Chapter 18
Your First All-Grain Batch
Example Recipe
For this beer, we will make a Brown Ale, using three malts and a Single Temperature Infusion Mash. I will take you through the entire grain brewing procedure and then go back and discuss some options for various steps.
Tittabawasee Brown Ale
Malts | Gravity Contribution | |||
6 lbs. of Pale DME | 80 | |||
BG for 3 Gallons | 1.084 | |||
OG for 5 Gallons | 1.050 | |||
Hops | IBU Contribution | |||
3/4 oz of Nugget (10%) at 60 minutes | 21 | |||
Total IBUs | 38 | |||
Yeast | Fermentation Schedule | |||
Cooper's Ale | Primary Ferment at 65°F for 2 weeks. | |||
Options | ||||
All-Extract | 4 lbs. of Pale Malt LME | |||
All-Grain | 7.5 lbs. of 2 Row Base Malt | |||
Mash Schedule - Single Temperature Infusion | ||||
Rest | Temperature | Time | ||
Conversion | 154°F | 60 |
Mash Schedule:
Single infusion of 165°F Strike Water at a ratio of 1.5 quarts / pound grain (~12.5 quarts).
Target Mash temperature of 152°F. Mash time of 1 hour. No Mashout.
Lauter to collect 6 - 7 gallons of wort total. (Or 3 - 4 gallons if Partial Mashing.)
Target gravity of 1.049 for 5 gallons.
Adjust the amount of Chocolate Malt (1/4 - 1/2 lb.)depending on how Brown you want it.