I brew-U brew: small spaces, minimal gear, lotsa beer

Name: I brew-U brew: small spaces, minimal gear, lotsa beer
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Learn the hows and whys of all-grain beer brewing, while re-purposing your equipment in both rural and urban contexts.

Created byGarrett Hohn

Last updated 9/2015

English

What you'll learn

brew 5 or 10 gallons of all-grain beer from inexpensive, DIY and multipurposed gear.
learn how to keg, carbonate and dispense beer with one of the 6 kegging configurations covered.
use online brewing software to input recipes and calculate water volumes and temperatures needed at various steps of the brewing process.
build a mash tun or an equivalent (brew in a bag).
observe and learn from 2 different condensed brew sessions from start to finish.

Course content

10 sections • 46 lectures • 2h 55m total length

Intro: Who is this fella anyway? (optional)2:00
Please allow me to introduce myself.
Assumptions and a quick 'thank-you' from the wife and I.2:00
Double batch size (38L/10G) justification1:00
Why, in this example, more is better.
Tips from the trenches2:00
The 'Great 8': Here are 8 beliefs/orders/commands/requests from me that I believe will get you going on the right path to producing excellent homebrewed beer.
Tools of the trade; what you need and why you need it.2:00
A rational on the gear I use with reference to multipurpose functions both in and out of the brewhouse.
Baby's 1st "kill tray"2:10
Put together a 'kill tray' and your brew day will be a lot more organized.

Variation Chart (BIAS, BIAB, Horizontal MT System, Vertical MT System)2:00
Get creative and find a batch size, spatial orientation, chilling option and fermenter configuration that fits your brewing situation.
Brew In A Bag (BIAB) / Brew In A tShirt (BIAS) files1:25
Take a quick tour of the gear you'll need to get started down the BIAB/BIAS (shoes optional) path to self-enlightenment.
Horizontal Hybrid Mash Tun (HHMT)4:36
What my brewing rig looks like when I'm not obsessed with spatial effeciency.
a) Mash Tun First (MTF) files5:02
Out of the closet, the laundry closet that is, loud-and-proud with nothing to hide; the Mash Tun First (MTF) system.
b) Mash Tun First (MTF) files14:06
A quasi-rant (my longest) on the MTF system and why I think it's so swell.
Strike Water First (SWF) files3:25
An inncestuous cousin to the MTF system.

Mash tun principles2:00
Look at everyday objects with a new purpose with these mash tun design principles.
Mash tun build #1: Coleman Xtreme 62013:50
Remember the episode where MacGyver needed a "1/2 inch faucet supply line, rubber O-ring and a zip tie"? He wasn't forging an escape plan, he was building a mash tun.
Mash tun build #2: Ice Box2:00
With only a handful of readily available parts, read how a boreless ice box becomes a cheap and easy double batch mash tun.

a) The Y3Ker (simplest)1:31
Just because Y2K was a bust doesn't mean you should get caught with your polybenzimidazole pants around your ankles when Y3K comes around.
b) The Non Committer1:42
For that hard-sell spouse that doesn't see the benefit of having a dedicated beer refrigerator.
c) The Bachelor3:15
In spite of that ex-hard-sell spouse ... 'The Bachelor'.
d) The Off Gridder5:02
Consuming just 1 kilowatt of power over 4.1 days, conserve electricity off-grid style by operating a single converted freezer-to-fridge dedicated to both business and pleasure.
e) The Single Hitter3:00
The 'Single Hitter' shows that it's not the size of the refrigerator that matters.
f) The I Don't Give a F***er (most advanced ... I guess)1:00
Seriously, how did it get to this point?

1a) Water work-up for Stephen's 5 Gallon BIAB brew (metric)11:05
Tag along with me as I input our saison recipe into Brewtoad and talk about water volume calculations in metric.
1b) Water work-up for Stephen's 5 Gallon BIAB brew (US customary)8:39
Tag along with me as I input our saison recipe into Brewtoad and talk about water volume calculations in US customary measurements.
1c) Stephen's 5 Gallon BIAB brew day14:25
An Indoor/outdoor single batch BIAB beer brew day.
1d) Stephen's BIAB saison brewing log completion1:12
We wrap up the brew session by inputting our measured final gravity (FG) into our brewlog.
2a) Montana mock brew on a horizontal system (Pt.1)9:27
Go through the motions as we talk about how one might make a brew the horizontal way.

*Please reference the audio lecture in "Section 6: Water; how much and why?" as well as "Citra Session" water work-up" for the amount of water we would use on this mock brew. The amounts used on both brews are nearly the same.
2b) Montana mock brew on a horizontal system (Pt.2)12:52
Mock brew continued.
3a) "Citra Session" water work-up8:09
This video starts out metric but then gives a pen-and-paper, metric/US customary lesson at the 4:00 minute mark. *2:41 - Should be 1.75lbs/qt NOT the other way around.
3b) "Citra Session" brew day on a MTF vertical hybrid system14:24
Join me as I brew 10 gallons of beer vertically in 4.5 sq/ft of space.

Checking for leaks + sanitizing a keg6:15
How to check for CO2 leaks as well as sanitze your kegging gear.
Racking beer to a keg4:16
Rack your beer from your fermenter to your keg via siphon, purge O2 and set the lid.
Setting the lid + purging O2 + force carbonating beer3:15
I don't have three weeks to spare. I wanna drink now! With this video, I show you how to be drinking your freshly racked beer in as little as 10 minutes.

1a) Bike pump / party pump3:00
Dispense your fully carbonated beer sans C02 with a DIY party pump.
1b) Bike pump / party pump (warning: sexually suggestive humor)0:58
The bike pump / party pump in action.
Pin lock post remover tool2:00
Pin lock kegs need a little extra attention. A DIY five dollar tool makes quick work of removing the posts.
Roller Mill (Pt.1)8:20
My super compact drill powered roller mill setup (pt.1).
Roller Mill (Pt.2)5:27
My super compact drill powered roller mill setup (pt.2).
TV cabinet + plate mill1:00
Well, that's one way to mount a plate mill.
Tour of my hops 'yard'5:26
A brief tour of my three year old hop 'yard' in the beautiful mountains of western Montana.
1 year later - Hops yard update5:29
It's been a full year since our last visit to "The Ranch". Take a look at what has changed.
My rocket stove3:40
What a 'rocket stove' looks like amid a horizontal brewing setup.

Requirements

This course assumes you have already made, or at least understand the principles of, extract brewing and fermentation.
This course assumes that you can perform rudimentary beer making tasks such as using a thermometer and hydrometer
If you don't understand some all-grain beer brewing terms like mash, sparge, lauter, strike etc, a quick 30 minute study elsewhere on the Internet should bring you up to speed.

Description

Take a look in any home brewing catalogue and you'd likely feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of trinkets available for purchase. Doesn't that seem kind of strange given the fact that beer has a 7,000 year history?

I've brewed in barns, houses, 125sq/ft apartments, a commercial brewery and with electricity, propane and even over firewood. This course is the summation of my 12 years of brewing and experience. The longer I brew the more I keep coming back to simple, DIY brewing. Over this course, I will walk you through 3 different brewing rigs and their many potential variations. In addition, I will give you a tour of 6 different kegerator configurations and help you find an equipment build that fits your brewing needs without crushing your homebrew budget. Come with me on 2 actual step-by-step brews on 2 different systems: a 50 dollar brew-in-a-bag system and my super efficient 10 gallon/4.5 sq. ft vertical system.

This course includes videos, illustrations, PDFs and pictures and access to I brew-U brew's discussion group.

Who this course is for:

This class is intended for anyone that loves beer.
This course is aimed at the individual who wishes to move from extract to all-grain brewing without spending a small fortune on expensive and complicated gadgets.
This course is intended for anyone who has ever said or thought, "I can't make all-grain beer because I don't have enough space in my home."
This course is for brewers looking to simplify their setup through the calculated use of multipurpose tools.
NOT for students starting from square 1.

I brew-U brew: small spaces, minimal gear, lotsa beer

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Course content

Before we get our hands dirty6 lectures • 11min

Brewing rig methodology6 lectures • 31min

"Hey man! Is it cool if I mash here?"; Building your first mashing vessel.3 lectures • 8min

Keg basics + CO23 lectures • 7min

"Which kind of kegerator best defines me as a person?"6 lectures • 16min

Water; how much and why?1 lecture • 3min

Let's make beer! (2 actual brews, 1 mock brew)8 lectures • 1hr 20min

Let's keg beer!3 lectures • 14min

DIY projects + extras9 lectures • 35min

Course review & thanks1 lecture • 1min

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