First Brewday with the 10.5 Gallon Anvil Foundry

Introducing the first JustHomeBrew Brew day. This is a fun Home brewing series that will share learning moments, test new recipes, and review new brewing equipment.
For the first JustHomebrew Brew Day episode, I brewed my own Chocolate American Stout all grain recipe and put the 10.5 gallon Anvil Foundry All-in-one through its paces. I also share my thoughts on whether or not I plan to replace my 15 gallons HERMS brewing system with this setup.
#homebrewing #brewday #allgrainbrewing

[@BlichmannEngineering]

Thank you so much for sharing this. What a great video!

[@justhomebrew]

Thanks for the feedback! I enjoyed brewing on this system:)

[@BrewSpark]

Good stuff man! Good to see new brewing channels. I’m in the process of moving from a 10 gallon foundry to a 20 gallon spike trio. Coincidentally my first brew of the year is also a stout. Cheers!

[@justhomebrew]

Thanks for the feedback! Good luck with the new system. Spike seems to have some really nice products. Let me know how the stout turns out. Cheers:)

[@kajado20]

Wonderful initiative. I like the workmates. Love your brew schedule.

[@justhomebrew]

Thank you kindly! I’m planning 2 more over the next few months. Should be fun:)

[@johnmyers473]

Nice job glad to see another anvil foundry brewer! Love mine.

[@justhomebrew]

Glad you liked the video! I enjoyed brewing on the system. I have to work out a few kinks, but I think it’s going to work great for my test batches. Cheers:)

[@michaeldiazspeaker]

Rice hulls improve the grain bed filtering properties thus keeping the wort clear to prevent the pump from getting clogged

[@justhomebrew]

I just picked some rice hulls up today. Thanks for the feedback:)

[@BrewNub]

Good stuff

[@justhomebrew]

Thanks for the feedback, cheers!

[@MLIGUITAR]

Great channel

[@justhomebrew]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@thecraftbeerreview7771]

I have the robobrew/brewzilla...watching this reminded me of my brew day!

[@justhomebrew]

How are you liking the robobrew? I guess they all have sort of the same theme. Brewing, drinking, friends hanging, and trying not to screw up the recipe;)

[@miggov66]

Nice. One thing though, for future videos you should lose that background music. Very hard to watch with that in the background.

[@justhomebrew]

Hey mike, thanks for the feedback. I’ve heard that from others and will work in this in future videos.

[@jasonelsner4872]

What did you do to the anvil fermenter? It looks like you have a different coil set up for temp control. Can you explain what you did there?

[@justhomebrew]

Hey Jason, I added a new heat exchanger. I believe it’s called a Twister. I just drilled 2 holes on the anvil lid and plumbed the tubing with duo tight fasteners. You might be able to get a better idea how this was put together by checking out my diy glychol build video. I need to make a video that goes into a little more detail on this upgrade. Cheers!

[@mtrofa447]

I'm seeing a souderton sweatshirt, only one I know is the town over by 113 and cowpath Rd. Edit: should have watched the video in full before my comment yup saw the PA plates on the truck. Hey neighbors and fellow brewer!

[@justhomebrew]

Hello neighbor:) Yep, I’m in Souderton. Nice to meet a local brewer! We’ll have to connect sometime.

[@mtrofa447]

@@justhomebrew would love that. Got a cream ale in the fermzilla ready to transfer, and tomorrow is a hefeweizen for the wife! and a Kveik Mexican "lager"

[@justhomebrew]

@@mtrofa447 sounds good. I’ll post an email address on my channel page this weekend so we can connect outside of this chat. Cheers!

[@curtpick628]

I got rid of that pump. Went with the riptide and added a ball valve on the outlet for flow control. Yes, even their linear valve can clog. I leave that wide open and use the ball valve for control.

[@justhomebrew]

I have a riptide for my herms setup and love it. I’ve been tempted to swap that foundry pump with the riptide, but I want to see if I can tweak the smaller pump to get the consistent flow I’m looking for. Some sort of smaller ball valve might be what I’m looking for. Cheers!

[@curtpick628]

@@justhomebrew mine died after about 40 brews.

[@justhomebrew]

@@curtpick628 40 brews is impressive! I’ve been thinking about doing a comparison video between this anvil pump, my chugger pump and the riptide. I’ve seen a few well done comparisons by other brewtubers. Longevity is a good comparison. I’ll see how I can work type of into into my video comparison. Thanks!

[@jaredschwartz7425]

My pump died too at about 30 brews. I found it leaks through the screw posts into the housing and seizes the pump.

[@kajado20]

How can I get all those equipment? I want to make beer from my home. I worked in brewery for 14years, so am very interested to make my own beer

[@justhomebrew]

Well, this anvil foundry was a gift I received a while back. I finally got around to using it:) You can do what I did and just piece stuff together:) This Foundry was the first complete brewing system I acquired. Cheers!

[@pv4669]

Nice to see a new brewing content. I also have the Anvil Foundry (6.5) but do not use the pump system. I think it's a great way to brew. I agree that the volume markers on the inside of the kettle are hard to see with the mash pipe draining, but I don't sparge so not a big deal to me. IMHO not worth the extra effort to sparge. On my last batch I had a 78% mash effieciency. A couple of suggestions: I think people would like to see the end result of your work (ie., glass of beer) and you may want to consider providing the ingredients in list form. Keep it up.

[@justhomebrew]

I really appreciate the feedback! I’ll work the ingredients list into the next video and see if I can a taste testing in the same video. Check out my latest collaboration videos with The Beer Junkies. I would love to hear your thoughts on that series.

[@andylightning5246]

I just did my first brew in an anvil foundry (like 40th brew in my lifetime) and my efficiency was like 48% and much worse than in my old false bottom stove top system. How do you get such a high efficIency?

[@justhomebrew]

@@andylightning5246 thanks for the comment! i suppose it’s a combination of things including the grains, temperature and the Sparge process. I’ve only brewed on this system twice now, but I’ve seen much better efficiency than what you’re seeing. Maybe check to see if your temp sensor is accurate.

[@andylightning5246]

@@justhomebrew Thanks!

[@starfishprime6330]

Dude, really need to chill out on the music levels

[@justhomebrew]

Will do. This was one on my earlier videos trying to figure things out. Cheers!

[@michaeljames3509]

Ask the chemist what happens when temperatures above 160F are used. The higher the temperature the quicker Alpha denatures and the beer will be sweet tasting and low in ABV. Why did you skip the conversion step? The fermentable, complex sugars that produce ale and lager did not form because conversion was skipped. Beta is responsible for conversion and at 156F the enzyme rapidly denatured. When conversion occurs secondary fermentation takes place which is skipped in home brewing because the single temperature infusion method that home brewers are taught is used in moonshining where conversion gets in the way. Another reason why conversion is skipped has to do with home brew yeast, some types of yeast cannot ferment, fermentable, complex types of sugar. A spec sheet comes with yeast at least is supposed to. If the yeast cannot ferment certain types of complex sugar the chemist indicates it on the spec sheet and recommends not using temperatures that form fermentable, complex types of sugar. Also, you need to use the spec sheet that comes with every bag of malt before buying malt, they are online. It is used for determining the quality of malt before buying malt. The malt spec sheet is pretty much unheard of in home brewing. Buying 2 row pale malt is similar to buying a 2 door pale colored car without knowing who made it. When a recipe doesn't mention the malthouse that made the malt a malt spec sheet cannot be obtained, making the recipe useless. When you learn how to make ale and lager you won't need recipes or brewing instructions. The all in one gadget would be great for making moonshine if a dome and column still could be attached. Soak the malt at 149, 150F for an hour, dump in Kwak yeast and yeast nutrient and fermentation should end in three days, bolt on the column and a condenser and make moonshine. The step mash method produces pseudo ale and lager, the decoction method produces authentic ale and lager. Single temperature infusion beer is called moonshiners beer when the beer is distilled. When moonshiners beer is bottled it is paupers beer with hops.

[@justhomebrew]

Hey James, I'll certainly ask him for you;) Thank you for taking the time to provide extensive feedback on my brew day and sharing knowledge around creating fermentable sugars. You sounds like you've brewed a few batches of beer, probably professionally;) I mostly used single infusion mashing in the past, however I'll have to see about experimenting with decoction method this year to bring out more complex sugars as you suggested. I'll also add spec sheets of things to know more about for putting recipes together. You just gave me an idea for a future video! I think this all in one system does come with a still conversation kit, although I don't have plans anytime in the near future to make moonshine. Cheers!

[@PetraKann]

Can't hear much with that ridiculous soundtrack in the background.

[@justhomebrew]

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll try to improve the sound in future videos.

[@ciaranjd132]

You don’t have to try too hard, just leave it out! It adds nothing.

[@PetraKann]

@@justhomebrew No problem - it's your channel. Set up your videos anyway you wish. I just found it difficult to pick up what you were saying and the brewing details. It could be just a matter of lowering the mix volume or leaving out the music during the narration. Again it's entirely up to you. Keep up the good brewing though. In Australia all that matters is the beer - is it chilled? Does it taste good? What is the ABV? If the ABV is zero or less than 1%, then see ya later...🤠

[@justhomebrew]

@@PetraKann I really appreciate the feedback. I have a new channel and I’m learning how to be a storyteller on KZbin. I agree with you, after posting the video, I could have mixed the sound a little better. I have thick skin and take any feedback as good feedback. I rather hear from viewers what works and what does not work. Brew on;)

[@PetraKann]

@@justhomebrew cheers 🥃