For 2 days the grain is in the steep tank going through 8 hour wet and dry cycles. While under water, its aerated. When its dry, we pull the co2 being respirated out of the tank. Once the grain hits 45% moisture by weight we spread it on our germination floors

See my more recent home brewing setup. Budget friendly option and what I feel is the ideal setup for the regular home brewer. Thank you for the feedback though.

Hey I'm the guy in the video. We work with plant breeders, researchers, and local universities as well as our farmers to determine what varieties will do best under California's unique growing conditions. We look at heat sensitivity, drought sensitivity, resistance to disease, yield, protein content, etc. Our main variety of conventional grown barley comes from the Sacramento Valley and is called Butta12. Our organic barley is grown on the Oregon border and is called Copeland.

I think it worked as well as the JaDeD Hydra did. Wouldn’t hesitate buying either.

Those are magnetic 90° jigs. Basically welders & fabricators use them to hold steel at right angles so 2 pcs of steel can be welded without having to hold them with your hands!

Keeping the unitank under pressure if you aren’t going to fill it in a few hours is to prevent any chance of bacteria/wild yeast from entering since it’s under positive pressure.

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Hell yeah. Nelson is the best!

I no longer own them for the time reason alone, features are really nice to have though!

Yeah agreed. It's so much work in comparison to a simple fermenter. I bought a Brewtools MiniUni, which only has a top and bottom port. So i can pressure ferment, carbonise, drop hops oxygen free, dump trub and do CIP cleaning without having to dismantle and clean too much.

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Thanks for the comment! It’s appreciated

What did you think? I like it!

I bought the unit not working for heavy discount, it just needed a new pump and was good to go.

Sulfate - 150ppm / Chloride - 75ppm / Calcium - 55ppm / Magnesium- 8ppm

Good advice!

It can also be worth it to buy out of date CO2 tanks though. I paid $25 for 3 20lb tanks that were out of date. Brought them to a weld supply shop and traded them in for $30 each. It ended up costing under $40 per tank!

@@colinq true, I would suggest calling a “re-fill” shop first.. see if they will take “trade in” tanks.. and what they will offer you would be good to know prior to purchasing

It’s so funny how a lot of us tend to go through the same experience. At the same time, I don’t think we would appreciate the simplicity if we haven’t had the “elaborate” system. I do hope people getting into home brewing see this and understand you don’t need nice equipment to make great beer and save some money!

Gotta keep them on hand for sure! 🍺🤘

Miller Lite has nothing to do with Germany. It's not even old world. It was developed in 1967 at a New York brewery. I passed through the hands of a few different breweries under different names until it ended up at Miller brewing and was renamed Miller LIte in the 1970's. It is classified as an American Lager.

@@Homebrew58 I was mistaken, the can just says a fine Pilsner, I thought it said a fine German Pilsner 🤦🏻‍♂️ even though deep down I know it has nothing to do with Germany

@@Homebrew58 Technically unless a pilsner is brewed in Germany it is not a "German Pilsner." So any American craft pilsner labeled "German" is a misnomer. Technically speaking of course. This is by some breweries label them "German style pilsner."

This is true

Water treatment Oxygen displacement Temperature control You're golden.

It doesn’t! This is even “fancy”’ish

I am. Check out my latest video, I cover my setup.

What you can do is two mashes: Do your first mash as normal and then use the wort from your first mash for the second mash, top off second mash with needed water. After both mashed, check gravity and if you want a higher OG/SG, add some Dextrose. I’m not a fan of DME.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Never had any before myself

Thanks! I haven’t done much looking into short boils, I still do minimum 60 minute boils, if not longer. I find the mash efficiency with adjunct heavy beers (30-40%) tend to be terrible. I’m averaging 58-60% mash efficiency with this system. I don’t mind though, I just add more grain or boil longer to meet the SG needed. Otherwise, with all barley mashes I see the typical 76-80% mash efficiency’s with this unit. I haven’t done a Hazy Pale Ale yet but I sure can add that to the list!

@@HopKillerBrewery awesome stuff. Looking forward to more videos.

They really are! I love them and a the traditional IPA. Leaning toward this style more though. I was suppose to brew last weekend but being a parent got in the way so I know the feeling!