Base Brewing Measurements

[JakesBrew]

Hi everyone,

Brand new brewer here.

I recently got myself a brewing starter kit from Wilko (classic) and have started on the Woodfordes kit that comes with it which seems easy enough to follow instructions. I'm going to use kits for now, just to find my feet, but eventually I'm going to want to work on my own brew recipes using different grains, hops etc.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to find out what base measurements of malt/grains to water I'll need for say 30ish pints ... if that makes sense? As in I'll need X.XXlb of malt to XX litres of water etc.

Any help would be fantastic and massively appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[foxbat]

It depends on how your equipment performs. Thankfully there are recipe builder programs to help you. Have a play with Brewer's Friend or Beersmith. They have some basic settings that will help you get started. When you've brewed a few times and taken measurements along the way what you do is that you enter those measurements into the program and then the next time what you get will be closer to what you wanted.

 

[Keats]

@foxbat is spot on there but as a ballpark figure I use 4kg of grain and 28l of water in total (mash and sparge) to end up with 40 500ml bottles.

I always Brewer’s Friend to put recipes together, just because there is a link to it at the top of this page and it is easy to use.

 

[GotOneBrewin]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brew-You...=3915016756154538b9776dfa4cf3a1835588996a950e

 

[GotOneBrewin]

That book is pretty good even if you are not a fan of British ale

 

[terrym]

I assume you are working in metric. If so its easy, kg/gm and litres. Beware converting some American recipes which come in gallons since a US gallon in not an Imperial gallon (its 0.8).
I suggest to get to grips with the BF calculator here
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator
Change the grain bill quantities to see how it affects the ABV, change hops to see how the IBUs alter. A Single Malt and Single Hop (SMASH ) could be the first step.
It might be a bit confusing to start with but do persevere and eventually you will get the hang of it and then you can devise your own recipes or take others and modify and/or check them.

 

[JakesBrew]

This is all amazingly helpful. What a great community :)

Thank you so much, everyone!

 

[Torshon]

I started 3 yrs ago with a courage directors kit, I quickly moved onto extract brewing from brew UK, old peculiar, so a couple of more items such as a 16l pan to start, then I took the leap Into AG,
Use 'the malt Miller' now
3 yrs later I'm now playing with water properties to improve.
I've had a brilliant old peculiar tweaked last Xmas with treacle and monastery yeast, and some failures! Drinkable but very ordinary.
Good luck