About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 11 of our homebrewing lesson plan. Our private instruction lesson plans are instruction only.  They do not include beverage/food production on site or any beverage/food handling. 

All-Grain Brewing Part I - Knowledge & Testing

Approximate lesson time: 60-90 minutes

This Lesson 11 Plan Includes:

• Difference between extract brewing vs all-grain brewing
  • Grain : water ratio
  • Volume calculation
  • Importance of careful handling and sparging
• Getting to Know Your Base Malts
  • General discussion of the options - domestic base malts, UK base malts, German base malts, Belgian base malts
• Technical components of malt handling
  • Enyzmes
    • Important enzymes and their activity ranges
  • Hot-side aeration
  • Sugar extract potential
  • Avoiding husk extraction
• Type of Mash Programs
  • Infusion mashing
  • Decoction mashing
  • Temperature-programmed mashing
• Testing  the mash
  • how to test for pH - a demonstration
  • adjusting ph up and down in a mash - a demonstration
  • iodine test for starch conversion