But still, a brew day was a big time-suck for me. My setup before my Grainfather was an Igloo 5-gal cooler mash tun, a Coleman beverage cooler for sparge water, a keggle and an immersion chiller. Personally, if I am going to throw $50 and a heap of time into making a beer, I want to be sure of the recipe and source.Ĭhoose reliable sources such as brewing magazines, books by well known authors such as Jamil or do some research to confirm the recipe is a good one.I have a little more time now than I did when I made my first response, so I'll expand on my (limited) Grainfather experience. They are unable to say who wrote the recipe and may have selected it as it had a cool name and was given a 5 star rating on Beersmith by the person who created it.
do homebrew shop staff a favor and convert to metric!) and lacks information.
More often than not, the ingredients are not available in New Zealand, the recipe is rounded to ounces or pounds (Pet hate here. One thing I notice is that many home brewers will choose a recipe, print it out and bring it in to a homebrew shop to gather the ingredients without any further research or analysis. With large communites, there is a huge amount of recipes available as well as forum threads discussing the more popular ones. This is how I personally approach it and is not the only way or possibly even the best way, but it works for me :)Ī large number of homebrewers seek out recipes on websites from Australia, Europe and the USA. I thought I would write a little blog detailing the process I go through in cloning beers including tips and how this aids in creating my own recipes and understanding ingredients and balance. Use the pump (with the valve about half open) to slowly empty the vessel, either through the wort chiller or directly into a no-chill cube.
Bring up to your mash temp - normally 67'C. So a 7KG grain bill will require (7 x 2.5) + 8 = 22.5L.
GRAINFATHER MASH PROFILE BEERSMITH PLUS
Add strike water* to the GF - about 2.5L per KG of grain plus an additional 8L.