All Grain Beer Brewing with Chris Graham – BeerSmith Podcast #63

This week we talk about how to make the switch into all grain beer brewing. My guest is Chris Graham, Chief Operating Officer of MoreBeer and also a Brewer’s Association board member and American Homebrew Association Governing Council member.

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Topics in This Week’s Episode (35:55)

Chris Graham is my guest this week to talk about how to make the transition to all grain. Chris is a long time homebrewer, the Chief Operating Officer of homebrew supplier MoreBeer and also a Brewer’s Association board member and American Homebrew Association Governing Council member.
Chris starts with a discussion of why a brewer would want to make the transition to all grain from extract brewing and what the advantages are of all grain brewing.
We talk about mashing (which is the big difference from brewing with extract), and what is actually going on in the mashing process.
Chris explains what extra equipment is needed to brew an all grain batch of beer
We talk about what an infusion mash and how its done
Chris discusses how you maintain the mash temperature during the mash process
We talk about testing for completion of sugar conversion
Chris walks us through the sparging/lautering process for an average all grain batch
We talk about full volume boils and where all grain brewing is the same as extract brewing
Chris discusses the Brew-in-a-bag (or BIAB) alternative – which is an ever cheaper way to get into all grain beer brewing
He talks about the recent More Beer expansion and what it offers to home brewers
Chris offers some closing advice on all grain brewing and also fermentation