Brewing Process

Once you have chosen your recipe and have all the necessary ingredients ready, you can get started.

Depending on the beer recipe, the Braumeister is programmed with the corresponding brewing times and temperatures. The brewing process starts when you switch to automatic brewing. The control system guides you through the individual steps and runs through the four brewing phases fully automatically.

Depending on the recipe and process, water is poured in and heated to 38°C. The malt pipe with the sieve inserts is put in position and secured with the bracket and pull rod. Malt is poured between the sieve inserts.

The pump switches on. The resulting water/ wort cycle washes the starch out of the malt. The four brewing phases are run through as programmed, e.g. as follows:

• Protein rest: 55 °C, approx. 5 min
• Maltose rest: 63 °C, approx. 30 min
• Saccharification rest: 72 °C, approx. 20 min
• Saccharification rest: 78 °C, approx. 10 min

After the four phases have been completed, a signal sounds. Now the lautering process is carried out quickly and easily by removing the malt pipe. In the case of the 200, 500 and 1000L Braumeister, this is done using the lifting device. Allow to drain a few minutes and remove – if necessary pour water through the malt (sparge) to achieve a better yield.

With the lid open, the wort is boiled for 80 minutes with hops being added several times. The evaporated water is replaced by adding fresh brewing water, or the original wort content can be subsequently adjusted by adding or omitting water. The pull rod on the Braumeister serves as a level gauge. Once the boiling phase is over, a signal tone sounds again.

After boiling the wort, the wort is brought to fermentation temperature as quickly as possible. In the new model Braumeisters or in the 200, 500 and 1000L Braumeisters, this is done using a double jacket. Yeast is then added to the brew and fermented in a suitable tank/container. After several weeks of storage in bottles or in a maturing barrel, the well-chilled beer can be tasted.