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Thank you

Hey Craig, just found your channel and subbed (900th sub 😀). Hope you are still making videos, you are really good at it and your content is great 👍

Just wondering if you were thinking of a '1 year on' review and, in the long run, if the convenience of the inbuilt RAPT controller plus the gas routing options still win out over getting a similar sized used commercial fridge and using it with the RAPT temp controller. They are nearly £800 over here in the UK and you can get a decent used 1900mm tall commercial fridge for around £300 that has a bit more internal space.

I cold crash the beer in the fermenter before transferring to the keg, the yeast is ready to be stored straight after the transfer is finished. Seems to work ok for me 🙏

How good is this system

Thanks for taking the time to make a video like this. Very informative and well done.👌

what a great descriptive video you present 10/10 hands downs cheers and many thanks .

Hi mate, how did you test the old fan or was it just not working? Also where did you get the new fan from. Cheers. Steven

Nice, thank you

Hi there. When doing a batch, what volume of wort do you end up with? I'm looking at getting one of these for all grain distilling and trying to work out how much fermenter capacity i need for a full batch.

Hi Craig, only just discovered your channel. I have been brewing all grain for some time now . Fantastic no nonsense video , had a chuckle too . cheers and many thanks on your 16 tips .

You did mention in the comments that you store in a fridge. However, if you would like store in a freezer that could be viable for 3 years, you will need to make glycerin mix for the yeast.

I am interested in the brew zilla setup. How does the finish brew compare to a pint you would buy in a bar…. Is it worth the investment…?

Brewed this beer, came out great, really refreshing pale ale - thanks for the recipe mate

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Only problem is they changed the Tooheys Old Top, it used to be a nice red and black with the word OLD in the middle. just made it that little bit more special. and i made some nice Motorbikes out of them 😃

How have you found it after a year of use? I see some people having lots of problems with them.

How long does it take to chill big boy?

Be excellent to each other, and brew on dudes!

Mate, that is some of the clearest wort I have every seen!

Nice one, mate. Good to see you back on the horse after the infection 🍻

Oh FFS get on with it!

Interesting, I've noticed by pills have done the same recently

Thanks for the recipe Craig. Galaxy Pale Ale is going on my list.

Good work mate

Great video. I think the concept of comparison double batches is a winner. Ie: same effort and 'possibly' double the reward'. Cheers.

12:25 It so is...i feel sorry for you. 🤣🤣

This is just one reason I can't see myself ever being anything other than an extract kit man. Even dry hopping is a bother imo. So many variables.

Does it not have a cooling coil?

hi fella just subscribed suppose we have all been through this but we all learn by our mistakes onwards and upwards fella greetings from durham city uk

It’s not important how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get up that’s absolutely vital. I feel your pain, I’d be extremely hacked off as well, but your sharing of issues and the resolution is a great lesson to all of us!

I remove the stir bar using a magnet before I pour, as yep I've had it go into the fermenter

Hot cube mate - you won’t look back !! Simpler easier cleaner cheaper and you can keep wort for 3 months plus …

Sharing mistakes makes not only you learn, but also your audience. So, thanks for sharing. 🍻

I’m impressed with the coolossus counter flow. Cools to ground water temps although perhaps slowly.

Back on the horse mate.

I feel for you brother! I’ve been using my plate chiller for about 18 months now without issue. I do run PBW for 30 minutes or so then I switch and run for 30 minutes through the chiller in the opposite direction, I then run several gallons of clean hot water to thoroughly rinse everything. Here’s to future delicious brews! Brew On!

There is not one single brewer on the planet who hasn't had something go badly wrong at some point. Treat it as a right of passage - move on and brew better beer having learned a disheartening lesson. Felt your pain.

Thanks for sharing, good to appreciate that it doesn't always go as planned even for experienced brewers. Good to hear you've already gotten back on the horse that threw you.

Sorry asked while watching. Your a much more advanced brewer than me.

Do you run hot wort through the chiller during boil?

I've had nothing but issues with my plate chiller. Seems like no matter how much I clean it I still get debris coming out and it's prone to blocking. I think I'm done with them

I recently opened all my ball valves (even the ones I currently don't use actively). All of them contained some amount of dirt in the dead space around the ball. I always clean the vales after use by pumping PBW solution through them for about 30 mins (valve half closed to reach the dead space). My advice: open and clean them regularly.

Gday, just got mine, notice that the temp controllers on front give different readings of temp from probes. Is there a way to calibrate probe readings?

Just got back from a Sierra Nevada Pint Night at my local pub and I stumbled on your video. Great job. I brew Pale Ales quite often... Love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale...

Is the process the same when collecting from a conical?

Spendy, but I never regretted buying a maltzilla

Bet your wife loved your reason for giving up on your old fridge. 1. It works and ive spent shitloads on extras to make something i was once stoked about, but its not the best in the world. For todays beer missus, i need the worlds best and we both know it. 2. You know how much i love beer, shit i need double the size for all my fermenters... hey the more i make, the more i make right. 3. waaay more accurate than a fridge. Wifey can clearly see how thats important and im using facts, such as fridfe just had probe stuck to outside of fermenter... this has...no probe and measures somehow...which is waaaay more accurate 4. I can buy pills... aka, more shit... to bridge, pear or bond to my rapt to be even more accurate than my previous point. 5 i can do other stuff with all my stuff and thats pretty cool. So yeah, its um worth us getting this over a holiday in bali....surely

Useful video, thanks!

I would like to see you do a beginners brew your own beer at home video with minimal equipment. You might say there are a lot videos on TH-cam that cover making your first beer. There are. However the problem is they whip out expensive equipment which would make a lot of potential first time home brewers run for the hills. Also they tend to nerd out on technical talk. A lot of the mostly American guys making those videos would make making a cup of tea seem complicated if they had to make a video about it. I am looking for a beer making for dummies type video. Assume that the viewer knows absolutely nothing about about making beer at home but is very keen to try it. You asked for comments so that is mine.