
Craft Beer & Brewing Course
All-Grain & Partial Mash Brewing
CB&B Co-founder Steve Keonig walks you through a full all-grain brew day, from mashing and lautering to batch sparging to hop additions to pitching yeast and racking to secondary fermentation, as well as bottling your beer!
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Brew beer like the big leaguers at home. This comprehensive course teaches you everything you need to know to brew great beer using the partial mash or all-grain method. From raw ingredients to pouring your first pint of homebrew and everything in between, get started with this course.
Course contents
17 chapters, 116 lessons, 45m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome!
- Introduction
Chapter 2
About this course
- About
- Course Objectives
- Equipment needed for this course
- Materials needed for this course
Chapter 3
INTRODUCTION TO ALL-GRAIN AND PARTIAL MASH BREWING
- Introduction
- What is all-grain brewing?
- What is partial mash brewing?
- Why brew all-grain?
- Why not brew all-grain?
- All-grain vs. partial mash
Chapter 4
BEER BASICS
- Beer basics
- How beer is made
- Beer's four main ingredients
- Wort preparation
- Boiling with hops
- Fermentation
- Conditioning
- Packaging
- Sanitation
Chapter 5
MALT PREPARATION
- Malt preparation
- What is malt?
- Types of malt
- Diastatic vs. non-diastatic malts
- Modification
- Milling
Chapter 6
MASHING CONCEPTS
- Mashing concepts
- Purpose and goals of the mash
- Mash enzymes
- Mash schedules
- Single infusion mashing
- Stepped temperature mashing
- Decoction mashing
Chapter 7
WORT COLLECTION
- Wort collection
- Lautering
- Vorlauf and recirculation
- Sparging
Chapter 8
SINGLE INFUSION MASHING FOR HOMEBREWERS
- Single infusion mashing for homebrewers
- Recipe
- Brew day overview
- Equipment nomenclature
- The mash-lauter tun (MLT)0:35
- The hot liquor tank (HLT)
- Heat strike water
- Mill grain
- Mash in
- Mash In Video3:26
- Maintain mash temperature
- Water chemistry and mash pH
- Heat sparge water
- Lautering: Vorlauf and recirculation
- Lautering: Vorlauf and recirculation3:41
- Lautering: Collect first runnings
- How to deal with a stuck runoff1:03
- Lautering: The sparge
- Lautering Video 11:41
- Vorlauf Options
- Lautering Video 20:43
- Boiling0:16
Chapter 9
MASH EVALUATION
- Mash evaluation
- Checking for conversion
- Pre-boil gravity and volume
- Post-boil gravity and volume
- Brewhouse efficiency
Chapter 10
PARTIAL-MASH BREWING
- Partial mashing
- Why partial mash?
Chapter 11
BOILING YOUR WORT
- Boiling your wort
- Prepare yeast
- Prepare sanitizer solution
- Prepare your hops3:00
- Boiling
- Hops Add1:03
- 59–16 minutes remaining
- Sanitize Wort Whirl2:36
- Add yeast nutrient0:37
- 10 Minutes Hop Addition1:01
- 0 minutes remaining
- Wort Chiller0:30
Chapter 12
AFTER THE BOIL
- After the boil
- Sanitize Carboy2:27
- Cool the wort
- Transfer wort to fermentor
- Siphon3:17
- Top up if needed
- Measure original gravity (OG)
- Measuring Original Gravity1:35
- Pitch brewer's yeast
- Pitch Brewer's Yeast0:54
- Lock up and store1:56
Chapter 13
FERMENTING YOUR BEER
- Fermenting your beer
- Lag phase
- High Kräusen
- Flocculation
- Gravity readings
Chapter 14
CONDITIONING YOUR BEER
- Conditioning your beer
- Racking to secondary2:38
- Dry hops3:20
- Bulk conditioning
- Measure final gravity (FG)
Chapter 15
BOTTLING YOUR BEER
- Bottling your beer
- Bottling day agenda
- Sanitize bottles, caps, and equipment
- Prepare priming sugar solution
- Rack to bottling bucket with priming solution
- Bottling2:48
- Fill bottles
- Fill Bottles2:47
- Cap bottles
- Cap Bottles2:05
- Store bottles
Chapter 16
ENJOYING YOUR BEER
- Enjoying your beer
- Wait
- Refrigerate
- Pour
- Observe
Chapter 17
THANK YOU
- Thank you0:34
What students say
Great intro course!
After reading my first bunch of books on brewing, this course was really helpful in its clear and concise presentation of the brewing process. No matter what style you might plan to experiment with, this intro course will get you on the right track. Thanks again!
I loved it.
I loved it. I made a lot of notes and will refer to them I am sure.
Excellent
This course was well worth the time spent to complete it. Although I knew much of the information, the way it was presented made the process clear and simple. I can't wait to move on to the next one!
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Comprehensive introduction to all grain brewing
Really good, well structured course on introducing all grain brewing. I picked up some additional tips and approaches after all grain brewing for about 12 months.
Awesome Overview for first time all grain brewers
Great overview for first time all grain brewers and nice refresher for semi-experienced all grain brewers. It was nice to get some science behind some of the steps
Solid overview of the process
Includes many of the details you don't get in other places or youtube videos.
Great Videos, Science May Be Offputting to Some
The videos were easy to follow and I enjoyed a lot of the science provided. Got this course to take with my husband who has never brewed. The science overwhelmed him and he lost interest. I've been brewing for several years and found some new tips along the way. Great place to build your confidence for a new brewer, as long as you aren't overwhelmed by some of the technical details of brewing.
Great intro to Home brewing.
Just enough info to get started and make the process accessible. Great job. Looking forward to the next lesson.
Insanely long but necessary
From start to glass this is a long video for newbies to watch. You can grasp the concepts then explore on your own as you develop your brewing style and methods.
very informative course
very nice
all-grain and partial mash brewing
Great Information
Well explained by the instructor.
Thanks!
I waited too long!
I should of taken this class before I started brewing! Lots of helpful info. I'm 20 batches in and this opened up my eyes to what I've been doing wrong all this time.
Grain brewing
Excelent Course
Excellent
Simple, easy to understand and recreate. I wish I'd found this earlier on in my homebrewing journey. Cheers!
Title makes sense.
A good intro to brewing your first beer. The text and videos were informational while being to the point. I have brewed before, but still learned a few new tips.
Its very knowledgeable, steps by steps on all process of Brewing...
Good Video Course for the Beginning Brewer
I wish this video had existed 30 years when I began all-grain brewing. The course material and short videos were logically laid out & executed. Job well done.
Very informative
This course was very well done and the instructor was easy to listen to
Awesome
Learned a lot more with this course than on YouTube alone.
All Grain and Partial Grain Brewing
I've been brewing beer for a few years and I still learned something. Well worth it for people just starting brewing or want to get into all grain brewing.
Comprehensive and clear
I have been planning my first brew day for weeks, picking up pieces of equipment and researching recipes but I still was feeling a bit of doubt on whether or not I would be able to brew something that I would actually want to drink but this course set me at somewhat ease. While I am not planning on using this exact equipment or this recipe the process was explained in such a way where I feel I can extrapolate the information well enough to make my first brew.
Very good information
I think you need to know a bit to have a full understanding of this course due to there are some very basic things which are not mentioned in details.. Anyhow for was really great and i got some additional tips to apply on my next batch
Great info
Very good info for beginners.
Great intro to brewing
Done a couple of extract kits but really looking forward to doing my first all-grain brew. Instructions were clear, to the point and answered all my questions.
Great Overview
Thought I would watch to see if there were any tips or techniques that I could add to my process. Picked up a couple items that I will incorporate. Overall, great introductory course.
Excellent!
Highly recommended for first timers doing all-grain brewing
Very Good Reminders!
This coarse had good reminders and also some points I haven’t thought about myself, some of which I will try on my next brew day.
Good
Good.
All-Grain & Partial Mash Brewing Course
Very informative, demystifies a lot of the terminology as well as succinct. I highly recommend it to any beginning brewer
Great Course
I have brewed all grain but this was a good way to get a few extra tips and reassure I am doing it correctly. If you haven't brewed all grain and want to see how it works, this is a great course.
Basic and accurate!
Great course for a beginner like myself who wants to start creating recipes.
Nice all-rounder
Nicely done intro into home brewing. Good tips at every phase
Comprehensive enough!
Thanks much to the CB&B team for this short but comprehensive course on home brewing. I did not follow along while making a batch, but can certainly see how that could work and might very well be fun. Cheers!
Excellent course
Very good course for those of us just starting out
Great foundation
A straightforward and comprehensive course that will give you the knowledge to begin brewing confidently. Delivered in clear text and simple engaging videos. Highly recommended.
Good Could be intro to Brewing or Brewing 100
Well done
My first good brewing course
Very good begginners course, the best I've found on the internet, price, quality, content, easy to follow, very good.
direct and descriptive
helpfull
Brew With Ease
This course was very straight forward and easy to understand!
GOOD
It works like that
Good basic information to start brewing.
Great Home Brewing Overview
A great overview to home brewing. There was enough information to help you learn techniques, terminology and have an overall understanding, but not too much to be overwhelmed. Also a great review on how important it is to be clean and sanitary.
Great Introduction to Home Brewing
The Instructor clearly presented the techniques used for Home Brewing. very well done!
Good
Great basic course
I found it very helpful. More videos please. It seems more interactive that way
learned more
learned some more about a few things will for sure tell people about this course
Super helpful
Clear, comprehensive and didn’t bog down
Great info
Very well put together course
Awesome
Was easy to understand, I loved how the information was chopped up into smaller chunks instead of huge paragraphs!
Well done!
Course was really helpful and informative. Did a good job of getting into some of the details without going too deep.
useful introductory brewing course
The course is very clear and easy to understand, I would have preferred a few more videos
Great video course
Good explanation of the brewing process. Wish more videos would have more explanation and practical information and less self promotion/advertising.. I like to hear the story of succesfull brewers and their breweries, but i would lime to hear more jucy tips from them.. :)
Excellent step through all the stages
Simplistic details throughout. Even though i have brewed many times, it added a few tips and also cemented that some things i do were correct
Good for first time or anytime
I’ve been brewing for 2 years and I liked this course very much. I would recommend this to anyone.
beer 101
Nice and basic all grain brewing course.
Importante e relevante temática
Texto muito simples, directo é eficaz para aprendizagem.
A good basic course in homebrewing
This is a great course for someone with no experience in brewing beer and a nice refresher if you are someone who has gone through a hiatus in your brewing and just want a quick refresher.
Great Startup Course
I think the course is great. It starts with a lot of information handed to you, but it's not a long course and you learn a lot of stuff if you never brewed before. Congrats!
Its a great course
Indeed fantastic 101 course for beginners
I wish I had this course just before I started brewing. Very good introductory course to the home brewing hobby
Great course!!!
Perfectly named
Great information
All-Grain & Partial Mash Brewing Review
Great Course. Enjoyed it.
Great Intro to brewing
A good introduction to all grain
The course is very detailed and gives a good introduction to all gain brewing. My only criticism would be it could have included some information on all-in-one systems like the Grainfather... other than that it was very good!
Great title
exactly what I was looking for
accurate
instructive and insightful
Good high level overview of the all grain brewing process
I have been all grain brewing for about 6 years now, I have never had a bad batch, and I have picked up on a few techniques that I can improve upon in my brewing process. Thanks!
Good Course
As someone who has not done All-Grain but does have some experience in Extract Brewing I have to say this course is extremely helpful. I particularly enjoyed the videos with Steve. The little added information he would give was great.
All grain mash brewing review
I have been all grain brewing for about 4 years and this was a very good basic refresher! Cheers
All-Grain & Partial Mash Brewing