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@@arneschmidt3445 Yep, sorry I didn't follow up on this! It made the dripping issue about 98% better, so definitely a win. Basically if I just wipe it down a couple of times during the boil it's good which is WAY better than before. I've since added a 65L BrewZilla that I run over by a window with a fan blowing the steam out the window, but when I do a smaller batch this has proven to be a big improvement. Thanks for watching!

Forgot to mention -- I also started doing 30 minute boils which helped too. Just have to up the hops accordingly to compensate for the shorter boil.

Thanks for the excellent beer Kurt!

@@AlmostAny1 Taste pretty great too. Thanks for watching!

@@kegtapper09 thanks, another great use case for these!

@@CTP-bbq-HundHutte Do you mean you think the finished beer is a little too sweet? That was kind of my reaction as well, particularly with the I Heart IPA. I tend to like pretty dry beers though. If the I Heart IPA was a bit more crisp in the finish that would be a big improvement IMO but everyone's tastes are different of course.

@@irondalebrewing yes I think they are a little too sweet but they are still drinkable and for the amount of work that goes into them I will definitely keep trying them

@@martyandjamie thanks for watching!

@@stripeyjoe Nice! Thanks for the suggestion!

@@WreckedBrewery Yep! The amount and technique worked well. I'll apologize in advance for mine.

@@tjschuldt197 Hmm that's odd. Have you tried a different ball lock post or disconnect? Could also be the post wasn't fully sealed maybe? I had one leak a little when the parts of the post weren't tightened up.

Interesting, thanks for sharing that! On the instruction sheets they have you add three gallons, then add the ingredients, and then add another two gallons, so it's interesting they have an FAQ that says to top the fermenter up to 5 gallons. You of course do lose a bit of volume from the trub so in the two batches I've done I found that if you use 5 gallons of water you wind up with pretty much exactly 5 gallons of finished beer, but seems like some consistency/clarity would be helpful. Thanks for watching!

Trying all these great beers is such a tough job. :)

Yep, I'm kind of incrementally headed in that direction, particularly since I have a couple of 7-gallon Fermonsters with no spigot and I was going to add a liquid post and floating dip tube to those. I've built a DIY Fermzilla at that point, although these still can't handle true pressure fermentation. When I first started doing things this way I was doing small (2.5 gallon) batches and the smallest Fermzilla is twice as big as I needed so modifying these smaller Fermonsters made sense, but now that I'm doing mostly 5-gallon batches I'm probably going to get an all rounder. That'll give me the ability to ferment under pressure and in theory that'll also make things a bit less complex since instead of having to swap out the blowoff tube for the SodaStream canister to do the cold crashing, I can hook all that up at the beginning of fermentation and just lower the temperature in the fermentation chamber to cold crash. I appreciate the nudge toward getting a Fermzilla -- thanks for watching!

@@GREEENZO Nice, thanks for the tip! That makes a lot of sense and will definitely work better than how I was doing it so I appreciate you sharing. I've since gotten a Rapt filler and Cannular canner but I'm sure I'll still have the need to do some bottles with the Nukatap filler, and this will help me do much better next time. Cheers!

Thanks for the beer -- really enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching! Cheers!

Thanks for watching, and thanks for the subscription!

@@brucecampbell8355 Nice! Since MoreBeer said you didn't need to stir I went "by the book" but I'm sure stirring can't hurt. This all reminds me that I think this batch is ready to taste now! And since I still haven't done a tasting video on the Citra Session Pale Ale I'll probably just combine the two. I'll be curious to hear what you think when your batch is done!

@@michaelcatto8323 Pushed all the way in the stainless tube is 6 5/8" from the bottom of the silicone fitting. Adding the depth of the silicone fitting that goes into and over the top of the bottle, the total minimum length is about 7 3/8". Hope that helps!

Kind of -- it says "North American 2-row barley malt blended with a touch of Carapils malt" but doesn't get more specific than that.

@@draculasdaughter36 Yep! You could definitely use a spunding valve instead of the blowoff tube, provided you have plenty of headspace so nothing would come through your spunding valve. I keep telling myself I'm going to take my blowtie spunding valve out of the box and try this so thanks for the reminder and motivation!

Good point! I just assembled all the pieces that came with the small kegs but definitely not needed for this use case.

@@FermentationAdventures a fine beer indeed!

@@preuc3367 It's a fantastic beer!

@@irondalebrewing it looks delish!

@@CraftBrew23 Mine didn't -- it definitely started fast and the visible activity in the blowoff tube subsided relatively quickly after about 3 days. Are you saying it's stalled because you're not seeing any airlock activity?

@@stewbeats3171 This approach serves the exact same purpose as using a balloon so there's no real functional benefit, I just find it more convenient than messing with a balloon and getting the timing right on capturing CO2, though of course you could just fill a balloon with CO2 to avoid that part. Versus using the CO2 generated by fermentation this approach is definitely more "wasteful" but particularly if I'm moving my fermenter to another fridge to cold crash, I like the convenience and more direct approach of just applying a bit of gas. Once I'm ready to cold crash the blow off tube does come off, and I just replace it on the same ball lock with the CO2 setup. At the end of the day a balloon, or something like the Cold Crash Guardian, serves the same purpose. Hope that helps -- thanks for watching!

@@irondalebrewing thanks for the response!

@@irondalebrewing I was wondering why my fermonster had a gas valve on it, previous owner must have watched your videos! I think I’ll give the balloon a shot to save the co2 but I can use the gas valve to inflate my ballon now

@@stewbeats3171 I saw this modification somewhere on RUclips too -- I'm definitely not the inventor of it! :) I'm going to do a further mod I've seen other people do and add a liquid post with a floating dip tube since I have two larger Fermonsters that don't have a spigot. I'll do a video on that as well.

Yep, should be interesting! Based on MoreBeer's explanation since you're using those hop bites instead of boiling bittering hops that should avoid the skunking, but I had a REALLY hard time not throwing a towel or something over this to protect it from light. I'll be sure and report back in a future video!

Thanks! I accidentally ordered another 7 gallon Fermonster with no spigot, and I have another solid lid and the parts (another gas post, a liquid post, and a floating dip tube, as you described) to get this rolling as a better configuration for transferring. Good to know this setup won't last forever and what you're using now -- I have a Fermzilla tri-conical on my list because I'd also like to dry hop with a hop bong as opposed to the sous vide magnet trick. Overall are you liking your all rounder? Still a bit on the fence between the all rounder and the tri-conical.

@irondalebrewing I love the all rounder, I'm using it well past the "expiration date" without issue. I wanted kind of a minimalist setup as I don't have a lot of room for storing fermenters and extra parts, the all rounder fit the bill for me. I do like the fermonster a lot but the lids are the weak point. (And I don't trust spigots on fermenters, they are difficult to fully clean and sanitize). When it's time to replace this I'll probably go with another all-rounder. I considered the kegmenter but I like to be able to see what's going on inside the fermenter from time to time.

@@itznolimitz Same -- I had a couple of stainless fermenters I got rid of because I like seeing what's going on. I'll see what I wind up with. :)

I really like it! I have a couple of them and they work great. I will say the gauge it comes with is pretty hard to read (for me anyway) since it's small and I think is 0-60 PSI, so I'd recommend replacing the gauge with either the 15 PSI analog one (they also make a 30 PSI analog), or I'm using the digital ones which are cool. Some people have said the digital gauges can flake out in a cold environment (e.g., cold crashing) but I haven't had any issues yet. The regulator itself is really well made, and I really like the flexibility of the design since you can change the connection from the front to the side as needed, and use CO2 cartridges (either 16g or 74g, but the 74g requires an additional adapter fitting) or a SodaStream canister. From my use I highly recommend these little things, they're super handy!

Yep, I was kinda surprised! Tastes pretty good too.

Good point, thanks! Every little improvement helps. Appreciate you pointing that out!

@@kricketdude thanks for watching! The next kit I'm doing is the I Heart IPA. Have you done one yet?

@@irondalebrewing No yet but planning on it!

@@Peanutbuttergalactic That might be interesting!

@@CTP-bbq-HundHutte Thanks! It comes in super handy when moving over to cold crashing to avoid suckback since at that point I just swap the blowoff for a SodaStream canister to put 1-2 PSI on it.

@@CTP-bbq-HundHutte sure thing, thanks for watching!

@@RiggerBrew Thanks for watching! It'll be even better next time. :)

@@RiggerBrew Sorry, I didn't notice the carapils part of your comment. I typically put carapils into nearly all my batches but was hoping with this one the white wheat might do that job, but yeah next time I'll throw that in the mix. I also just saw this crystal red from Briess that I may throw in (either that or Munich) to get some orange color going. homebrewing.org/products/crystal-red-malt-briess