September 15

Brew Day with Real Cask

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An avid homebrewer and general beer nerd, I had a wonderful opportunity to brew a beer with Adam Chatburn of Real Cask through the store. Having brewed mainly extract beers, I was excited to get to experience all-grain brewing and on a much larger scale than I do at home.

First things first! Onto the grain room:

Stack of grain bags waiting to be milled.
Stack of grain bags waiting to be milled.

 

Milling
Milling some of the grains for the brewing
Bags of milled grain
Bags of milled grain

Once all the grain was milled it was time to start the mash!

Adding all the grains to hot water, allowing to the starches in the grain to convert to fermentable sugars.
Adding all the grains to hot water, allowing to the starches in the grain to convert to fermentable sugars.

 

While we were there, Adam also had to brew a new batch of his Mild, so we got to lend a hand doing a full-scale batch of that.

Adding the grains to the large mash tun.
Adding the grains to the large mash tun.

 

Enjoying a nice pint while waiting for the mash to finish.

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Sparging and transferring the worst to the brew kettle.
Sparging and transferring the worst to the brew kettle.
Bring the wort up to a boil. We add our hops over the next hour.
Bring the wort up to a boil. We add our hops over the next hour.

 

Boil finished! Beer is now being transferred form the brew, through a plate chiller to cool it down, into the fermentation vessel! And we are ready to pitch the yeast!
Boil finished! Beer is now being transferred form the brew, through a plate chiller to cool it down, into the fermentation vessel! And we are ready to pitch the yeast!

 

Overall, from the time we started milling the grains, to brewing, to all the post-brew cleaning we were there for about five hours. I had an absolute blast and learned a lot from both hands-on experience and as well as the opportunity to pick Adam’s brain. Looking forward to trying the finished beer at our revival party at the store September 19th!

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