Kitchen Brewer | Stove Top Brewing | Home Brew Beer with The Malt Miller
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- Stove top brewing is a great way to make 1 gallon/5 Litres of tasty craft beer at home. That's why we've launched our range of "Kitchen Brewer" recipe kits and equipment bundles.
For some, brewing 20lt batches just isn't practical but most people can easily accommodate the equipment and space to brew these pint size batches!
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Some really helpful tips - I've never seen anyone suggest squeezing the bottle before sealing (not many brewers using plastic bottles?), but it makes so much sense!
Glad to see someone else using Gü pots for weighing out hops!
Brewery essentials…
Absolutely first class video!
I have been brewing all grain for quite a few years now but I think this video was excellent in helping new brewers understand the process.👍👍👍
Actually, this has got me very confused on one thing. He refers in the video to a muslin bag, which seems to fit his 12Ltr brew kettle but his site doesn't sell a brew bag for this size. All it sells is 25ltr, 35ltr and "up to 100ltr" bags. Any idea where I find a brew bag that would fit my 14ltr stove pot? The fits all sizes bag is so huge it would dwarf my pot and probably take up half the pot without adding any grain into it at all.
Great video, even though i've been brewing BiaB for nearly 10 years and knew all this it was still good viewing and will certainly help newbies :)
Great video
Excellent explanation
Will be purchasing from the malt miller
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!
As an American I appreciate the enthusiasm over our style, but if you can give a suggestion for a solid English ESB, real ale, or barley wine I'm here for it! I've brewed a handful of times but this is a nice little refresher on the science behind it, keep up the good work!
Noted! Have you watched our Vintage Ale Recipe Brewday video? th-cam.com/video/BEtS3Ye_bh4/w-d-xo.html The beer Rakey makes could be right up your street
@@themaltmiller8438 I'll check it out right now! Thanks!
Great vid, I did one similar a few years ago, I think it is perfect for someone who wants to make beer at home but doesn't really know where to start and the results from google give so many conflicting answer.
Really helpful video, thanks! First time brewing one of your kits and I’ve started with Hoppy Boi. The instructions for that don’t mention priming sugar when bottling but based on this video (and experience) I assume that’s still needed?
What a fun video! A 1/3 camden tablet and a drop of lactic acid would make a huge improvement in taste for those brewing in the UK! Also 1/5 of the packet of yeast is enough, I used keep a tally written on the packet.
I think the campden tablet is for the Chlorine, but what does the lactic acid do? Does that help with the ph for the mash?
It’s used to remove the alkalinity from the water. You can also use AMS in a similar fashion
@themaltmiller8438 In Scotland we have much softer water than England generally, are there any adjustments needed for soft water? Thanks
@@royglennie In Scotland you need acid in mash, acid in sparge, acid in the boil, acid acid acid!!!
@@themaltmiller8438 I believe AMS can't get adjust sparge water Ph low enough to avoid astringency. It's designed to work with grains to reach mash Ph for optimal enzyme activity.
Great vid, awesome that you're now doing 5l recipe kits! Only question, do you not get suck back when chucking the fermenter straight in the fridge for cold crash? Cheers
No we didn’t on these brews. The cylindrical airlocks don’t tend to be as bad for that as the standard ones we found
Two things that I think would help. 1) you could use a colander over the kettle and place the grain bag over it so it can drip back into the kettle if you have one that is a similar size. 2) I think for a small batch like this if people like brewing you should have small keg as the fermenter over a plastic bucket because if they like the hobby a small keg is more future proof and who doesn't like tap beer over bottling.
Thanks, Ben. Yes a colander is a great option as you said. You certainly can use a small keg if you wish, we wanted to offer a solution that is approachable in terms of pricing for gifts etc... The new Fermenter King Junior would be a good option as brewers coudl ferment, carbonate and serve from one vessel! www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/fermenter-king-junior-10l-pet-pressure-fermenter-keg/
@@themaltmiller8438 You are permanently out of stock of the fermenter king junior, any idae when you are getting new ones in? Also, a video on how to use it would be helpful if you do. I am currently stuck with using bottles in bomb proof plastic containers because the C02 gas things terrify me.
as soon as they are back in with our supplier, we will have them. The larger ones have arrived this week, the 20L and The Chubby, hopefully not too much longer for the 10L ones.
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Great video!
Arggghhh!! I should have bought this instead of a GF30, which I find a bit of a pain. Now I’ve had to buy this kit as well!
Yep have a GF30 used it once last year, takes too long and ended up using extract kits instead. Tempted to sell the GF and just brew small batches like this. I can’t consume 23 litres of beer 😢 Just ordered the Cali Common to try 👍
You mention heating to 66c. I've seen people say to make the strike water hotter (70c) to allow for the grain changing the temperature when it hits the water. Is that something worth doing or no need? Thanks
You can heat to a few degrees higher, yes. The reason being that when you add the grain the temperature differential will cause a drop in the mash overall temperature. However on this size of batch you can find that it will be very fast to heat up the mash back to the desired temperature using your stove, juts due to the size of the volume being brewed.
@@themaltmiller8438 Thanks that's great. I'll be doing your steam beer this week. Looking forward to it.
I'm really looking to get back into brewing after a LONG lay off and have done small batch all grain before, really interested in the package you guys are doing and been looking through the kit instructions to try and re-familiarise myself with the process!!
One question- do you not need to sparge at all with these kits? Could you for eg mash in 7L of water then sparge with 2? Or won't it matter?
Cheers!!
We’ve designed them so that you don’t have to sparge, you can if you wish but I’m out trials on these kits (and some full size BIAB kits) we’ve not had any issues at all doing things this way around
@@themaltmiller8438 thank you so much. I think I'll pop an order in soon. Half hour boil is also a plus with 2 kids running round!!
Why do you add 9L of water if its only a 5L batch?
You'll lose some of the water to grain absorption and then boil off too
@@themaltmiller8438 I see, thanks for you help.
How much extra water do I need to start with for the 5 litre kit?
Usually about 8 or 9 L, depends on the recipe though
Agree totally with previous comment. I've been eyeing this 12LTR boil kettle. Perfect for my needs -- 5LTR batch is a sweet spot for me. Tak questions:
* Id like the bag to be bit bigger so it can be wrapped around the kettle.
* Does the fermentor have enough headspace to accomodate a vigorous fermentation/krausen?
I'm based in Mumbai (though currently work in Kuala Lumpur). Do you ship to Mumbai?
If you have a large bag that flops over the sides too much and you use gas, you can melt the bag so just watch out for that.
Yup. Been there done that!
I'd go for a 10 or 15 litre fermenter for a 5 litre batch
Thank you, both
We had a vigorous ferment on this beer and the FV was fine, we did have to top up the airlock a few times. Drop us an email about the shipping and we can see what we can do. Hello@themaltmiller.co.uk
Can I use a demijohn instead of a 5 litre bucket? I recon it’ll hold 4 litres water with room for fermentation. Can I start with 8 litres water for the wort? I have a siphon to get the beer out after fermentation, so everything else is fine.
Yes that would work, you might need to adjust your volumes to reflect this but no reason to not use one
How did you manage to get 10 bottles out of the fermenter? From my Pallisade brew following the instructions exactly I only got just over 8?
Everyone’s going to get slightly different amounts. We brimmed the fermenter as much as we could and got as much out as we could without getting any of the cake at the bottom into the bottles. Some of the kits you will get bang on 10 and others you might get slightly less, depending on things like dry hop amounts etc… our advice would be to work on getting the most from your mash first so you can then extract more from the grain (stirring and temp control for example) and then get as much as you can into the FV but as with all brews, sometimes you’ll get more and sometimes less! Hope the beer turns out well for you! Make sure to let it have a good amount of time to condition 👍🏻🍻
Just purchased the Cali Common do I need 9 litres of water for mash for this? My calcs are coming in around 8 litres.
The guidelines are generic based on our experience and equipment/boil off rates. If you know 8l will work for you the go for it 👍🏻 You can always add liquor back in if it comes
up short/overshoots your gravity
@@themaltmiller8438 amazing customer service with speed of response. Thank you.
Is that a 5ltr plastic fermenter?
Yes - www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/5l-fermenter-with-lid-grommet/
no sparging or mashout temps?
We've opted for a simple process with these stove top kits, if folks want to sparge they can adjust the amount of mash water but in our experience brewing these kits, it's not really needed.
Is there enough head room?
Yes, but it will depend on the activity of your fermentation. It is always a good idea to sit these smaller FV's or FV's which are fuller into a trug of tray for safe keeping, just incase of a very active fermentation!
Why 9 litres of water, for 5 litre wort ?
We’ve been fairly generic with the water volumes to make it super approachable for everyone who starts with these kits. When we’ve brewed them we found you loose apx 1.5lt to grain absorption and hops in the boil and then about 1lt in boil off when on a high rolling boil on the hob. Then we wanted to allow a little extra for people to maximise their amount going into the FV. You could go more specific if you wanted or have a longer boil to boil off more, totally up to the brewer 👍🏻