All Grain Home Brew Tips, Gear and Resources

Looking to start All Grain home brewing or kick your mashing game up to the next level? We’ve got you covered! This is all grain homebrew resource page. This is organized by subject so you can easily find what you’re looking for.

Getting Started?

Brooklyn BrewShop – via Amazon, has a lineup of small batch all grain recipes and equipment kits that are generally economical and get you homebrewing small batches of all grain beer.
Top Post: Small Batch, All Grain Stove Top Brewing + Water Calculation Spreadsheet – our step by step technique for brewing stop top all grain batches easily and on the cheap
Our New Brewers Guide

Mash Tuns, Mashing and Coolers

Stainless Steel 10 Gallon Cooler Mash Tun Conversion Kit – Review
William’s Brewing 12″ False Bottom – includes protective silicone lip & wort pickup tube
Building a Mash Tun – step by step from the AHA – uses this style of cooler – Coleman 48-Quart Cooler – via Amazon
Igloo 10 Gallon Seat Top Beverage dispenser with spigot and Cup Dispenser – via Amazon. This is the cooler I use with Brew Hardware’s conversion kit. See: Hands On Review: Brew Hardware’s Cooler Mash Tun Conversion Kit – Making a Mash Tun
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Mash Paddles and Stirring

24″ Stainless Brewer’s Whisk – Extract, All Grain and Whirlpooling – via Amazon – This fantastic whisk works great as a mash paddle & more – Review
This seller – on eBay – periodically has some nice hand made wood mash paddles for generally reasonable prices
Mash Paddle – 36 inch Stainless Steel (With Drilled Holes) AG431A – via MoreBeer
King Kooker 3604 36-Inch Stainless Steel Paddle – via Amazon
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Brew in a Bag [BIAB]

The Brew Bag – Purpose Made BIAB – Review – 10% Off Sitewide – available in a variety of ready made sizes along with Made to Order options
Brew in a Bag Accessories – pulleys, gloves, BIAB friendly kettle thermometers
Carolina North Hang ’em High Hand Chain Hoist, Hook Mount, 250 lbs Capacity – via Amazon
Brew in a Bag Straining Bag, 24″ x 26″ – via Amazon
Disposable Elastic Top BIAB Bags – via Amazon
Wilser Mesh BIAB Bags – via Brew Hardware
BIAB Brew Day Spreadsheet – Free from HBF… Easy water and temperature calculations
Stainless Steel False Bottom for BIAB – via Brew Hardware – designed to keep your BIAB bag off the bottom of your kettle
Top Post: BIAB: Brew in a Bag – Easy All Grain Homebrew! – Gear, Resources & Reviews
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Grain Mills and Milling Grain

Crush is a pretty big deal when it comes to efficiency. Homebrew shops have a tendency to under mill grain. I think the reason for that is ease of use, with the thinking that a more coarse crush equals few stuck mashes and more happy customers. I guess it’s possible that a shop mill could over mill grain too. The point is, when you’re using someone else’s mill, it’s up to them how you mill your grain.

Milling your own grain… 1. Gives you control over the crush of your grain. That’s a big factor in efficiency. 2. A mill allows you to fine tune for your equipment and process. You know what the crush is going to be since you set it. 3. A mill allows you to save money by buying whole bags of grain at a discount, and 3. The shelf life of unmilled grain is longer than pre-milled grain. Freshly milled grain = better tasting beer.

Cereal Killer Grain Mill – Hands On Review
Monster Mills – Hands on Review
Monster Mill – Mills and Accessories via MoreBeer
MaltMuncher Mills and Motors from William’s Brewing
MaltMuncher Mills and Motors from MoreBeer
The Barley Crusher Grain and Malt Mill
The Evill Twin Grain and Malt Mill
Ss Brewtech Grain Mill
Crop Duster Grain Mill
There are new offerings all the time – search Amazon for “homebrew grain mill” to shop around and see what may be available

All Grain-Related Reviews:

A collection of reviews that we’ve tagged as directly or indirectly related to all grain brewing

Bulk Grain Storage Options

Vittles Vault Airtight Stackable Pet Food Container – popular for grain storage – via Amazon
Gamma Seal Lids via Amazon – works with standard 5 gallon buckets. The base stays installed on the bucket and the lid spins off easily and has an airtight seal. No more prying off bucket lids. My estimate for storage capacity is about 5 lbs per gallon. So, a 5 gallon bucket holds about 25 lbs of grain. That’s an estimate.
Resource Post: Storage Options! – Base Grain, Specialty Grain and DME
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Electric All Grain Systems and Induction

Hands on Review: Brewer’s Edge Mash & Boil Electric Brewery
Hands on Review: Robobrew All Grain Brewing System
Hands on Review: Wort Hog Turnkey Electric e-BIAB System
PicoBrew Zymatic Electric Brew System – via Adventures in Homebrewing
BrewEasy Systems from Blichmann – via Adventures in Homebrewing – includes electric and gas options
The Best Deal on a Grainfather with Connect Controller
Speidel Braumeister Electric Systems and Accessories – via MoreBeer
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Induction Heat Sources for Home Brewing via Brew Your Own Magazine

Pumps

I use my homebrew pump for vorlaufing/recirculating, transferring from my mash tun to brew kettle, chilling with a recirculating wort chiller and transferring to my fermenter. You could also use a brewing pump to recirculate ice water for your wort chiller. Pumps are a necessity if you want to use a plate chiller. You really need one to properly clean and sanitize your plate chiller. Smaller pumps could be used as part of a brew system solely for moving wort from vessel to vessel. In addition a lower temperature capable self priming pump is available for moving uncarbonated, but fermented beer and wine from vessel to vessel.

March High Flow Pump – via MoreBeer
Chugger, Stainless Steel, Center Inlet – via Adventures in Homebrewing
MARK II WORT PUMP – via William’s Brewing
Homebrew Pump Discounts, Deals and Resources – homebrew pump uses, recent deals + available models and manufacturers

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