A friend of a friend was emigrating and needing to sell his All Grain setup asap. Intrigued by the thought of going from brew-in-a-plastic-bucket to a nice shiny stainless steel All Grain setup, proved very alluring, and so I reached a deal with him and took the whole lot off his hands.
This was about year ago and I've finally just recently finished getting all the kit setup in my garage.
Main problem Number One, I'm a complete All Grain Newbie.
Main problem Number Two after reading stuff on the Internet, watching various YouTube videos and reading a 'book'...I think I'm missing a very significant piece(s) of kit.
My first brew is going to be Dark Rock Brewery's All Grain Kit (SIMCOE SINGLE HOP ALE). But as per the instructions it says for first stage (mashing) I need to add the mash water to to my mashing vessel (check - pretty sure I got one of these!) and then bring it up to temperature 66 Celsius. My mashing vessel does not have a heater so I'm already lost on how I could do this with the equipment I have or do I need to purchase a 'Brew Kettle'?
The boiling stage also has me scratching my head, this also feels like I'm going to need a brewing kettle of some kind. Based on the kit I have below, I just don't know if I can use my 29 Litre Bielmeier BHG 660 020 kettle to do the mash stage and do the boil stage, or am I definitely needing to go out and by myself a brewing kettle with heater?
Here are the main bits of my kit:
Bielmeier BHG 660 020 Kettle
- Bielmeier BHG 660 020 Front1
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SS Brewing Technologies Mash Tun, with fake bottom
- SS Brewing Technologies Mash Tun
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Adapted Coolbox with copper piping with slits
- Adapted Coolbox with Copper Pipes with slits
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SS Brewing Technologies Fermenting Chamber, with built-in cooling coil
- SS Brewing Technologies Fermenter
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Look forward to hearing anyone's two cents / recommendations.