Comments on equipment

[Matbase]

Hi

I'm looking for comments on my equipment I intend to use for all grain brewing for batches of 1 gallon
- Mash tun lets out 8 litres with 1/2 litre left behind due to height of the tap
- 7 litre boil pot
- 1 gallon glass demijohn/carboy fermenter
- 1 gallon glass demijohn with screw top for aging/carbonation (will prob buy more of these)

Wanting to brew stouts and porters at least for the winter (southern hemi)

Your comments are appreciated
Cheers
Matt

 

[RM-MN]

You may want to add a bigger fermenter because beer makes a krausen that will overflow your one gallon container. I'd suggest perhaps a 3 gallon food grade bucket with a lid that you can drill for an airlock to fit into. You can leave your beer in that bucket until it is ready to bottle if you want.

 

[woozy]

Measure and fill fermenters and mark gallon mark with a grease pencil to determine head room. You'll probably have a couple inches and then the neck. You'll probably want to use a blow-off tube on a regular basis. But I don't think you want/need a bigger fermenter.

 

[balrog429]

Matbase, what did you use for the screen in your mash tun? I have that same cooler and I want to do small experiment batches.

 

[Matbase]

I used braided stainless steel hose with the rubber hose removed, clamped the braided hose back onto the original fitting and bunged the end