Thanks for the inspiration. Was about to invest in a pressure fermenter system, but i think my main issue is oxygen contact, which thanks to you I can hopefully reduce now! My last neipa attempt turned purple in my barrel.. I'll come back and comment for my next brew. Cheers.
@DanBest-z4w8 күн бұрын
Brilliant. Nice to see the end to end results. Have done some molasses rum with a T500 Alembic so gonna try your honey one asap. Well presented.
@leagueofbrewers7 күн бұрын
Cheers for the feedback - glad you enjoyed it. Let us know how it turns out
@KelvinMahon8 күн бұрын
was wondering how many litres there was in the G40 for the mash in
@leagueofbrewers7 күн бұрын
32 litres mash and then 30 litres sparge but you can use more water in the sparge if drain the G40 first giving you a bigger wash of 55 litres
@stevenmcclelland621510 күн бұрын
Cheers for the content man 🍺🍻😎
@leagueofbrewers9 күн бұрын
No worries!!
@JeremyFlintoft6 күн бұрын
Nice blues brews glass!!
@danssv823 күн бұрын
They work great
@DAVIDGREGORYKERRАй бұрын
Instead of cutting back with water you could just have had it as Honey Whiskey.
@DAVIDGREGORYKERRАй бұрын
Any alcohol you don't like use it for lighting barbeques or getting the coal fire going instead of purchasing firelighters.
@DAVIDGREGORYKERRАй бұрын
Copper used to remove the bad substances from the final product.
@billygee25932 ай бұрын
Fantastic and entertaining video and yes, I learned something. Thank you very much.
@leagueofbrewersАй бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, we’re glad you enjoyed it!
@nc83132 ай бұрын
Great video mate! You broke this down into easy speak for someone like me wanting to invest in one of these. Looks like its a matter of trust your senses and patience. Thanks mate!
@leagueofbrewersАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Let us know if you have any questions!
@OutDoorsMan13422 ай бұрын
Great video gave me heaps to think about cheers
@leagueofbrewersАй бұрын
Cheers!
@patrickandkennafenwick39583 ай бұрын
Do you differentiate between “heads” and “fore-shot”. Toss the fore-shot, but the heads can be used to blend in - especially with fruit brandies - that’s where the main fruit nose lives. If you think you’re getting rid of methanol in the fore-shot - that’s not how methanol comes off. Even though it has a lower boiling point than ethanol, it forms azeotropes with water and ethanol, making it come out across the entire collection.
@patrickandkennafenwick39583 ай бұрын
That reflux addition is EXPENSIVE. Why not get a proper plate reflux unit, or for something simple and near same price as that air still plus the reflux add-on, get a turbo 500 boiler w reflux column. Much much better result.
@patrickandkennafenwick39583 ай бұрын
Watch the beer!! Some of the oils in the hops will come over and can give bitter/off flavours. I had a plan in University - me and my friends working in bars took all the keg beer spillage and I made a lot still and ran it through. Absolutely undrinkable from the hops in the beer.
@user-gn2uc6kz8r3 ай бұрын
Interesting stuff and good to know. Were you refluxing or pot stilling with beer? I have tried Pot still beer and yes the hops come through and I agree in my opinion ruins whiskey. With this batch I could not detect hops but thinking about it - it might work in a Gin... Cheers!
@lbsalvego3 ай бұрын
Those air still have temperature control? Is it operating around water boiling point (around 100 C) ? Or it is operation below that temperature?
@arrianyveswheeler81513 ай бұрын
Nice one man! Thanks for the video!
@leagueofbrewers9 күн бұрын
No problem! Glad you liked it!
@billybungle17573 ай бұрын
WHAT!!!! Using the spanner to get the lines off the disconnects. Honestly, you could have made insane screeching noises for 45 minutes but as long as you dropped that amazing tip into the video, it would still be one of the most helpful homebrew cheats I've come across. LEGEND! Had to go and try it before replying ... but it works a treat. As it was, the rest of the video was very helpful too, thanks.
@leagueofbrewers9 күн бұрын
Ha glad we could provide that helpful tip! Thanks for the feedback, glad it was useful 🍻
@AM2PMReviews4 ай бұрын
And then you can fill little plastic soda bottles for mini tanks for dispensing on the go.
@btron3k4 ай бұрын
I'm confused... I see the Lid, the attachement kit, and the condensor, but not the dome...? Doesn't the Grainfather Attachement Kit come with what they call the Alembic Helmet, and that is for the G40 Lid and connects directly to the Alembic Condensor, and what Still Spirits call the Alembic Dome fits onto the G30?
@petyaur4 ай бұрын
First purge was almost pointless, maybe it's simpler with tiniest pressure, liquid side, full of liquid, gas post loosening. Apart from that, very smart and really helpful advice, thank you very much!
@northernwarrior71774 ай бұрын
Brilliant video! I just bought an air still so this demo was super useful!
@leagueofbrewers4 ай бұрын
So glad you found the video helpful!! Thanks for the feedback and hope you enjoy the Air Still Pro!
@twodogswalking8404 ай бұрын
Hope the Commies don't get to hear about the 400 litres of CO2.
@tyannabeasley694 ай бұрын
when I was doing my countertop to stellar, I tasted water is that the tail?
@thebubbacontinuum26454 ай бұрын
Graduation WAY too small. You don't need 60 psi to carbonate or dispense beer.
@jibba02024 ай бұрын
I always flush the beer out the lines first.
@cornerstonefaithchurchofmo1384 ай бұрын
Sir thank you for the video. I have a question can you use cheap store bought 12% wine to high proof alcohol?
@dhagenaar12764 ай бұрын
Yes absolutely you can!
@hansolo70135 ай бұрын
Where did you get your wine thief bro
@dhagenaar12764 ай бұрын
Yeah it's a goodie aye. Kauriwines Wellington 👍
@mardanheddeokwa5 ай бұрын
Hi Dan, very nice video. I was looking for this info because I own a GF-G30-V2 and bought the new V3 inner basket. I was wondering how this thing would work without an top filter plate. Now I see that the hose is curled into the basket. Your tip with the old top plate with sparging is also very welcome. I will try this the next brew. Also the mill is very interesting. Good video. Thanks!
@HogTown065 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, very helpful! I was wondering if you could have the spunding valve connected direct to the fermzilla and then the outlet of the spunding valve then connected to the serving keg? This would ensure that the pressure would be constant in the fermenter and the serving keg would be purged slowly, do you think it's doable? And would it be possible to purge Starsan out of the keg?
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@TheGreatest19746 ай бұрын
Hi. You don’t get heads with the normal air still do you? What happens to the heads then?
@dhagenaar12764 ай бұрын
Hi, yeah good question. you get heads hearts and tails on Pot still run with the Pro. Reflux is less if a worry with cuts but making a clean spirit requires some cutting with the pro. The original air still design must keep heads under control somehow but I believe making cuts with that unit will produce a better spirit. hope this makes sense, but please get in touch with lob for any further advice. Cheers Dan
@updatename66376 ай бұрын
I got 5 of those ….. and can tell you - this is a junk !!!!!!!
@ardnfast7 ай бұрын
Hey. Great video. Just a query about taking cuts on your reflux run. Seeing as you are going to do a 2nd run, would it not be ok to take everything other than the methanol, thus doing a stripping run, then take your cuts from your pot still?
@leagueofbrewers6 ай бұрын
Hi 👋 A reflux has greater potential for leaving behind the less desirable alcohols so yes doing reflux cuts isn’t really necessary if you are going to do a second pot still spirit run. If you have the time to cut on a reflux run then taking out the heads can help with the pot run’ although with the air still pro it is so convenient to just let it do a complete run and let it switch itself off saving you time so once again no need for cuts on a stripping run. I hope this helps 🍻
@stevehartstonge46797 ай бұрын
This is exactly what I’ve been planning. Came here to see how the g40 went not expecting to get a complete walk through. Have 10kg of frozen overripe bananas and 5kg wild honey to ferment as soon as I get the g40. Thanks for the great vid - would happily watch more
@leagueofbrewers7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Glad you found the video useful - we’d love to hear how you get on!
@eeee32797 ай бұрын
I have that lid too. Gonna run a clean, sacrificial, stripping and spirits run in few hours... My rig is 2.5" Vevor football still with additional 500mm (bit copper packed) pipe, sight glass and deflagmator. More 2.5" stuff is on the way, a whole relfux tower in fact. Im going to stretch it loong. Probably support with ladder. Anyways, idk why i ended up with such gimmick size, because you cant get much elements in that league and getting bigger is too expensive, for now... Lack of content on G40 is indeed bad but please, even worse is using plastic with high ABV alcohol. Ditch silicone too. My 2 cents.
@popsmcgops63227 ай бұрын
Great job Sir! Appreciate the info..
@leagueofbrewers7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@gardencompost2597 ай бұрын
Thank you, fun video. I love my air still pro. My very first run was just like your beginner of this video. And yes, the reflux mode really cleans things up. Yes, gins in the air still are tasty and fun to experiment with. Have fun, enjoy the craft.
@leagueofbrewers7 ай бұрын
Great to hear you love the Air Still Pro! There sure is lots of experimenting to be done! Happy Distilling 🍸
@vishwajeetsingh55006 ай бұрын
@@leagueofbrewersbro how could we maintain the temperature of air still pro .. i m wondering to buy this but still does not know if we can maintain temperature or not .. pls help
@charlvandenberg99978 ай бұрын
Good video. Have the G40 and now interested in either the dome or die t500. Yours is the first video I've seen with the dome/g40 combo. Show us a bit more of the dome and maybe try landscape mode instead of portrait. But keep going! Cheers!
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback - it's tricky to do landscape with such a big piece of equipment in Dan's homebrewery setup but we will certainly be mindful of that for future videos. Yes we've noticed that there isn't any other content on distilling with the G40. Are you based in Nelson, NZ? If you were you could come on in to our showroom and take a look at the dome for yourself! If you are based in NZ please feel free to email us with any queries you may have about equipment choices etc and Dan will only be too happy to help. Cheers!
@timwood87338 ай бұрын
great idea for cleaning lines -many thanks
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
No worries! It definitely makes cleaning beer lines much easier!
@stevenmcclelland62158 ай бұрын
Cheers for your video man
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
All good - glad you enjoyed it!
@peterscandlyn8 ай бұрын
Most interesting thanks Dan. Do you expect year round stocking of the honey or will it be seasonal? I've found previously charred manuka does a decent job and changes flavour profile.
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
No worries! We have been able to get a supply of the melter's honey all year so far. Charred manuka sounds great!
@grafikkrime5668 ай бұрын
Cheers, hopefully you'll do more with the Airstill Pro.
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it - is there anything specific you would like to see?
@grafikkrime5668 ай бұрын
@@leagueofbrewers, thanks for the reply anything really. I am new to distilling and only bought an Air Still Pro this week. My first wash was only started today. So, I will be trying out your video with Old Wines and beers etc sometime this week.
@vishwajeetsingh55006 ай бұрын
@@grafikkrime566 can u pls tell me does air still pro really good for alcohol distillation . I want to buy this one because i dont like to waste water during alcohol distillation .. can u pls help me about this thankc
@MrFastfreddie199 ай бұрын
What a great idea 👍
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
Very handy!!
@andrewbayley16899 ай бұрын
looks fantastic!
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
Thanks! It’s tasting great!
@1kreature9 ай бұрын
I find those are way too tight to turn. Hurts my hands! Also, still too much foam. I noticed that if I fill bottles using counter-pressure filler and then serve from the bottles it doesn't foam at all and the amount of bubbles retained by the cider in the glass is much better.
@DubstepMonkey429 ай бұрын
Great video man really enjoyed it may have to look at getting that attachment. Interesting with the mint. Hopefully it comes back in the final product. Keep em coming!
@leagueofbrewers8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Have you seen they are currently in the Black Friday deals at the moment? This one is tasting great!
@DubstepMonkey4211 ай бұрын
Great video! after seeing the mill running definitely more interested.
@leagueofbrewers11 ай бұрын
Thanks we’re glad you enjoyed it. Yeah the grain mill worked really well! Happy brewing!
@Ramjet7777 Жыл бұрын
Just reduce the serving pressure and it will do the same thing. People seem to think serving pressure needs to be at 10-11 psi but I use 5-6 psi on my kegerator which is the same as that one but 2 tap. In the fridge I carbonate at 25psi for exactly 4 days then serve at 5-6psi = perfect every time - no over carbonation and perfect pours! So simple!
@jbird4976 Жыл бұрын
I had been wondering how I gas a new keg of beer and still serve from an existing keg. It's weird how U Tube just happens to feed me videos of things I have been thinking about. Thanks for the information, I will be getting some of these.
@leagueofbrewers Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad we could help
@rossgibson1009 Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Scotland! Great video Dan! Great idea and excellent explanation of the process. Cheers 🍻