How to Brew Beer at Home with the BrewTaurus System – Step-by-Step Guide

How to Brew Beer at Home with BrewTaurus

There’s nothing quite like cracking open a beer you brewed yourself — and with BrewTaurus gear, it’s easier (and more fun) than ever. Whether you’re just starting out or leveling up your brewing game, this guide will walk you through the whole process using a BrewTaurus all-in-one brewing system.

🧃 Step 1: Ingredients First — What You’ll Need

Before you mash in, make sure you’ve got everything ready:

• Malted grains (crushed)
• Hops
• Yeast (dry or liquid)
• Clean water (preferably filtered — or let it sit for at least 12 hours to let chlorine evaporate)
• A solid recipe (or try one of our BrewTaurus all-grain kits!)

📦 Want to skip the guesswork? Try our pre-portioned ingredient kits designed for 25L batches.

🔥 Step 2: Heat Your Water

Pour water into your BrewTaurus system up to the mark indicated on the kettle. Set the strike temperature using the control panel or mobile app for models B40L and B70L, and let the heating element do its thing.

💡 Pro tip: Use the Delay Start feature to schedule your brew day. Set it the night before and wake up to hot strike water — no waiting, just brewing.

🌾 Step 3: Mash In the Grains

When the water reaches your mash temperature (usually 65–68 °C), pour in the crushed malt slowly while stirring. The BrewTaurus mash basket keeps everything tidy and prevents clogging.

Let it rest for about 60 minutes while enzymes convert starch into fermentable sugars. Maintain the temperature using the controller.

💡 Pro tip: When adding the grains, pause the heating element and keep the pump running. This helps avoid scorching if your crush is on the fine side — especially flour-like grist that could settle and stick to the bottom.

🔌 Power tip: During mashing, you can often reduce heating power to around 1000W. It’s gentler, more stable, and prevents unnecessary scorching.

🥄 Step 4: Lift, Drain & Boil

Once mashing’s done, lift the grain basket and let it drain. If your recipe calls for it, you can sparge with additional hot water to reach pre-boil volume. (Common sparge flow rate is about 1–2 L/min.)

Now it’s time to crank up the heat — you can go up to the full 3200W on B70L.
Recommended temperature ramp-up is approximately 1–2 °C per minute to reach boiling.

Once at boil, start adding hops as your recipe directs. Boil time typically ranges from 60 to 90 minutes, depending on style and goals.

🕒 Typical boil time: 60–90 minutes.

🌿 Hop timing refresher:

• Bittering hops: Add at start of boil (usually 60 min at 100 °C)
• Flavor hops: Add around 30–15 min before flameout
• Aroma hops: Add at 80–90 °C, whirlpool, or just after flameout

🌀 Step 5: Whirlpool & Chill the Wort

With about 15 minutes to go, insert your cooling coil and whirlpool arm to sanitize them.

After flameout, start chilling your wort quickly to yeast-pitching temps (around 18–20 °C for ales).

🌡️ Rapid cooling reduces risk of infection and improves clarity.

🧫 Step 6: Pitch Yeast & Ferment

Transfer the chilled wort to your fermenter — preferably a BrewTaurus stainless fermenter from our PF Series 😉.

Sanitize everything first! Then pitch your yeast and seal the fermenter with an airlock or pressure-capable lid.

⏳ Let it ferment for 7–14 days depending on style and yeast strain. Keep temps steady for best results.

🍺 Step 7: Time to Bottle or Keg

When fermentation is complete (gravity is stable and expected), it’s time to package your beer.

• Bottle with priming sugar
• Or keg and force carbonate with CO₂
• …or enjoy fresh tank beer directly from your pressure fermenter — you’ll quickly realize that nothing beats the taste and creamy head of beer served straight from the tank.

🍻 Chill, pour, and enjoy your very own homebrew!

🔧 BrewTaurus Tips:

• Log your brew day notes for future tweaks
• Clean as you go — trust us
• Try pressure fermentation for clearer, faster beer (we’ve got a whole guide on that!)

📣 Ready to Brew?

Our B40L and B70L brewing systems are designed for homebrewers who want full control and pro-level results. Add one to your setup and take the leap from good beer to great beer.

📚 More Brewing Tips:

• How Pressure Fermentation Works
• Why Controlled Fermentation Makes Better Beer
• How to Choose the Right Fermenter

– Dan, Founder, BrewTaurus