THE BEST HOMEBREWING SETUP
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Want to know what I think is the BEST homebrewing setup? In this video I take you through my setup, whats involved & why I think its the BEST!
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Time Travel Links:
00:00 - Intro/Overview
00:55 - HLT
01:22 - Mash Tun
01:40 - Boil Kettle
02:09 - Hybrid Brewing Setup
03:43 - Fermenting Setup
04:09 - Wort Chiller
05:26 - Final Thoughts
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Equipment/Items I Use:
-BREWING EQUIPMENT:
RIMS Tube PID Controller: amzn.to/3k5Rv3z
Blichmann Hellfire Burner: amzn.to/3l8Sq4n
Temp Controller For Fermenters: amzn.to/3p4E6wa
Exchilerator Counter Flow Chiller: amzn.to/3lbGjDO
-YEAST STARTER EQUIPMENT:
Magnetic Stir Plates(For Yeast Starters): amzn.to/3k7Wj8D
Magnetic Stir Bars: amzn.to/3laE7MP
2000mL Erlenmeyer Flask: amzn.to/3k71sh1
-CLEANING & SANITIZING
PBW Powdered Brewery Cleaner: amzn.to/32nMXPV
StarSan Sanitizer: amzn.to/2U1KiH1
Sump Pump(CIP): amzn.to/2Iduf6L - บันเทิง
Haven't home-brewed for quite some time (for so many reasons!) You have a great brewery here... ) I subscribed immediately, and I am now homebrewing vicariously through you until I can get back into it! Keep brewing! Thanks.
I have drunk several beers currently and will need to rewatch this when it can be in one videos and not multiples.
^^also I probably think that joke is way better than 100% of other people with think... but fo realz - great video, I love seeing other people's set ups
Thanks! Keep up the videos on your channel, been watching for a while! Cheers brotha
Great vid mate. Just found your channel and subbed. Cheers from Australia.
Great system !!! Very nice !!
It has since changed completely! An update video will come soon.
The production quality is so good. Congrats, cool setup!
Thank you!
Hi! Killer setup! I came from the H4L vid and I’m in the sacramento/Dixon area as well. I’m trying to upgrade my current set up to a larger one like yours
The "best" setup is definitely the one that you can reliably make great beer with. Love your setup though; very cool.
This setup is dope! You practically have a mini brewery there, good stuff!
Thank you brotha!
Very good and informative video! Cheers
Thank you!
Just found your channel man. Great stuff but now I need more.
That’s coming!
Very nice setup, I'm good with the unitank and glycol chiller, I am currently working on my brewhouse, currently using a Brewzilla 65L and just bought an Stout Tanks and Kettles dedicated mash tum with bottom drain actually, it will be a 2 vessel system pretty much similar to the Breweasy, I don't have the patience for the fly sparge and for now I don't want to clean another vessel LOL, later on I will change the Brewzilla for another Stout Tanks brew kettle, with a Blichmann BrewCommander.
I’ve been looking to replace my InkBird with the brew commander at some point.
I agree, less equipment is ideal when it comes time to cleaning! I love banging out a BIAB batch every now & then. So fast & easy to clean.
Looks pretty good - it looks a lot like one of my buddies setup.
It does the job and does it well!
Good video of a good home system, but you spent half of the video defending your term of "best". I'd spend more time showing how the whirlpool setup works, how your mash temp controller works, how you transfer with the pumps, etc, and less time arguing your best versus someone else's best. Some cost numbers would be nice too. Good video thought.
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll make sure to put out some follow up videos regarding equipment pricing & process.
I am fairly new to Homebrewing, looking to go pro one day. I bought me a 15 Gal SS Brewtech Kettle, 10 Gal Mash Tun, and working on a HLT. I appreciate your vids, hope to see more content!
Right on glad to hear you’re getting into the hobby! I will be producing more content here shortly. Thank you for the support. 👍🏼
Great video, thank you. The only system (i.m.o) that is superior to this would be the Brewha BIAC system. But pricey. Again, good video. Cheers.
Thanks! I’ve never used that before or even seen them in person. They do look convenient!
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The best equipment to use is the equipment you have.
Get brewing!
I wish they made all this stuff 20 years ago. I have my keggles and bayou burners.
Love the set up, but it looks intimidating. Really need to educate myself more on the different brewing systems if I’m going to improve my beer.
It does seem like a lot at first. A simple BIAB setup with an immersion chiller and a plastic bucket fermenter is the way to go at first, IMO
1/2Bbl, right? Very similar to mine except that mine is on a single stand. Same mash tun, boil kettle, rims, and unitank. My HLT is a 30 gallon blichman kettle and I have an Icemaster glycol chiller. I also have a Blichman plate chiller and it’s far and away the most water efficient chiller I’ve used. I prefer to pitch the yeast immediately to reduce any chance of infection. Love the RO water filter!
Yep, 1/2BBL unitank!
I’m not a fan of plate chillers so I rock the CFC. So far so good with the Blichmann glycol chiller also.
RO is king!
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Excellent video. I have the same type of hybrid setup except I use propane. Love this setup. I batch sparge and recirc the sparge. I found that I take no real hit to my efficiency and get 75-85% depending on my grain bill type and size.
One request. Could you go over the setup or perhaps the requirements of the uni-tank? I’m thinking about upping my fermenter game.
I’ve recently got an entirely new setup. I’ll make a video covering it in the future!
@@HopKillerBrewery excellent. I look forward to it!
A counterflow chiller does not use more water. Given the same temperate water, it uses way less water. Counterflow is way more efficient.
Looks. Nice.
What was the final coast of the setup?
For all the major pieces of the setup, around $3k’ish. Add up all the fittings, kegging equipment, other fermenters, scales, etc. I’d say around $5’ish.
I can always do a video breaking it down in detail if you and others would like to know exact numbers.
@@HopKillerBrewery no need to break it down. Was looking at ball park figures.. Thanks
@@HopKillerBrewery I was wondering this myself, Id better start saving!
Hey bro I've a question and you may be able to answer it for me. Do you store your RO water in a container before it goes into the mash tun maybe the day before your brewday? I'm asking because I'm trying to figure out a way to save some time and maybe store RO water in order to use it on the brew day, as the filter takes a lot of time to fill the required amount of water I need for mashing.
I’ll let you in on a dirty secret.
Even though you aren’t “suppose to” store RO water in stainless because it would strip the properties of the stainless, I still do 9/10 times.
I collect a full HLT worth which for me is 15 gallons and I’ll store it in the keggle over night. If you’re worried about storing it in stainless, get yourself 3-4 buckets from Walmart with lids and store it in those before brew day.
@@HopKillerBrewery There's those plastic water containers usually used to store large quantities but I found a small one for about 15 gallons do you think it would do they're fully sealed anyways. Would the water be ok if I keep it in there for a week any experience storing the water for this long?
@@hoppyjoker if you’re storing it in a food grade plastic container, absolutely. If your storing it in Stainless, I’m not sure
Wrong!!! 😉. JK that’s a bad ass system. I use two 10 gallon coolers at mash tun and HLT. They go on an articulating ladder set up as a step ladder with the Werner steps. When I’m done brewing everything stows out of the way. Only tweak to the mash tun is the Blichmann auto sparge.
To have more room when not brewing would be great! Seems like a solid system. Haven’t used the auto sparge yet
Your futur self dont agree with you it seems hahah Im a 3 vessel guy. They are the BEST but they take for ever to clean 😅
The best?
Like I said, “Best” is subjective.