) and potent light headedness. It doesn’t seem like the usually kick from alcohol. We can usually finish 3 - 4 pints of commercial craft beer with 4% abv without any issues But we are having trouble finishing 2 pints each. Kinda annoying cause the beer taste kinda good. American Ale Malt - 4000g Wheat Malt - 1000g Cara Malt - 200g German - Carapils - 200g Centennial - 40g Amarillo - 30g Citra - 40g mash temp: 72 C Yeast pitch temp: 28 C Fermentation temp: 23 C *fermented for 2weeks in a temp controlled fridge *probe was attached to the outside of the fermenter OG: 1.048 FG: 1.018 Thanks!

[@dilorenzo63]

Probably fusel alcohols, try fermenting colder around 19c. Longer maturation time will also help reduce this.

[@domtron8873]

Anybody else getting into home brewing now that we're all on lockdown?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

YUP!!!

[@AlexSchmittCinematography]

Yep!

[@brewstradamus7110]

I have brewed a few batches in the past two months it’s been great! I just filmed my self and made a channel last week about brewing! Trying to stay busy during Covid

[@andreaelguetaibacache3629]

domtron88 mee

[@SignalJones]

I started making grain based stuff, I do BIAB though.

[@wtfoutdoors2011]

how much gypsom and calcium carbonite do you add to RO water? Would you recommend adding anything else to RO water when making IPA's?

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

HB4L just put out a water treatment video. However, i would suggest using water adjustment calculators like the one on brewersfriend.com or use the bru'n water spreadsheet found by googleing bru'n water.

[@wtfoutdoors2011]

@@Unsub-Me-Now watched it, thank you!

[@jjducharme1]

You can cool your wort in at least a third less time if you shake your chiller around in the wort. For some reason there is some type of thermal barrier that is formed. Just a little movement is all it takes.

[@grahambunton377]

Homebrewing questions Why do you boil the wort for an hour? 5 minutes should kill off any bugs. Is it to extract the flavour from the hops Why do you cool the boiling hot wort down so quickly ? Why not leave it overnight with the cover on?

[@gidden2001]

Great video thanks. Love FF music as well.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

cheers Ian!

[@sandorfejes4548]

You have to plug the cooler in counterflow, ice water should enter on the top of the spiral, this will make the cooler 50%more efficient.

[@rickbown6871]

To the point very good video.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks Rick cheers!

[@hunterbunter7841]

Great video. One of the best tutorials on all-grain I’ve seen. What are your thoughts on rehydrating dry yeasts prior to pitching?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hydrate the yeast everytime my friend. Cheers Hunter!

[@timmymorris91]

Chrono Trigger music out of nowhere. Wicked!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Nice catch!

[@edwardcantrell4030]

add rock salt to your ice to lower freezing point great vid

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks for watching. Cheers ed!

[@jimringo2569]

Been brewing many years and now going back to all grain. Question? is it practical to mash and extract the wort one day and heat say to 180F and cover overnight. Then next day boil and finish? It will make two 3 hour days rather than one 6+ for me an older guy with time. Waddaya think?

[@TonyFreeman-LocoTonyF]

Cool cool cool!

[@kurtisacevedo5911]

Did I hear Guardia's Millennial Fair? Very nice.

[@wesleycarter845]

That was Awesome!!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

thx for watching cheers wes!

[@shanemahoney5233]

What do you add to your water after getting it from reverse osmosis?