Brewtools Brewing System Valve Setups with 0-4 Valves | Hops & Gnarly Home Brewery

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Season 5 of Hops & Gnarly Brewing starts February 15, 2022!

[@LuisRodriguez-kf4ir]

What an excellent tutorial! Great explanation of the valve setups. I just love how you have progressed (rather quickly I might add) throughout the brewing systems. The B40Pro is by far my favorite. I can't wait to see what you've brewed with it.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! It’s wild to look back on the last couple years in the brewery! Can’t wait to see what happens next 🤘🏼🍻

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

Excellent video. Unless I'm missing something here I see benefit in a two valve setup that doesn't involve the counter-flow chiller. One valve is for connecting a sparge water source and the second gives you the option of pumping to a fermenter instead or recirculating wort without having to disconnect the sparge source. This is the configuration I plan start with as I am using an immersion chiller because I simply prefer them over counter-flow and plate chillers.

[@naka1backbrewery854]

The new setup is super badass! Can’t wait to see what you brew on that beast.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

🙌🏼🍻

[@joshuamsteele]

Welcome to the club! Can’t wait to see this series. Excited to see your take and creativity with the BT system. Epic video quality and production as usual!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! 🙏🏼🍻

[@AlbeeSoaring]

Such a great helpful video. Ive been drooling all over this kettle and trying to figure out whats the best setup to start with and how to keep in mind growing it.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Stoked it’s helping! There’s a really great Facebook group if you haven’t joined already you should

[@homebeerbrewery]

Thanks for he video! Very cool and detailed information. You have another subscriber! Cheers

[@HopsANDgnarly]

🙌🏼🍻

[@LouB3rt]

I have watched so many of your videos although I never really realized that our B40's are set up differently... I used the setup from the original video through Brew Tools (they have it so you are basically always circulating through the chiller) but added a 3rd valve on the lower left port to dump waste during cleaning, and use the second valve on the upper left side to send wort to the fermenter after the chiller. I see the benefit of closing off the chiller, so I might give this a try.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hey, if it works! Video coming soon showing some recent updates I’ve made 🤘🏼🍻

[@demcastles7493]

Wooooh! Can't wait man. Love this channel!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I appreciate it 🙌🏼🍻

[@Mike-bg2bi]

Thanks a lot for this very interresting vidéo. Hello from switzerland

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Cheers! 🍻

[@DrunkPlanetcraftbeer]

Great tutorial 👌 I'm thinking about getting a B80 or 150 and your tutorial will help me a lot with the setup, cheers 🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks! Hope it helps!

[@MasteringHomebrew]

Awesome video! I enjoyed it very much.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! Stoked you liked it 🍻

[@DENIEL1908]

Is not the hot side oxidation a problem? The center pipe seems like it is splashing the wort continuously.

[@oselmer]

You could go for a whirlpool with two valves if you circulate through the chiller instead of the bypass. This will also allow you to drain to the fermenter from the bottom port if adding a third valve. A lot of options with this system.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hey good point!

[@RockOn79]

Great video! I have a b80pro with the 4 valve setup kit on order and should receive in late Dec! Been watching your series and it's a huge help! One question, I can't seem to find out which connections I need to hook up a normal US 3/4" hose bib to the counterflow chiller. Can you share what you are using? Looks like maybe the TC34mm to 12mm hose fittings are what u are using?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Glad you like them! For the hose you’ll need the brewtools garden connector and then on Amazon look for the Gardena hose connectors. You’ll need the female piece but I just got the full kit and use it on all my sprayers. If there’s an o-ring on the connector it will likely work but the Gardena brand definitely fits

[@RockOn79]

@@HopsANDgnarly I appreciate this. I expect a little (a lot) trial and error, I ordered some fittings that should connect the hose to the 12mm hose that connects to the chiller. Looking at images from your videos, it looks like the "2 pcs TC34mm to 12mm hose barb" included in the 4 valve kit is used for the chiller water connect. Is that the intention or are these used somewhere else in the set-up? BTW, I also just ordered the 14gal BT X1 pro fermentor as well. Excited to take my fermenting to a new level. Not a ton of videos on it but it should meet my needs well! Keep rocking your videos, learning a ton from you!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

@@RockOn79 that could be what those are for I think I used the 12mm barbs for my transfer hose to the fermenter

[@RockOn79]

@@HopsANDgnarly hmm, that makes sense too...I'll have to hook it up and see how it goes I guess. Thanks for the quick responses!

[@achowe9313]

Great tutorial. Are you oxygenating as you transfer to the fermenter?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! Yep I’m using the inline kit. Only thing I don’t like about it is the hose barb leaks if you don’t keep pressure on it

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

That's a very cool system and I like that you can do a lot of different things with all those TC ports! Are you ever concerned about the touchscreen/controller breaking on you?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks dude! I haven’t thought about that but every piece of this thing can be replaced and/or modified. So if I breaks I can swap it out and I can even relocate it into the wall or a stand if I need to get it into a safer spot. One unfortunate thing I’ve run into already is liquid can manipulate the screen and turn the pump pressure up for example. Not a good situation so I’m thinking about putting it on a vesa mount

[@gazhugs]

The touchscreen is prone to freezing when water/wort hits it tbh, however its easily sorted with a quick wipe and reboot...

[@gazhugs]

Great video Dan, very informative, I had no idea you could use the system with 0 valvles and i've done 74 brewdays on my B40 :-) Personally i have 3 valves, but in essence it's a 2 valve system as the one pump side isn't used as a 3w valve at all as i hand sparge with a watering can [don't laugh it works great] obviously i have 2 3w valves on the left side of the unit and to pump to the FV or drain the system I simply have to take one pipe end off, it's simple but works well. Tbh i have had a play about with 3 valves on the left side but found it confusing and struggled to get the wort around the system where i wanted it so went back to simplicity and 2 valves. Each to their own, as you say the system is unbelievably modular with sooooo many add ons to allow a brewer to craft a setup that best suits his/her own brewery conditions, I've seen hard piped 5-6 valves systems on some brewers setups, bit overkill imo as its easy to get confused with multiple valves, looking forward to the next vid...

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I saw a 16 valve hard pipe setup in the Facebook group lol 😱

[@gazhugs]

@@HopsANDgnarly I defy anyone to look at a setup like that and have the slightest clue where the wort is going at any one time, with a simpler setup its, well, simple to know where your wort is going which is just how i like it tbh...

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I know what you mean! It did get a TON easier when I started looking at what was closed rather than open. Now I feel like I always know what’s going on

[@gazhugs]

@@HopsANDgnarly Being honest, my first brewday on the B40 was 'almost' a disaster, and i spent 3 weeks getting to know the system, but didn't know how to pause the timer on the mash rest [which holds the system to whatever mash temp you have set] temp plummeted as it would with no heat, asked a question on the Brewtools FB page and within 5 mins got an answer that saved the day, and the beer turned out decent, took me another 2 brewdays before i was fully confident and after that the brewdays just got easier and smoother, and still are thankfully...

[@ninkasihomebrewer8226]

Thanks 😊

[@jaggersbrewingco]

Man that thing looks cool! But I can foresee my self sending wort the wrong way on the first couple brew days! Cheers! And cant wait for season 15!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

It was definitely a lot to wrap my head around at first! Exactly why I wanted to make this video! Cheers 🍻

[@jaggersbrewingco]

@@HopsANDgnarly Cheers Bud!

[@k.e.mclaughlin1784]

After watching your Brewtools valve episode it sounds like its not possible to pump out wort to the fermentor without adding at least one additional valve. I did find a single valve accessory for about $60 alacart from Brewtools and I'm wondering if that's all that is required to pump wort to the fermentor. In the video you had suggested needing to pay for the 2 valve accessory package or else syphon the wort to the fermentor. This valve is only $60 so that would be great if that's all that is needed. Would that be sufficient?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yep that should work well and I believe it actually comes with one three way valve. You can double check on the brewtools website but I think that's right.

[@k.e.mclaughlin1784]

That's great to hear. Thanks for the great videos!@@HopsANDgnarly

[@johnmyers473]

Great video as always! That’s an amazing Beautiful looking set up but may be best in permanent spot. I will stick with my Anvil Foundry 6.5 for now it’s been working flawlessly. What do you think of the Anvil swirly arm for whirlpool?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! A wp port or arm is a must have! Mine is from brewhardware.com but I’m sure the Anvil one is very similar

[@johnmyers473]

@@HopsANDgnarly thanks!!

[@africantwin173]

I wished that Brewtools made a simple GF G40 clone. All those valves and tft screen is too complicated to use. And the high price at 2500 euro and up.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I mean you can just get the real grainfather

[@africantwin173]

@@HopsANDgnarly I have a G40. But I wished it had modular parts like the heater, and a better pump.

[@moralesmivan]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@goodolarchie]

I think I just watched a 5 minute commercial...

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Lol I don’t understand how you take it that way. I think you’ve said something similar before. Me taking the time to explain how something works for the benefit of other users is a commercial?