Basic all grain home brewing kit

Mash Tun

When I started with home brewing I did not have any equipment so I had to buy everithing. In this post I will write about basic all grain home brewing equipment.

Most basic thing everybodey need to have for all grain home brewing is Mash tun. Mashing allows the enzymes in the malt to break down the starch in the grain into sugars, typically maltose to create a malty liquid called wort.

Next piece of equipment every home brewery need to have is brewing kettle. For brewing 5 gallons of beer you need to have at least 8 gallons brewing kettle.

The Hot Liquor Tank (HLT) is used to heat water.

You also need fermenting vessel, fermentation lock or airlock, thermometer and hydrometer ( an instrument used to measure the specific gravity of liquids).

There is much more equipment one can use for home brewing but this is basic everyone should have for all grain home brewing.

Basics facts about beer and home brewing

home brewing kit

It is well known that beer is oldest and most widely consumed of all alcoholic beverages.

Beer is produced by fermentation and brewing of starches. Malted barley is most commonly used grain in brewing, but wheat, oatmeal, corn and rice are also used in beer brewing.

Various kinds of hops are used for flavourings. Some hops are used for flavouring and some are for aromatization. Hop acts also like a natural preservative. Herbs and fruits may be included in order to enhance flavour.

Water and yeast are also ingradients that are used in brewing of beer.

Yeasts are generaly devided into ale and lager yeasts. There are also some special kind of yeasts such as Hefeweizen and Belgian Wit Ale Yeast.

If someone want to brew beer at home, basic home brewing equipment is cheap and it can be purchaised at many homebrewing equipment online stores and your local home brewing supplies.

This is basic info about home brewing, more articles about home beer brewing will follow in next posts.