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I read that part about the yeast as I was editing the video, and felt the part you just mentioned about permeated smoke being an additional reason it carries that nice light smoky character.

I fully agree that everyone has a different comfort level. I feel this would be a fantastic way to help someone with their comfort level, and maybe they only ever do the Pinter and are happy, which is great, or they catch the home brewing bug and take it to the next level.

This is the main site - homebrewerlab.com/ FaceBook (there are a couple groups started by fans too) - facebook.com/search/top?q=homebrewer%20lab

That was a new one to me.

I'll be brewing with it this weekend and will work to get that video out as quickly as possible.

Awesome to hear as I'm seriously thinking about brewing a like sour early next Summer.

Love his products as well. He has sent me a few over the years for free, and I've turned right around and bought many more in need of the great products from the picnic taps to the FLOTit 1.x and eventually buying replacement FLOTit 2.x versions.

@@egruber50 yeah but if the filter is bypassed and the tds is still 0 then there’s nothing in the water it’s a blank slate. That is what is entered into Brewfather, then add a profile to target hit auto and you build it from scratch. The Alk filter he us suggest is if you would like to drink said filter water, for non brew brewing.

@@Mangeeknetwork I would agree if everything is in proper working order. However I would still send the 2 samples to Ward Labs for confirmation. Just imagine if someone spent their money & time just to receive results that don’t confirm what the manufacturer claims. Let the buyer beware.

@@MangeeknetworkI’ve noticed lately that this channel is really pumping products to its subscribers. IMO if that’s what the content creator wants the channel to morph into that’s okay. However I’m sure I’m not the only one who notices this and at some point in the future I’ll just unsubscribe. I’m sure others may do the same because it then ceases to be about homebrewing and more about hyping products IMO.

That is scary and something I hadn't considered. Thank you for that info.

I am right there with you, and I'll be doing an entire series on it. This was just a teaser video as there are a ton of items included that in this video were inside the pot. He even gave me a code to share to help give people sweet deals on his currently limited availability of the units he has ready to ship.

@@BitterRealityBrewing that’s awesome I can’t wait

Did you hear his interview on Homebrew Happy Hour where he talked about it?

@@deckerhand12 I did see that one.

Thank you for the support and kind words. I felt this video would be helpful to many home brewers, especially the ones newer to the hobby.

As it was an inexpensive build, both fans run off the same switch. They do sell single fans per switch, but it was a lot more cost effective to user a dual fan with one switch. I still have 4 pairs of these that I built which get used very regularly.

Thank you for the kind words and happy to help as I learned almost everything on my own in the beginning. When adding hops or other flavorings to the boil, you really have a lot of choices. Options during the boil: 1. Toss the hops into the boil. - Only major draw backs might be that your pump might not be able to handle the hop matter. Plus a lot of the hop matter can get into your fermentation, which isn't a big deal but it can lead to a bit more veggie aka grassy flavors in your beer which may not be wanted. 2. Toss the hops in a hop bag. - This is great if you are adding 1 oz or less to the boil as most hop bags don't do a good job with lots of hops. 3. The Hop Spider. - This is great for usually up to 4+/- ounces of hops during a boil as it reduces the amount of hops that stay in the wort after the boil and it is easy to drain and clean. Keeps the hops in the boil where they matter, but out of the final fermentation where you really don't want all that veggie matter.

@@BitterRealityBrewing Thank you! This is very helpful. I really like your 1 gallon brew series. I pre-ordered an iGulu back in 2016 or something like that and it finally arrived. I’ve always wanted to get into all grain brewing and have become a big fan of your channel because you’ve shown me that 1) you don’t need a $1k grain father to get started, and 2) the process is less intimidating/lower risk on a small scale, and 3) you can try all kinds of different things when you’re doing little batches. I especially appreciate the iGulu aspect of it. Agree with your sentiments about temperature control and getting great results. Being clean and having good control over the temperature are probably the two biggest factors to brewing a good beer. I’d love to see how you track your brew notes in an episode. Thanks again!

Sadly we have discovered there are a lot of beer brewed in Czech for export only. I believe it is for marketing.

That seems very strange. I'd reach out to them.

I'm in Jacksonville, FL, and you are welcome to come brew with me. If you are here or nearby, just give me a shout at Mike (at) BitterRealityBrewing.com

The deepest rabbit hole I've ever found in my entire life. 🤣 I've tried to bribe him before to brew all grain, but if it is baby steps, then so be it. 🙂

It would work great for the ClawHammer system as you can control the depth of the hop spider which works great for different batch sizes and different systems.

I thought it would be gross, but it is really making me think about brewing a Sour Gatorade beer now.

I'm all about the crazy stuff and giving it a try.

Makes you wonder....

LOL, Not a big sour fan, but loved this crazy, make you pucker Gatorade style sour.

@@BitterRealityBrewing That's awesome. I know another company did a sports drink under the same theme, don't think that one was alcoholic, tho. Pretty obvious why that flick garnered a cult following, despite being a box-office flop.

@@BeetsByHometownBrew I'm not a huge sour fan, but after trying this, I'm seriously considering brewing a Gatorade Sour early next year as I think it would make a great early Summer brew.

@@BitterRealityBrewing I don't mind the odd sour, and yeah usually a summer thing, Berliner is a style I enjoy for example, but I'd be interested to see a Brawndo clone. I've never actually brewed a sour myself, save for the extract kit I did waaaaay back when I was starting out. Perhaps how that turned out was what dissuaded me from trying to sour an all grain batch...I've just never revisited. I don't check pH because I don't like maintaining & replacing gadgets. I just use the calculator and add acid malt to recipe, and my brews seem to turn out. Kinda doesn't work that way, with a sour. But I do look forward to the Idiocratic video when it hits the loop. LoL 👍 For now, I have to get busy lobbying to have Brawndo in all public toilets, put on the state ballot. Cheers!

Camacho / Not Sure 2024.

LOL, Drew liked it, and although I felt I needed to drink a bit to watch it, I learned a bit recently. After watching it again, which was a little painful, I did realize there were a handful of jokes hidden throughout the entire movie if you are paying attention. A great example is in the Whitehouse, where instead of moving the table or using a shorter table, they ripped the wall open to accommodate the larger long table.

I'd love to have a average blue collar worker in the office, but it could always be crazier.

@@BitterRealityBrewing LoL So many good moments. Welcome to Costco. I love you.

LOL, I am so with you on this, but according to Google and TH-cam "unboxing" are usually very popular videos, so instead of just introducing new products which would make more sense in my eyes, doing an unboxing is my got to.

I fully agree as I've had one but prefer the 400 micron as the 300 seems to get clogged immediately.

There are lots of nice hop spiders for comparable prices, but I was really excited about doing a video on this one when Anvil Brewing sent it to me. I felt it was simply a better value compared to the others. You may notice in my videos when comparing other hop spiders, that the one from Anvil isn't just adjustable, but the SS metal around the bottom, top, and side is much wider and thicker in comparison to the others. I've used it twice on Anvil Foundry systems and once on the Boilermaker Surface BrewEasy Compact, which means it can easily be used with any system.

OMG! Too Funny from my perspective as I didn't see it and didn't remember ever editing and posting it. I completely redid the edits on the original footage and posted it without realizing it. I was actually mad at myself for believing I didn't post it before. Thank you for showing me I wasn't crazy, just extremely forgetful which seems to get much worse with age. When you can laugh at yourself it is a good thing, but with age, you seem to do it more often.

I haven't had the issue with needing more holes yet, but I would agree that it is a beast. At first I just loved the adjustable nature of the hop spider, but then I started comparing the SS supports and all of them were thinker and wider compared to other non-adjustable hop spiders that sell for the same price. Very impressed.

@@BitterRealityBrewing it may have been because I was doing a full max capacity batch in my 15 gallon kettle with it. It needed one extra spot to sit right. I delt with it and was able to keep the wort line just below the top of the spider. I’ll test it out again with a smaller batch this next weekend if I can. Either way it’s a tank, and I will continue to use it. Just maybe not for max capacity batches lol!

I would easily say the 25% would be a fair (but rough)estimate based on Micron. I've been using 400 micron hop spiders for a while and as long as you don't overfill them (very hard to do) and keep your wort moving either through a really good boil or the occasional stir you will get great hop contact without too much of the material leeching into the main wort. Draining the hop spiders even at 400 micron can take a few minutes based on the quantity of hops in the filter. I've used the Anvil Brewing Hop Spider 3 times now and although I have 2 other 400 micron hop spiders the big deal I like about this one is that it costs about the same as the other two I have, but I can actually adjust the height for maximum contact which is a major bonus (plus 2 little bolts versus one that could easily come loose is a major benefit to me.)

Remember it is easier to carbonate if you don't leave too much free space, but I leave at least 3 to 4 inches from the top to play it safe.

@@BitterRealityBrewing thank you

@WD6358 Awesome to see you! Sadly, I haven't seen the pump on sale by itself, at least not yet.

@BitterRealityBrewing It has been a while. I've been lurking! I have identified that pump as a NEED for my brewery, but I haven't pulled the trigger. Need a good sale!

I really like the Keg deal as that is crazy cheap for kegs nowadays when you rarely see the regular ones anywhere under $120 new.

I'll do my best to keep up on deals from now till Xmas as times are tight and for us who love brewing a deal can go a long way.

Thank You and hope all is well there.

Sorry, I know it isn't for everyone, but I'm trying to relate to all levels of craft beer lovers. I figure the more people in the hobby at different levels of required knowledge and learning benefits us all in the long run. I've got a few more things in the works, from 2 things sort of like the iGulu at some level to another device that I'll do a series on that will actually be full-blown all-grain brewing from the very beginning to serving out of the same vessel if the brewer prefers.

@@BitterRealityBrewing My main problem with this is that the co-called "hop extract" they use contains propylene glycol (or E1520). I, personally, wouldn't want that in my beer. In fact, here in Germany where I live, the use of E1520 in food products is strictly limited... I know that the corresponding limit value differs from country to country, but for me personally, I don't understand why I should tolerate a product from the chemical industry (this is NOT a natural product) in my beer... But hey, that's just me of course, and I understand that the USA is much more "easy-going" when it comes to food additives...

@@axelk.4273@axelk.4273 I'm usually very against glycol originally because I could taste it in most products, plus I try to avoid artificial anything as Nutri-sweet really messed me up back in the day, and when I stopped consuming it, I started getting better. Maybe I should do a video on which kits contain it, as I noticed it being shown in the hop aroma on one of the original kits and didn't find it in the other 2. I need to review the ingredients in these, but I've also started doing a lot more ALL-grain brews. I'm using the iGulu for the fermentation and serving part as those were the two features it was designed to handle, and it handles those really well.

@@axelk.4273 not everything 'natural' is healthy and versa versa! Propylene glycol in the EU is limited not because its toxic but to maintain the authenticity of the product. Like in France where bread can only contain four ingredients. In this application it's perfectly acceptable.

Honestly, I've never had any leftover. I usually blend up one can with an equal amount of spring water and do two starters for the main yeast and my next upcoming yeast. You should be able to seal it and keep it in the fridge for about a week +/- without worry. I will tell you a trick I did a little while back that helped me make a REALLY amazing starter for a big beer. I split the starter with equal amounts of spring water and started my yeast starter 2 days in advance with only 1/4 of the total mix (the rest was covered and in my beer fridge), I then added 1/4 the next morning after the 1st day. In the early evening of that same day, I split the starter in half and added the remaining 1/4 to each of the containers. All of this was on stir plates the entire time. I essentially ended up with two nice large starters from one yeast packet, and they look extremely healthy. I dumped one, and put the other in a mason jar that had been boiled and cooled before adding it. Dropped that in my bottom drawer of my beer fridge and used it almost a month later and it worked like a champ.

I agree, I'd rather have a mash that isn't thick like old oatmeal.

At that size and with close to no dead space, I wouldn't see as much of an impact. With us home brewers and plenty of dead space, this could be a game changer for anyone who has never tried a 90 minute boil.

It's all nonsense. Just do your recipe properly and use the space you have correctly. 90 minute boil only boils of a tad more water, so is a complete waste of time. Unless you're brewing an imperial stout, double ipa, and you want to squeeze as much out as possible. Just do 45 minutes

Thank you for the support.

It's simply a different calculation. Software like Brewfather and others can help you here.

Like the other person below said. If you don't use software, you can easily figure out what your boil off is, as many systems run about 1/2 gallon per 30 minutes. So, a great example (assuming your system's boil off rate is 1 gallon per 1 hour) is if you do a 5 gallon batch and your starting water for a 60 minute boil is 6.5 gallons, it would be 7 gallons instead and at the end of the 90 minutes you would be left with the same amount as if you did a 60 minute. The big difference is that your mash wouldn't be as thick. If you are doing a BIAB without a false bottom you dead space would be almost non-existent and this wouldn't help you much. Now if you do have a false bottom or have a fair amount of dead space (where water isn't directly in contact with the mash at all times), then this could help you a lot.

Thank you and fully agree.