Finding my way through the medium of beer! I'm a homebrewer since 2015, went straight in with all grain using the first gen G30 Grainfather. I now also have a Grainfather G40 and on this channel you can expect to see all grain brew days, recipes, brewery how to's (some how not to's!), and first hand, unbiased reviews on homebrew equipment.
I owe a lot to the brewing community on youtube and feel i should also contribute. I hope my content is useful to someone, one day!
Get yourself a CIP and clean everything & reduce the amount of water & enzy brew also electricity. Thanks for showing your cleaning, very interesting cheers
Expensive, in New Zealand I paid $1483 which is 697 British pounds. It took me 4 brews to dial in the absorption and boil off settings, the boil off setting is way higher than the G30. I run my G40 at 15 Amps and have set the boil off to 4 litres per hour, I also drop the heating percentage depending on the ambient temperature, as low as 85% during summer.
Hi Griffo, do you dump the yeast from the SF50? What fittings have you used on the dump valve to redirect the outflow? I find there's a loss of about 4 litres in the cone, which I think is quite a big loss. Have you found this too?
Great video, informative and entertaining as always. I’m going to get one of these soon as I am convinced it's worth it. One thing perplexes me however; The Vyair website states ‘Never use Deionisation resin if you are intending to drink the treated water’ Is this the resin in the last stage? Should I be ordering this stage?
Thank you, the resin I have is MB-115 colour change resin and can’t see any such warning, it comes in a bag so you have the choice to fill the filter or not 👍
The water input pipe. I can’t remember where I heard it maybe The hop addition, but as large a diameter pipe as close to the input to the RO system as possible helps with the flow and speed. I used it for mine and it is great 👍. The tds meter from where did you get it and was it expensive? Also how accurate is it?
Proper water treatment is a must. My tap water is around 400-500 ppm of TDS. I don't use RO with waste water, but rather some resin to do a complete desalination (then with wasted resin).
Spotless water, 40 litres for around £1.20 and no waste. If you refer a few people they end up paying you. I started with £20, have used around 4-500l and am now £50 in credit!
@@HomebrewGriffo The main concern is a lack of chlorine once filtered. "Pure" water is a haven for bacteria, it's the reason that chlorine is added to tap water. Absolutely no issue if you're boiling it for beer/tea/coffee etc. But if its left stored for any period then any bacteria it came into contact with (ie from the collection tank) will multiply very quickly unhindered, particularly in warm weather.
Thanks for the info, the water isn’t stored for long and is kept in a dispenser chilled to 5 degrees in a fridge - I assume that reduces the risk and rate of bacteria growth 👍
I was having Beer scale issues in my SS Conical. I set up the RO system and now the extra calcium in my well water is removed and beer scale issues are gone. Also, the ability to nail a water profile is excellent.
Cheers for the video Griffo. I used to buy Tesco's Ashbeck bottled water as I live in a hard water area. I purchased a 4 stage Vyair unit. About £50.00. Works on mains water pressure, so takes a while. But as you say, beer results are more consistant. I brew mostly in the warmer months so the waste waters the garden. RO units are said to work slower in cold weather as the holes in the membrane contract. I like mine, a pumped version sounds good though.....
Great Video, but for me my beer is very much improved in taste with RO water I buy up the road @ about 3p per ltr at Spotless Water in bulk. I did look into an RO System but did not want the hassle and the up front cost. I would not want to go back to council pop
I already have fantastic water where I live here in Norway, so really the only pro for me would be having a consistent starting water for brewing. It would be nice if you could go into more detail on the RO system.
Hi Griff just subscribed to your channel today. Thanks for the video. Have you used it on a plastic fermenter such as a kinkeg chubby, which i find is a bloody pain to clean because of The narrow opening. Just one more question, are you willing to share with a northwalian the recipe of that Dewi Sant ipa you were enjoying😅
Diolch! Not used it on a plastic but seen it being ised with great results - here’s a link to the recipe gyfaill 🫡 share.brewfather.app/6wzrfcUGnGHu8a Let me know if you can’t access 👍 Iechyd da 🍻
So how did they make beer in the old days with out all these fancy cleaners ? I make one batch of cider a year and I wash stuff with soap. It works . when were these fancy cleaners invented?
Thanks for the video. Had you used PBW on your kettle leading up to the new cleaner? It did a great job. Wondering if it does a better or different job than PBW alone?
Great for plate chillers that can not run caustic. In the brewery I work in we use it once or twice a month on everything (on a daily basis we use a caustic cleaner.) enzymes prevents biofilm formation and therefore infections. You can safely soak a plate chiller in it over night for example. Leo
The active ingredients appear to be sodium percarbonate (as usual) with a touch of surfactants and cellulase enzyme. Not saying there's anything much wrong with the product's price but if someone intended to use a lot of this then it's feasible to DIY and save some money in the long term.
The powder has 0.1 to 1% cellulase, which can be bought on ebay. At 15g for £10, that's enough for 1.5kg of home made cleaner at max strength or 15Kg at minimum strength. The safety data sheet lists other ingredients that add up to a maximum of 60% of the product.
I've just started using this stuff as well. I used it to clean my Grainfather Conical fermenters and it did a great job. Not tried it my Grainfather G30 as I use a Kegland CIP to clean that, and I prefer to use a keg blaster that I've adapted to use a CIP to clean my kegs. Good review though, it's good to see a real home brewer giving a honest opinion.
Nice one M8. I saw wor David heath go on with it. I'm tempted to try in my Gen 1 G30, 11 year old. Then test my other kettles.hope things going good we you pal? Lata Bri😁
I use this stuff too, but only once or twice a year. Usually I use normal dish washer soap in powder form (one w/o rinse aid, water hardness treatment, etc).
