Thanks for this video. We really appreciate the publicity and you taking the time to talk about the BrewZilla 300L. Look forward to coming in for some beers!
Beautiful setup. A power washer is an essential part of my brewhouse as well, and my largest system is only half barrel. I have a couple of power washers, but the little Karcher electric is my go to so the winter months I can still clean indoors. Again, you have a stellar setup. Cheers.
I’m still working on a video for my glycol setup but this has been delayed since I recently changed the size of the chiller. Will get that out once it is up and running. As for a brew day and the CIP, maybe one day.
Sexy bit of kit. I was considering one as a pilot rig. Regarding your blocked filter issues, some things that have helped me is, a more vigorous whirlpool (mash paddle), longer time of whirlpool settling, bag your hops in BIAB bags, if you can add another filter in-line.
Thanks for the advice. In theory the racking arm should make it easy so I probably just need to work on my technique. I will see if I can get my whirlpool speed up a bit through the pump and then give it a good settling period. I also have a good few hop bags around so could go down that path but prefer the greater contact when the hops are loose.
I love this video, so in depth and it’s so refreshing to see a demo video where everything is explained including any improvements.. thanks mate! Question: what hop utilisation do you get throughout the process? Bittering, whirlpool and dry hop? Cheers
Thanks Matthew, I don’t have much to compare to but I feel like I’m getting very good results from my hops across all stages. There is excellent hop contact in the whirlpool and the size of the system allows for quick temp drop to whirlpool temps so you can really control your bittering. In the fermenters I have found I’m getting great results from even modest weights of dry hops. It is generally accepted that smaller volumes get better hop utilisation and this scale certainly feels like it still sits in that zone.
Interesting learnings. Id like to learn more about your water capacity given your dependance on rain water. Im building a 100 lt capacity system in a remote Vic town that doesnt have town water. Considering 2000lt a day RO system to give water independence but a bit reluctant about the 10 k cost. Will bring the pressure washer into the brewery and think about connecting the spa tub to the heat exchanger coil. Using twin 70 lt mash tuns, a 70lt hlt and 170lt kettle. Might add a rims to the second mash tun to speed up the process. Experimenting with a couple of keglands 108 lt kegmentors to meet my desired fermentor size but have a couple of 50 lt conicals. Its great to see what you can do with the next logical upgrade at a reasonable price point. Thanks for posting
Thanks Paul, we have 45,000L of rainwater capacity at the moment but this does get low over summer/autumn. In winter and spring rainwater is practically unlimited. The tanks service our house as well so we have to manage our use to ensure there is still some for the brewery. At this scale it is fun to look at every aspect of the process and tune its efficiency or look at ways of using/reducing waste. Using the pool water to cool doesn’t reduce water use because I would otherwise just pump cooling water from one tank and collect it again in another. But collecting the heat from the water is great so I’m curious if you can get that working for your spa. At the moment I would use at most 600L a brew and I’m not brewing very frequently so our household water consumption would be greater than the brewery. If things really took off I would have to look at adding extra storage for the dry months. I appreciate hearing about your setup. 🍻
At our brewpub we dont have a pickup port in the kettle, so we have a pipe. Every time we brew we dump the first bit of wort before it hits the fine filter as to not block it
Great to hear that. The best thing we can do as small brewers is to use all our resources as responsibly and intelligently as possible. The only waste we haven’t managed to eliminate is the ingredient packaging. Would love to know if people have a solution for those.
Very informative overview of this brewhouse. Thanks for the efforts put into this. I am looking at this unit also and would love to chat more to you directly if you would be open to this? Located in Western Victoria.
Great to hear. The recirc I play by feel. It needs to be moving reasonably fast if using the RIMS or it overheats at the element. Some of my mashes are too thick to use the RIMS on but I always have a bit of recirc going. Generally, I will just have an enough flow to keep things moving around. Sorry I couldn’t be more specific with the Hrtz.
Great to see some reviews/usage on the bigger kit, few things I would change if it was me but its more around reducing oxygen ie LODO, im also not a huge Rims fan Any chance of a review/walk through on your unitanks? been looking at the 100-150 (Working Volume) ones but as they are built to order can't have a look before committing
Hey thanks for watching. The RIMS has its use is some brews but I generally have it there in case I miss my strike temp. Low dissolved oxygen should only be a concern once your fermentation is under way and not something you look at in the brewhouse. I haven’t attached an oxygen tank yet but there is the facility to inject oxygen in line after the plate chiller. I am currently working on a video for the unitanks and will cover how I purge kegs and do closed transfers using waste CO2 from the fermentation.
Exciting times. Get rid of the filter. I ditched it after it caused a 3 hour transfer and have never looked back. There is enough pipe between the kettle and the chiller that stops the end bit of trub and mass of hops from going through anyway. Make a hose fitting that connects to the outlet after the plate chiller and back flush through the whole system. Works a treat. Good luck getting things going.
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Thanks for this video. We really appreciate the publicity and you taking the time to talk about the BrewZilla 300L. Look forward to coming in for some beers!
Good products means good beers. Come and enjoy any time.
Great vid, looking forward to some more
Beautiful setup. A power washer is an essential part of my brewhouse as well, and my largest system is only half barrel. I have a couple of power washers, but the little Karcher electric is my go to so the winter months I can still clean indoors. Again, you have a stellar setup. Cheers.
Cleaning is always the tough bit at the end of the day and the fun is all done. Anything to make it easier is the way to go.
Eli - when is the next video? Would love to see a brew day. And would love to see your CIP process. Cheers !
I’m still working on a video for my glycol setup but this has been delayed since I recently changed the size of the chiller. Will get that out once it is up and running. As for a brew day and the CIP, maybe one day.
Sexy bit of kit. I was considering one as a pilot rig. Regarding your blocked filter issues, some things that have helped me is, a more vigorous whirlpool (mash paddle), longer time of whirlpool settling, bag your hops in BIAB bags, if you can add another filter in-line.
Thanks for the advice. In theory the racking arm should make it easy so I probably just need to work on my technique. I will see if I can get my whirlpool speed up a bit through the pump and then give it a good settling period. I also have a good few hop bags around so could go down that path but prefer the greater contact when the hops are loose.
Great video , just ordered a similar setup, good luck
I love this video, so in depth and it’s so refreshing to see a demo video where everything is explained including any improvements.. thanks mate!
Question: what hop utilisation do you get throughout the process? Bittering, whirlpool and dry hop?
Cheers
Thanks Matthew, I don’t have much to compare to but I feel like I’m getting very good results from my hops across all stages. There is excellent hop contact in the whirlpool and the size of the system allows for quick temp drop to whirlpool temps so you can really control your bittering.
In the fermenters I have found I’m getting great results from even modest weights of dry hops. It is generally accepted that smaller volumes get better hop utilisation and this scale certainly feels like it still sits in that zone.
Interesting learnings. Id like to learn more about your water capacity given your dependance on rain water. Im building a 100 lt capacity system in a remote Vic town that doesnt have town water. Considering 2000lt a day RO system to give water independence but a bit reluctant about the 10 k cost. Will bring the pressure washer into the brewery and think about connecting the spa tub to the heat exchanger coil. Using twin 70 lt mash tuns, a 70lt hlt and 170lt kettle. Might add a rims to the second mash tun to speed up the process. Experimenting with a couple of keglands 108 lt kegmentors to meet my desired fermentor size but have a couple of 50 lt conicals. Its great to see what you can do with the next logical upgrade at a reasonable price point. Thanks for posting
Thanks Paul, we have 45,000L of rainwater capacity at the moment but this does get low over summer/autumn. In winter and spring rainwater is practically unlimited. The tanks service our house as well so we have to manage our use to ensure there is still some for the brewery. At this scale it is fun to look at every aspect of the process and tune its efficiency or look at ways of using/reducing waste. Using the pool water to cool doesn’t reduce water use because I would otherwise just pump cooling water from one tank and collect it again in another. But collecting the heat from the water is great so I’m curious if you can get that working for your spa.
At the moment I would use at most 600L a brew and I’m not brewing very frequently so our household water consumption would be greater than the brewery. If things really took off I would have to look at adding extra storage for the dry months.
I appreciate hearing about your setup. 🍻
At our brewpub we dont have a pickup port in the kettle, so we have a pipe. Every time we brew we dump the first bit of wort before it hits the fine filter as to not block it
Great video, I'm running the baby sized brewzilla but I am actually also using my pool to chill the wort haha
Great to hear that. The best thing we can do as small brewers is to use all our resources as responsibly and intelligently as possible. The only waste we haven’t managed to eliminate is the ingredient packaging. Would love to know if people have a solution for those.
@@ill-intentions. That would be an interesting problem to solve for sure
Very informative - thanks so much!
Thanks for watching. There will be some more content covering the fermenters and glycol chiller setup in the coming weeks.
Very informative overview of this brewhouse. Thanks for the efforts put into this. I am looking at this unit also and would love to chat more to you directly if you would be open to this? Located in Western Victoria.
Thanks for the chat the other day. Always good to talk to other brewers on the same scale.
The one and only kit anyone has ever made a video of.....
We received ours and love it, what do you have the mash recirc on in Hrtz ? Thanks again 😊
Great to hear.
The recirc I play by feel. It needs to be moving reasonably fast if using the RIMS or it overheats at the element. Some of my mashes are too thick to use the RIMS on but I always have a bit of recirc going.
Generally, I will just have an enough flow to keep things moving around. Sorry I couldn’t be more specific with the Hrtz.
Great to see some reviews/usage on the bigger kit, few things I would change if it was me but its more around reducing oxygen ie LODO, im also not a huge Rims fan
Any chance of a review/walk through on your unitanks? been looking at the 100-150 (Working Volume) ones but as they are built to order can't have a look before committing
Hey thanks for watching. The RIMS has its use is some brews but I generally have it there in case I miss my strike temp.
Low dissolved oxygen should only be a concern once your fermentation is under way and not something you look at in the brewhouse. I haven’t attached an oxygen tank yet but there is the facility to inject oxygen in line after the plate chiller.
I am currently working on a video for the unitanks and will cover how I purge kegs and do closed transfers using waste CO2 from the fermentation.
Do you use loose pellet hops ?
Hey Small Batch Brewing, yep, hop pellets get thrown straight in the kettle.
How is your setup going?
Exciting times.
Get rid of the filter. I ditched it after it caused a 3 hour transfer and have never looked back. There is enough pipe between the kettle and the chiller that stops the end bit of trub and mass of hops from going through anyway.
Make a hose fitting that connects to the outlet after the plate chiller and back flush through the whole system. Works a treat.
Good luck getting things going.
@@ill-intentions. Cheers mate
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