Stovetop extract brewing, cheap and easy.

[@ShortBusScotty]

I brew LME for three reasons, 1 is time, and B no waste, and 3 is cost of fuel for cooking.

[@philiplawry9382]

Great topic and interesting video LJ. I’d be interested for you to tell us how they turn out in an update video.

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

Tasting in around 6 weeks mate.... everything gets tasted at some point.

[@stevepowley7929]

Classic little john ....Great Info Thanks n Cheers ...LEGEND.. \

[@lenheuser8016]

Enjoyed watching the process LJ, As hydrometer reading 1042 taken at 28c , wouldn't that mean the reading at 20c be a few points higher than the1042. So adjusted reading be around 1046 at 20c. I not 100% sure but I thought the higher temp affects the reading.

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

You are right about temp, at 28° would be an extra point or maybe 2. BUT, my samples had sat at room temp for an hour or so.... they were about 22° so fairly even.

[@lenheuser8016]

@@littlejohnsbrewing No worries. Like your opinion on my process of last batch I made by boiling on Stove and what you think is really necessary with cooling. I started out by boiling a few litres water, dissolve in the malt, sugars, add extract tin at 30mins, then did my hop pellets additions at 10min,5min. Put Pot in Ice bath for few mins then add Pot to fermenter drum which has 10lt water in it already. So volume is now around 15lt, mix , then add very cold water to 20 lt, then get temp reading and add more cold or hot to get to the desired final temp with the remaining couple of litres which in this case was 18c. What I'm questioning is the time of cooling the wort. The method I used with Pot in Ice bath a few mins, adding it to fermenter and then adding in very cold water would 7mins. (From taking POT off stove to final temp). Would it be better to have my fermenter drum with 15lt cold water, and take POT from stove and dump it straight in so would be down to my 18c Final temp within 30secs vs 7 mins. Reason I'm asking is I'm planning on the quicker method next batch but want to hear if there would be negatives doing this. Cheers

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

Len Heuser drop straight to the fermenter with cold water, cool as quick as you can to get the hop profile you’re after.

[@barryclare1943]

Hi John, is there any tasting vids on these? If not, how did they turn out?

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

this is the Kolsch... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomWnZmBqsmdrtU

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

the Pacific Ale is on here.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnmvkpafbtekaKc

[@barryclare1943]

@@littlejohnsbrewing cheers John. I might give it a miss after that review. Yep the tins are just not great. I'll be patient and do an AG. I'm very luck, I have a local brewery who fill corny kegs of their own brew for $65. A bit pricey but tastes good and fills the gap when I need something on tap for visitors

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

@@barryclare1943 I only use dry extract for my own brews. Have made plenty of real good beers,

[@aidanw2980]

hey little john thanks for the video, i’m thinking about doing my first all grain but only have the means for doing a small batch around 5L because of the small size may as well do a big beer like an imperial stout do you think i could get away with it in a 10L pot and a grain bag. i’ll have to go back and check your recipe and see if i can scale it down.

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

you shouldn't have too much trouble, pretty standard to get about half the pot size as your final volume.... you may need to look at some extract to get your gravity on an Imperial. Scale a recipe and crack at it I say.

[@adamwright1325]

Would any steeped speciality malts (crystal, carapils etc) be good in these?

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

steeping specialty malts will always add something to a brew... whether that is a positive or not will depend on the brew, the malt and how its used. You can get flavours that you won't get from extract.

[@peterpavlovic5380]

Hey try CJJ Berry's homebrew book plenty of LME recipies

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

Will check it out

[@gavinbuckett260]

Good video mate love the Pacific Ale. How many fermenting fridges & fermenters do you have ? 🤣

[@littlejohnsbrewing]

Gavin buckett I have 1 ferment fridge, 1 conditioning fridge, 1 serving fridge and 8 fermenters.