Firstly, Thank you for the plug for my channel, totally agree that Brewabitrick deserves the 1000 subs. How you fit all this productivity into your day is beyond me, there's hard work and there's this style of commitment, which is truly outstanding, and your upping your game with the new kit, kudos to you Andy, thought my brewshed was running out of space, you have come a very long way in such a short time and your family deserve all the success. Dare I say there will be an extension planted on the side of the brewery in the future?
You're welcome mate. You've made really good use of the space. Love your temp chamber. I stole my design from Harry and he probably stole it from someone else, and now it passes along to you. It's surprisingly effective! Cheers
Last Friday l was around your Brewery had a pop up the road l did come round to have a look l know your not there in the week but it was great to see the outside l'm enjoying your video's
Great to see the canning in progress , and can confirm that the “test cans” were properly sampled! … oh yeah they are as good as the pump and bottle versions! Thanks Andy
I’m not sure Jesus knows much about chillers or can fillers he won’t help 🤣I’m coming to harvest some of the yeast from the street great analogy about the book. Thank you so much for the shout out and more importantly to me the lovely words you spoke, your a lovely man❤️ thank you to everyone that has subbed to my channel ( hope you enjoy the content ) hadn’t realised how big the new kit was until I saw the comparison picture with Elliot ( hope the spelling is correct ? ) great great update as always cheers 👍🍻
Used to get foamy monsters years ago when I brewed a double kit of Coopers Stout in one go, did exactly the same thing as your fermenter. I just ran a length of hose from the airlock bung into a bucket full of sanitiser, did the job perfectly.
Awesome work. So inspiring! Kit upgrades already! I am just about to keg my first contract brewed commercial batch of cider. Time to put the sales cap on. Thanks for the vids Andy.
Nice work glad to see the canners treating you good Your gonna love the door to dig grain out compared to how you currentley do it Your air lock i just keep a couple blow off tubes ready to go and a few spare buckets with some pa in swap em out first few days until it dies down you end up with some shit on floor but at least you dont get a manky fv. Im looking forward to the future brewdays on the new kit
When I first started using these FV's I had a blowoff set up. I realised that my usual brews don't go too nuts so I could get away with an airlock. It's been faultless until yesterday. 48 brews all good. 49 and we have a monster on our hands. Cheers Ivan.
@@FourPriestsBrewery Schools out on that one ;) I have a pulse, if irregular ;) Man I miss Ibiza ;) Hope all is well old friend! I will be ordering a few cans at some point, made by your fair hand! x
Looks like its working well Andy i have a Duofiller ready to go and i sold my cannular ive decided to invest into better quality equipment as my business plan moving forward is just going to be cans so ive bought a 1bbl SS brite that Martyn kindly left thought he would of bought all three i got lucky. Ive also got lucky and bagged a Gorilla can seamer which will be more consistent with the seams on cans. Filler ive swapped the duofiller for a xspressfill 4500c looks very complicated but should do a better job once i get some testing out still building at the moment. And i just found out a pallet of cans weighs 500kg that should be fun getting them around the rear lane of my garden. 100% CLT for pressure purposes and temp get it down to 1-2c with a little pump and get some repeatability on your brewdays 😀
I wish I had room for a pallet of cans! You can get them boxed in 24's as you see in the video, from Staffordshire Brewery. Adrian and the team there are a good bunch. Easier to move around, and boxes keep the dust and bits out of the cans.
@@FourPriestsBrewery My building is smaller than yours but ive decided to brew on 100 ltr test and 300 ltr system there waiting like i said mostly in cans delivered direct with plans to move it all in building in town with taps and kegs moving forward. ive seen you can get in boxes they are more expensive that way but im gonna get few hundred to start me off until the ramp gets done Pallet would be ideally right next to filler with a foot operated pump pedal to burst starsan in two cans before filler for dust/bits removal hopefully have beer for sale before the big C but we still building the area ourselves as builders are robbing around here so gotta have a go!
A few videos back you mentioned that you may expand the area you sold to via a distributor. Any news on that? I was in Wigan Central at the weekend and mentioned your brewery to the owner and she was keen to get some beers from you when you are ready.
Hi, sort of. Until we have the new kit in I couldnt brew enough to take on a distributor. New kit is in the building and being installed in the evenings currently. Spent all weekend on it. Once we are running I’ll go for another chat with them. Cheers!
Do you use any sprt of anti-foam agents in your beer? (Either in the fermenter or the kettle?) I use hopaid anti-foam in the fermenter and I've not had any issues with krausen blocking airlocks since (apart from an imperial stout but that was more due to my stupidity 😂 2 years on and I'm still finding splashes of it here and there out in the shed!)
@@FourPriestsBrewery even they aren't infallible though 😂 But they do offer a little bit of peace of mind when the fermenter is a bit more full than normal or the beer is a bit bigger than what you usually brew. Supposedly helps head retention later too (the hop-aid anti-foam stuff anyway)
Are you using municipal water to cool the wort? Ours in the Kansas USA area is much, much warmer than 19C at this time. Like close to 30C from the tap. I have to fill a fermenter with water and cool it to near freezing days before for wort cooling to brew in the summer here. Where is the water stored in the UK to get water so cool at this time of year?
Our water isnt stored as such, it just isnt as warm here and groundwater temp varies where you live. All my water is basically rain water filters down the mountains up the road stored in the reservoirs and pumped through treatment plant to us. I am blessed with nearly perfect very soft water that i can build to my own specs. I will be building a CLT mainly for pressure and ofcourse temp purposes so i can blast my kettle empty in no time with 1c water.
Yes, water comes straight from the street. It's not exactly hot in Cheshire, so it will always do the job, but mostly we range from 10C to 15C water temp depending on the season. And the climate The water's underground most of the time so it's a bit cooler. August weather round here is 18C (mid 60's F) most of the time, and 14C (high 50's F) at night.
Another great video :) Quick question, aren't the cans a bit sticky after the lid is put on and sealed and the excess beer overflows, I notice that you dry with a towel but eeeeeww, sticky cans.
Yes they are sticky. It means you can lick them, or even scratch and sniff before you commit to buy them. Genius or what? :). In reality, the last lot I rinsed and I just plain didn't think about it this time. Will end up washing them when we do the labelling I think.
3 degrees beer, till vent tube beer looks clean ( till transparent pipe connects to SS vent tube). Fine bubble appears while filling at the end of vent tube
Over carbonated in the keg? Perhaps try to vent the keg, let it settle for a day and try again. Keep an eye on the serving pressure too, you need to try to match the pressure of the keg to keep the gas in suspension
Firstly, Thank you for the plug for my channel, totally agree that Brewabitrick deserves the 1000 subs. How you fit all this productivity into your day is beyond me, there's hard work and there's this style of commitment, which is truly outstanding, and your upping your game with the new kit, kudos to you Andy, thought my brewshed was running out of space, you have come a very long way in such a short time and your family deserve all the success. Dare I say there will be an extension planted on the side of the brewery in the future?
You're welcome mate. You've made really good use of the space. Love your temp chamber. I stole my design from Harry and he probably stole it from someone else, and now it passes along to you. It's surprisingly effective! Cheers
Last Friday l was around your Brewery had a pop up the road l did come round to have a look l know your not there in the week but it was great to see the outside l'm enjoying your video's
Sorry I couldn't be there to say hi. Day job keeps me away in the week. Cheers
Great to see the canning in progress , and can confirm that the “test cans” were properly sampled! … oh yeah they are as good as the pump and bottle versions! Thanks Andy
Aha! Thanks for your feedback sir. See you soon.
I’m not sure Jesus knows much about chillers or can fillers he won’t help 🤣I’m coming to harvest some of the yeast from the street great analogy about the book. Thank you so much for the shout out and more importantly to me the lovely words you spoke, your a lovely man❤️ thank you to everyone that has subbed to my channel ( hope you enjoy the content ) hadn’t realised how big the new kit was until I saw the comparison picture with Elliot ( hope the spelling is correct ? ) great great update as always cheers 👍🍻
Double T but close enough!
Yes, you must have a nice week.
Thanks Geir.
Another great video Andy, I always look forward to watching them. Bet you cant wait to get the new kit installed & get your space back.
Spending some time installing tomorrow. No brew this weekend. Cheers
Nice 1 Andy your congratulations on the new kit 👍😎❤ cheers Mate, Mike.
Thanks Mike.
Used to get foamy monsters years ago when I brewed a double kit of Coopers Stout in one go, did exactly the same thing as your fermenter. I just ran a length of hose from the airlock bung into a bucket full of sanitiser, did the job perfectly.
Will need to be a fire hose for this one.
@@FourPriestsBrewery 😂
Another great video Andy. Congrats on taking delivery of the new brew kit.
Thanks Paul
Happy Birthday Deano🎉
Cheers. Should be a good party!
Awesome work. So inspiring! Kit upgrades already!
I am just about to keg my first contract brewed commercial batch of cider. Time to put the sales cap on. Thanks for the vids Andy.
That's great! It's a wonderful feeling when you get that first one out there. Enjoy it.
Already subscribed to Rick, it's a cracking channel...think the canning process is going well Andy😊👍nice one
Cheers Dave! Like anything, getting better with practice.
I use a blow off pipe going into a milk bottle with sanitiser in it for my fermenters. That's with 1/2 barrel sized SS conical fermenters.
Yes I used to do this but it was overkill.... not any more :)
Nice work glad to see the canners treating you good
Your gonna love the door to dig grain out compared to how you currentley do it
Your air lock i just keep a couple blow off tubes ready to go and a few spare buckets with some pa in swap em out first few days until it dies down you end up with some shit on floor but at least you dont get a manky fv.
Im looking forward to the future brewdays on the new kit
When I first started using these FV's I had a blowoff set up. I realised that my usual brews don't go too nuts so I could get away with an airlock. It's been faultless until yesterday. 48 brews all good. 49 and we have a monster on our hands. Cheers Ivan.
Great to see you going from strength to strength Chops! ;) x
You're alive!
@@FourPriestsBrewery Schools out on that one ;) I have a pulse, if irregular ;) Man I miss Ibiza ;)
Hope all is well old friend! I will be ordering a few cans at some point, made by your fair hand! x
The new kit looks great, hope that monster beer doesn’t take over Middlewich 😂
Cheers 🍻
Well I had a quick peep in at lunchtime and the monster had gone. I don't know where... Maybe it's on it's way down South.
Looks like its working well Andy i have a Duofiller ready to go and i sold my cannular ive decided to invest into better quality equipment as my business plan moving forward is just going to be cans so ive bought a 1bbl SS brite that Martyn kindly left thought he would of bought all three i got lucky. Ive also got lucky and bagged a Gorilla can seamer which will be more consistent with the seams on cans. Filler ive swapped the duofiller for a xspressfill 4500c looks very complicated but should do a better job once i get some testing out still building at the moment. And i just found out a pallet of cans weighs 500kg that should be fun getting them around the rear lane of my garden.
100% CLT for pressure purposes and temp get it down to 1-2c with a little pump and get some repeatability on your brewdays 😀
I wish I had room for a pallet of cans! You can get them boxed in 24's as you see in the video, from Staffordshire Brewery. Adrian and the team there are a good bunch. Easier to move around, and boxes keep the dust and bits out of the cans.
@@FourPriestsBrewery My building is smaller than yours but ive decided to brew on 100 ltr test and 300 ltr system there waiting like i said mostly in cans delivered direct with plans to move it all in building in town with taps and kegs moving forward. ive seen you can get in boxes they are more expensive that way but im gonna get few hundred to start me off until the ramp gets done
Pallet would be ideally right next to filler with a foot operated pump pedal to burst starsan in two cans before filler for dust/bits removal hopefully have beer for sale before the big C but we still building the area ourselves as builders are robbing around here so gotta have a go!
A few videos back you mentioned that you may expand the area you sold to via a distributor. Any news on that? I was in Wigan Central at the weekend and mentioned your brewery to the owner and she was keen to get some beers from you when you are ready.
Hi, sort of. Until we have the new kit in I couldnt brew enough to take on a distributor. New kit is in the building and being installed in the evenings currently. Spent all weekend on it. Once we are running I’ll go for another chat with them. Cheers!
Do you use any sprt of anti-foam agents in your beer? (Either in the fermenter or the kettle?) I use hopaid anti-foam in the fermenter and I've not had any issues with krausen blocking airlocks since (apart from an imperial stout but that was more due to my stupidity 😂 2 years on and I'm still finding splashes of it here and there out in the shed!)
no additives as I’ve not needed any. Until now. It was overfilled to be fair…
@@FourPriestsBrewery even they aren't infallible though 😂 But they do offer a little bit of peace of mind when the fermenter is a bit more full than normal or the beer is a bit bigger than what you usually brew. Supposedly helps head retention later too (the hop-aid anti-foam stuff anyway)
Make sure you don’t cover up that awesome sticker when you install the new panel!.. lol. Congrats on the new brew rig! 🍻
It will be carefully repositioned!
Are you using municipal water to cool the wort? Ours in the Kansas USA area is much, much warmer than 19C at this time. Like close to 30C from the tap. I have to fill a fermenter with water and cool it to near freezing days before for wort cooling to brew in the summer here. Where is the water stored in the UK to get water so cool at this time of year?
Our water isnt stored as such, it just isnt as warm here and groundwater temp varies where you live. All my water is basically rain water filters down the mountains up the road stored in the reservoirs and pumped through treatment plant to us. I am blessed with nearly perfect very soft water that i can build to my own specs. I will be building a CLT mainly for pressure and ofcourse temp purposes so i can blast my kettle empty in no time with 1c water.
Yes, water comes straight from the street. It's not exactly hot in Cheshire, so it will always do the job, but mostly we range from 10C to 15C water temp depending on the season. And the climate The water's underground most of the time so it's a bit cooler. August weather round here is 18C (mid 60's F) most of the time, and 14C (high 50's F) at night.
Another great video :) Quick question, aren't the cans a bit sticky after the lid is put on and sealed and the excess beer overflows, I notice that you dry with a towel but eeeeeww, sticky cans.
Yes they are sticky. It means you can lick them, or even scratch and sniff before you commit to buy them. Genius or what? :). In reality, the last lot I rinsed and I just plain didn't think about it this time. Will end up washing them when we do the labelling I think.
@@FourPriestsBrewery ha ha, scratch and sniff is the way forward :) Cheers for the reply.
I am facing foaming issue. How to trouble shoot it
colder beer. Get it to 2 or 3 degrees Celcius.
3 degrees beer, till vent tube beer looks clean ( till transparent pipe connects to SS vent tube). Fine bubble appears while filling at the end of vent tube
Over carbonated in the keg? Perhaps try to vent the keg, let it settle for a day and try again.
Keep an eye on the serving pressure too, you need to try to match the pressure of the keg to keep the gas in suspension