Brewzilla 35l maximum abv potential

[Liam McDevitt]

Hi,
Thanks for having me. My first post. I'm thinking of buying a 35litre brewzilla. I've read a few bits on max batch etc but can't find much on max abv the machine can brew. I'm only new to all grain but down the line I'd like to have a go at imperial stouts and dipas. I'm talking 10% and above like the ones I regularly buy. Can the 35l handle this? Or should I go 65l? I think il do a lot of small batch also so any advise appreciated.
Thanks

 

[foxy]

Hi,
Thanks for having me. My first post. I'm thinking of buying a 35litre brewzilla. I've read a few bits on max batch etc but can't find much on max abv the machine can brew. I'm only new to all grain but down the line I'd like to have a go at imperial stouts and dipas. I'm talking 10% and above like the ones I regularly buy. Can the 35l handle this? Or should I go 65l? I think il do a lot of small batch also so any advise appreciated.
Thanks

You would most likely have to go down the reiterated mash route, depending on target into fermenter.

 

[samale]

Hi,
Thanks for having me. My first post. I'm thinking of buying a 35litre brewzilla. I've read a few bits on max batch etc but can't find much on max abv the machine can brew. I'm only new to all grain but down the line I'd like to have a go at imperial stouts and dipas. I'm talking 10% and above like the ones I regularly buy. Can the 35l handle this? Or should I go 65l? I think il do a lot of small batch also so any advise appreciated.
Thanks

I don't own the system but I am sure the 35 litre system can achieve imperial stouts. You may have to adjust to suit, so for an imperial stout you might only get 16 litres for example.
I use Biab which I normally get around 22 litres, for anything that strong I have to reduce my finished volume to around 14 litres depending on grain bill

 

[Liam McDevitt]

Thanks. I workshy mind coming out with just 14 litres as it will be small batch I brew mostly

 

[Liam McDevitt]

You would most likely have to go down the reiterated mash route, depending on target into fermenter.

And would it be another full mash? Time wise!

 

[Neil Whittaker]

I own a brewzilla and made my first imperial stout recently. I watched @David Heath "Super Fast Imperial Stout", using lots of homemade inverted sugar coupled with kveik. It turned out amazing, and only took 4-6 weeks to condition.

 

[Liam McDevitt]

I own a brewzilla and made my first imperial stout recently. I watched @David Heath "Super Fast Imperial Stout", using lots of homemade inverted sugar coupled with kveik. It turned out amazing, and only took 4-6 weeks to condition.

Great stuff. Good to hear. What abv did it finish at?

 

[Liam McDevitt]

Thanks. I workshy mind coming out with just 14 litres as it will be small batch I brew mostly

Wouldnt**

 

[fury_tea]

There's also the option of brewing to, say, 8% and making the rest up with DME and/or some kind of sugar?

i think a lot of imperials have a % of sugar to help with the body and sweetness

 

[BlackRegent]

You can brew it to whatever strength you like in the Brewzilla so long as you reduce the batch size accordingly

 

[Liam McDevitt]

There's also the option of brewing to, say, 8% and making the rest up with DME and/or some kind of sugar?

i think a lot of imperials have a % of sugar to help with the body and sweetness

Thanks for that

 

[Liam McDevitt]

You can brew it to whatever strength you like in the Brewzilla so long as you reduce the batch size accordingly

Thanks. Happy to hear this

 

[Neil Whittaker]

Great stuff. Good to hear. What abv did it finish at?

I 10.5% for the stout.

I love DIPA, and aim for 8%, which is an easy target for my 12L batch size.

 

[fury_tea]

You can brew it to whatever strength you like in the Brewzilla so long as you reduce the batch size accordingly

Yeah you could brew a 200% beer if it was minus minus 100 litres

The impossible stout... Has a ring to it!

 

[SteveB.]

I have the 35L Brewmonk which is, I guess, the same as the Brewzilla all-in-one.
I decided to max it out just before Xmas 2020 and managed to get 8.1Kg of grain into the mash.
Used the Brewfather app to determine the mash/ sparge water required.
It made 19L for a Corny keg and the OG was 1.090 before fermentation. I used Mangrove Jacks M41 Belgian Ale yeast which took the gravity down to 1.014 within a week. That works out at 10% ABV.
I did a two stage mash, 60mins at 62C then 60mins at 68 to get max fermentability.
Tastes great just like a Belgian Triple...

 

[Liam McDevitt]

I have the 35L Brewmonk which is, I guess, the same as the Brewzilla all-in-one.
I decided to max it out just before Xmas 2020 and managed to get 8.1Kg of grain into the mash.
Used the Brewfather app to determine the mash/ sparge water required.
It made 19L for a Corny keg and the OG was 1.090 before fermentation. I used Mangrove Jacks M41 Belgian Ale yeast which took the gravity down to 1.014 within a week. That works out at 10% ABV.
I did a two stage mash, 60mins at 62C then 60mins at 68 to get max fermentability.
Tastes great just like a Belgian Triple...

Sounds great. Can't wait to try

 

[gerald8_kop]

Im attempting a ten percent brew on Saturday but halving the batch size...only once so far have I gone above 6kg grain and efficiency took a hit (came out 6.8 instead of 8 abv) but it was my third ever all grain and so I'd less of a clue as to what I was doing. If it goes well I will do another but push the limits.

There's a DH pastry stout video using a grainfather whereby he has a few tips for big beers

 

[Liam McDevitt]

Hopefully it goes well for you. Thanks