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Hi - it's a tap (faucet) adaptor for a hosepipe that is designed for gardening use really and useful if you have mixer taps. This brand is Hoselock (I'm in England). If you look at gardening suppliers you may find it or something similar.

I do have the manual yes. I can scan it and email it to you if you’d like to give me an address.

Hi - the yeast is added after the beer has been cooled using the counter flow chiller.

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Aisha King Hi and thanks for watching my video. No I don't think it does work better than a whirlpool. If I want maximum hoppiness in a beer I now use all late hop additions, a big whirlpool/hop stand and then dry hopping. The HopRocket can still be a useful bit of kit in other ways but I now think it's not an improvement on a whirlpool and hop stand in my experience.

Thanks for the feedback Martin. Leave the recirculate running during the mash out to get a nice even temperature rise throughout your mash.

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David Heath Thanks David that’s very kind. I’ll brace for impact then!

Gary James Haha :) Hope to see more videos from you at the very least!

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Mr K Hi - putting the probe into the fermentation vessel gives the most accurate temperature. The down side is that it’s hard to get an air tight seal around it so your airlock or blow off tube will still bubble so you can monitor the fermentation rate. Also I often have two fermenters in the same fermentation fridge so monitoring the fridge temperature is all I can do. When cold crashing I don’t need to monitor the bubbling so can suspend the thermometer in the fermenter. Also at first I wanted to be sure I wasn’t freezing the beer! Now I’ve got the hang of cold crashing I don’t bother to put the thermometer right inside the fermenter.

Hi thanks for the question. I use a blow of tube for two reasons. First, it can cope with a faster blow off rate than an airlock can - I have had fermentations blow all the liquid out of airlocks if it gets going really fast. Second, a blow off tube with a 90 degree elbow needs a lot less head space than an airlock. This makes it easier to get two fermenters in the fermentation fridge. I don’t routinely sanitise the whole tube I just sanitise the end that goes onto the fermenter. Now and then I’ll sanitise the whole tube by submersing it in sanitiser especially if the yeast has gone crazy and shot down the tube!

Andy Dunn Thanks for commenting Andy. The Robobrew wasn’t around when I bought my Grainfather but I know some people have them and are happy with them. I think David Heath may have done a comparison? As to what I might buy that’s different the GF sparge water heater wasn’t around when I got my set up so that’d be on my list now. And plastic fermenters will get you started but I’ve now switched to stainless steel for easier cleaning and handling. Not the Grainfather conical though - I got an Anvil fermenter - first batch in it started this week! Happy brewing.

Gary James thanks Gary, that is most helpful I pretty much envisaged by start up just as you are in TT brew day I will keep watching Cheers my friend

Mr K Thanks for the feedback and I’m glad you like the videos. I have actually done some videos on water treatment - if you have a look at the collection of videos on my channel you’ll find them. Cheers, Gary.

@@garyjames2664 Thanks for the reply - I found the vids and am watching them now. Keep doing what you're doing sir! Excellent videos and I bet your beer is killer

Thanks and happy brewing! Gary.

Thanks for the comment David. You are right, wort at over 80 degrees could still contribute some IBUs. If I wanted to avoid this I'd chill it down to 80 degrees Celsius or less first, as I do sometimes with a whirlpool for the same reason.

John Terry Hi John thanks for commenting. Yes I could connect the Hoprocket in as part of the normal counterflow sterilisation but I’d then have to empty it of wort again to put the hops in and it’d be very hot by then.

Gary Hughes Hi Gary congratulations and welcome to the club! The only hoses and releases I have talked about are hose pipe and tap connectors for the cold water supply. I think that’s in the ‘after 4 brews’ video. I’m away in Holland atm so don’t have easy access to the web to have a good look!

Thanks very much for getting back in touch, i'll re-watch the 4 brews video now, enjoy your time away and thanks again...

Hi Gary thanks for the feedback. Yes I can get very close to Landlord now after a bit of experimentation. The key is to use Golden Promise malt, the Yorkshire Ale Yeast, and some nice Goldings hops. If I don’t want to buy Golden Promise or want to brew and don’t have any I use a standard malt and add 100g of Aromatic Malt and that is pretty much the same deal in my experience. Landlord fans tend to say my versions ‘tastes like Landlord used to be’ by which they usually mean it’s a bit more characterful/hoppy - but I think that depends on how good the Landlord is that you drink normally!

Thanks for the reply bud, appreciate it, i've only tried Landlord out of the bottle and i think its a tremendous ale, lots of flavour and depth also, and according to TT its virtually the same as the recipe from the 1950's which i think is great, like a lot of us i've tried a lot of different brews and nearly always end up a bit disappointed [when compared to Landlord] which is my go to ale tbh, i'd love to try it on cask but no-where for miles sells in in pubs where i live...i'm hoping to get a Grainfather in a couple of months so the landlord clone will hopefully be my xmas ale...all the best to you...

@@garyjames2664 Hi Gary, i've took the plunge and acquired the G/F kit, and have bought a TT Landlord clone to brew as my first ale to be brewed on Sunday 11th Nov, i noticed in this video you put in some irish moss, my kit doesn't have this [i have bought some] woud you recommend a pinch of irish moss, and if so what benefits does it bring to the brew...cheers bud...

Gary Hughes Yes if you have some put it in. It helps clarify the wort toward the end of the boil. Good luck with the brew and welcome to the club!

@@garyjames2664 Thanks so much for the reply, you seemed to put a good pinch into the brew, am i right in thinking it goes in about 15 mins before the end of the boil?

Thanks Marcelo glad you found them useful

Hi Michael. Thanks for watching and commenting. I have a couple of videos on this channel about pH and water management. I usually check pH about 10 minutes into the mash once things have settled down. That said it’s mainly for record keeping - I try to make sure the pH will be in the correct range through my water treatments.

HI Andy thanks for the question. I treat the HopRocket stage the same as a whirlpool and put that into my recipe system (I use Beersmith).

David Hille Hi David thanks for the feedback. I don’t k know where you live but I am in England and I bought the fermenters from Wilkos - but the Young’s brand fermenters are widely available from on line and high street brewing suppliers. Good luck with the brew day feel free to come back with any questions afterward. Gary.