Having been brewing with a 50l braumeister for a few months using the same recipe i was wondering if anyone could check over the figures...
Grain payload - 11kg organic lager malt
Water in - 53 litres
Sparge - 12 litres
Wort to fermenter - 53 litres
Gravity - 16 Plato (i use a...
The brew has finally finished fermenting.... after three weeks! Its still only 11 - 12 deg C so maybe thats why it has taken so long.
My next problem is how to get it fizzed! I intend to bottle in 500ml flip top bottles and have been advised to add 4gms of sugar to each bottle before filling. I...
Just a quick update...one week after start of fermentation it took another reading - 6 deg plato / 1024. Its been pretty cold here and the temperature in the store is 10 deg C... but the brew is still bubbling along!
I had a taste - it seemed ok, but cloudy.
To answer your last question, i...
Re the reading... the hydrometer came frome germany and i now understand it reads in degrees Plato!!
Not exactly sure how many liters in the fermenter... around 45.
Had a look in the store yesterday...and the air lock seems to be bubbling away nice and steady.
Thanks for replying.
Last night i did my first brew on the 50 litre Braumeister machine. I found a pilsner recipe that i used. Below is some facts n figures:
53 ltrs water
10kg organic lager malt
100g saaz hops
2 x 11g saflager 34-70 yeast
Mashing in 38 deg c
Phase1 - 52 deg c - zero mins...
Hi beefeater.... great to read your reply.... and good to know someone else is using the BM for brewing lagers.
Did you boil the six litres of thick mash in a separate saucepan? Could you explain why you did this.
And the recipe - 4 kilos malt, 100gm hops plus one sachet (11g) yeast.... is...
BM owners.... have you successfully brewed a pilsner lager?
What recipe did you use?
Did you use the standard settings or did you programme your own times and temperatures?
Any answers gratefully received.
Hi
As a new poster on this forum ... and a complete novice to brewing... perhaps someone could help me out. I am looking to start a home brew school in sardinia and have selected (and bought) a Braumeister 50 litre brewing machine. I am now looking at the options for storing the beer:
Bottles...
As this is my first post on your forum, i will start by introducing myself. I live on the island of sardinia (part of italy) and have recently taken delivery of a Braumeister 50l.
I own a small farm here and have just become qualified as an operator of a 'fattoria didattica' - literally...
As this is my first post on your forum, i will start by introducing myself. I live on the island of sardinia (part of italy) and have recently taken delivery of a Braumeister 50l.
I own a small farm here and have just become qualified as an operator of a 'fattoria didattica' - literally...