Dude you killed it! For brewing the first time you did good! Its all repetition once you do a few more brew days it become all normal! BTW your setup for just starting is awesome, I know a ton of people who wish they had a setup like yours! Keep it up, you got this! Oh one more thing mash with the lid on, boil with the lid off. Cheers!
Bro, this is the kind of video that I wish I could watch on every hobby I ever get into. I like your approach to research the crap out of it, and then buy it right from the start. Meanwhile I'm over here buying everything (already obsolete) on my way up to what I have now.
Thanks! At least this is somewhat achievable with a small amount of knowledge. Imagine if I had a channel about my guitar learning, where each video is me playing a song. How straight up painful that would be!
You better film the next one. My first brew is in a couple weeks and I'm using similar equipment. I need someone to make the mistakes before me so I can learn. ;) Great job and good luck. Cheers!
I'm so glad that I didn't film my first brew day a couple of weeks ago. I tried the BIAB method in an kettle that was heated by a propane torch. Disaster. Looks so easy on TH-cam. I got my water up to my strike temp but didn't notice that the thermometer on my kettle and my clip on thermometer were 20 degrees apart. I had issues trying to keep the temp steady. When I turned on the fire it got too hot, then flame out and it was too cool. But the real issue happened when i tried to take the nylon bag out. Apparently it had melted on the bottom and when I went to take it out, the grain all spilled into the kettle water. I tried to scoop up all the grain using my hand held strainer and did OK, then transferred the wort into a mash tun that had screen at the bottom and poured the wort back into my kettle using what was left of the bag as an additional screen. I figured the batch was ruined but continued so that I could go through the entire process. The boil went well, and the cold crash went well, into my Fermzilla then kegged after a week and a half. Yep, the batch was ruined. It tasted sour. So, I ended up pouring it out. I started looking at stainless steel baskets to replace nylon bags but that won't fix my issues with temperature control. I'm looking at electric kettles now and the Brewzilla is on my short list. Great video BTW.
Wow. That makes me wish you did film it, just for the documentation. Sorry for the bad experience. I actually thought about the temperature control on a propane system and I figured it would be something I'd probably have troubles with too. The bag issue just makes everything sound even worse. I will say these experiences are very valuable for learning, and it's something I am missing by having a more user friendly system, but I'm ok with it. I'd recommend the Brewzilla just for the overall ease of use. I originally was going to get the Vevor version, but decided to save a little extra for the Brewzilla. Thanks for the story. I hope your next one works out much better.
@@thebarnyardbrewhouse I was looking at the Vevor kettle as well. $207 seems like a deal but I'm going to go with the Brewzilla because I can get parts and accessories easier. Besides, I'm keeping it in the family since it's my Fermzilla's big brother. I was ready to purchase but decided to hold off until I see if there any black Friday deals coming soon. I'd hate to get something now and then realize that I could have saved $100 or so if I just waited a few weeks. We'll see if there any deals. Maybe the Gen 3 will be on sale.
Sure. You're a noob and have highend stuff ;) Ever hear of BIAB. This is were you start. "Ok, let's try to make beer, i don't know if i like it, but i will invest $1000".
Ya, I've heard of it. I don't have a lot of storage space and I didn't want to bother buying a bunch of stuff that I would eventually upgrade. I didn't say it was the most rational decision, but it's the one I made. The stuff I got seemed pretty compact and user friendly, so I saved up. Not the fermenter though, that was just because it was a ridiculous cheap price when I bought it.
Why? All extract does is the first half of the process for you. Looks like he did enough research to know the basics and competed the brew day without any major problems. Fermenter was sanitized and leak tested. He did great.
Dude you killed it! For brewing the first time you did good! Its all repetition once you do a few more brew days it become all normal! BTW your setup for just starting is awesome, I know a ton of people who wish they had a setup like yours! Keep it up, you got this! Oh one more thing mash with the lid on, boil with the lid off. Cheers!
Thanks! The video with the finished beer is coming up. Any tips are welcome. I can't remember. Was I mashing with the lid off?
Bro, this is the kind of video that I wish I could watch on every hobby I ever get into. I like your approach to research the crap out of it, and then buy it right from the start. Meanwhile I'm over here buying everything (already obsolete) on my way up to what I have now.
Thanks! At least this is somewhat achievable with a small amount of knowledge. Imagine if I had a channel about my guitar learning, where each video is me playing a song. How straight up painful that would be!
You better film the next one. My first brew is in a couple weeks and I'm using similar equipment. I need someone to make the mistakes before me so I can learn. ;) Great job and good luck. Cheers!
Let me know how yours went.
great equipment for first time, well done. most of us started on $50 haha. enjoy the beer and the hobby!!
I do think that I'm missing out on some of those learning stages with that type of equipment.
Nice man! Glad you’re brewin! Cheers 🍻
Thanks
Next episode build a fusion reactor. Jk. I started with sugar and yeast.
Nice work. The first few batches are always stressful.
Thanks. It is for sure. I don't want to do all that work to mess it up. So far so good and I'm enjoying it.
good video
I'm so glad that I didn't film my first brew day a couple of weeks ago. I tried the BIAB method in an kettle that was heated by a propane torch. Disaster. Looks so easy on TH-cam. I got my water up to my strike temp but didn't notice that the thermometer on my kettle and my clip on thermometer were 20 degrees apart. I had issues trying to keep the temp steady. When I turned on the fire it got too hot, then flame out and it was too cool. But the real issue happened when i tried to take the nylon bag out. Apparently it had melted on the bottom and when I went to take it out, the grain all spilled into the kettle water. I tried to scoop up all the grain using my hand held strainer and did OK, then transferred the wort into a mash tun that had screen at the bottom and poured the wort back into my kettle using what was left of the bag as an additional screen. I figured the batch was ruined but continued so that I could go through the entire process. The boil went well, and the cold crash went well, into my Fermzilla then kegged after a week and a half. Yep, the batch was ruined. It tasted sour. So, I ended up pouring it out.
I started looking at stainless steel baskets to replace nylon bags but that won't fix my issues with temperature control. I'm looking at electric kettles now and the Brewzilla is on my short list.
Great video BTW.
Wow. That makes me wish you did film it, just for the documentation. Sorry for the bad experience. I actually thought about the temperature control on a propane system and I figured it would be something I'd probably have troubles with too. The bag issue just makes everything sound even worse. I will say these experiences are very valuable for learning, and it's something I am missing by having a more user friendly system, but I'm ok with it. I'd recommend the Brewzilla just for the overall ease of use. I originally was going to get the Vevor version, but decided to save a little extra for the Brewzilla. Thanks for the story. I hope your next one works out much better.
@@thebarnyardbrewhouse I was looking at the Vevor kettle as well. $207 seems like a deal but I'm going to go with the Brewzilla because I can get parts and accessories easier. Besides, I'm keeping it in the family since it's my Fermzilla's big brother. I was ready to purchase but decided to hold off until I see if there any black Friday deals coming soon. I'd hate to get something now and then realize that I could have saved $100 or so if I just waited a few weeks. We'll see if there any deals. Maybe the Gen 3 will be on sale.
@@Mgrant8163 I thought and did the exact same. And I waited for the gen4 to go on sale, which it did. So I say be patient, but it's a good choice.
get a fridge and make a fermentation chamber, then you can also use it to store 19L kegs too
That would be a good goal for the future, but right now I will just make do with what I have. Its not too bad.
What was the final
Cost for brewing . Before bottling?
For just the ingredients? I think about 25 bucks.
@@thebarnyardbrewhouse so comes out about a 1buck for every liter..
Sure. You're a noob and have highend stuff ;) Ever hear of BIAB. This is were you start. "Ok, let's try to make beer, i don't know if i like it, but i will invest $1000".
Ya, I've heard of it. I don't have a lot of storage space and I didn't want to bother buying a bunch of stuff that I would eventually upgrade. I didn't say it was the most rational decision, but it's the one I made. The stuff I got seemed pretty compact and user friendly, so I saved up. Not the fermenter though, that was just because it was a ridiculous cheap price when I bought it.
Maybe do malt extract to get your feet wet.
Why? All extract does is the first half of the process for you. Looks like he did enough research to know the basics and competed the brew day without any major problems. Fermenter was sanitized and leak tested. He did great.
My feet definitely already got wet with this one, 😂 but I might one day try the extract brew just to say I know how to do that.