Pushing the NEW Grainfather G40 - 40 Litres of OPA?

[@SpeedmasterNZ]

Wow. I just brought a G40 and was a bit confused about how to brew. Your video has made it so much easier to understand and I know I will not have any problems now. Grainfather should add your video to their website as their videos are bad. Thank you.

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thank you so much for this comment, Richie! Really happy that this was useful and makes all of this worthwhile to me 🙏🍺

[@jesseamaya4594]

I don't know much about UK specs but wire diameter for a given amp/volt load are easy to find. One thing to remember, It's hard to oversize a wire but easy to under size, same with breakers.(way too much to go into depth here) Make sure your upstream wiring can take what you wire downstream. I'm not certified here in the US but I do industrial air compressors up to 600 HP and I cannot tell you how many times I have had to come behind certified electricians and correct their errors. REALLY enjoy your videos by the way. Hoping to get a G40 after the first of the year and watching you keeps me dreaming.

[@DavidHeathHomebrew]

Nicely done Griffo, as always.

[@smokeybbq5409]

Great vid mate, I picked up some great ideas too. I like the old GF controller to read the wort temp - mine has been gathering dust in the shed for a few years now waiting for a purpose.

[@6581punk]

8:38 I have a winch in my garage to lift the grain basket. Once you go above the usual 23 litre batches it gets tough to lift the grain.

[@HomebrewGriffo]

It might come to that, not sure my tin roof can cope with it though haha

[@fdk7014]

I think it would be good to have a top mesh lid for the mash pipe actually. The sparging will suffer without it, at least for me.

[@peterwells4424]

Great video as usual Griffo. So glad to see you back in action...😁👍

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks Peter

[@denniscook390]

Expensive, in New Zealand I paid $1483 which is 697 British pounds. It took me 4 brews to dial in the absorption and boil off settings, the boil off setting is way higher than the G30. I run my G40 at 15 Amps and have set the boil off to 4 litres per hour, I also drop the heating percentage depending on the ambient temperature, as low as 85% during summer.

[@DimpieDeBruyn]

Nice review video, thanks 👍

[@ryanmcginty5268]

Fantastic video! Well presented! Nice to see you back with videos!👍👍

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thank you Ryan!

[@romanseidelsohn7675]

Hello Griffo, this is the first time I see one of your videos. Really well done, congratulations! Everything is clearly understandable and reproducable, and I really like your style a lot. I just have my new G40 sitting behind me, waiting for the first brew this weekend, putting my G30 into the past. But one thing I miss about the G40 is the pluggable temperature sensor that fit so nicely into the wortometer. And I just see in this video at around 16:43 that you use it with your G40 still, and that you seem to have a nice temperature sensor plugged in. Could you be so kind as to tell me what temperature sensor and/or thermometer you are using for this? I am really curious. Cheers from Berlin, Roman. PS: Ok, never mind - you explain it just a few seconds after I paused for wrinting this question. Thanks a lot!

[@Paul-bn8gv]

Hi Griffo Good to see you back…really enjoy your uploads The G70 instructions online may help with some of the G40 quirks…it talks about cleaning the malt pipe support but you already sussed that you need to remove the nut 👍

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thank you! Nice one mate, will take a look!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

That's an impressive bit of kit. Anything with an app interface is a bonus. 😁

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Sure is mate! You'll be brewing on it next week!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

@@HomebrewGriffo 😁😁😁🍻

[@mikeys1864]

Good to see you back! Hope all has been well, Cheers!

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks Mikey, you too mate!

[@Dts1953]

Loved your video Griffo it was fantastic! Yes I think they should have a bottom tap to clean out the trub easier but it looks a decent upgrade to me mate! 👍👍👍

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks mate! That will be my first add on lol

[@Briminator2025]

great vid!

[@DudesBrews]

Cheers for the links Griffo, G40 certainly looks like a nice bit of kit, I did find it odd the lack of any kind of tap and the whirlpool like recirc is a bit different but it all seems to work well for you and the process looks quite simple and streamlined. Theres certainly a lot of differences compared to the S40, I was under the impression at first it was a stripped back version of the same base unit but thats not really the case at all from what I can see!

[@HomebrewGriffo]

No worries mate, thank you too! Yeah I watched yours last night (on the big screen!) lol. I was surprised at the differences as well to be fair!

[@HoverdogBrewery]

Good explanation of the new kit, a couple of things. 1) Sight glass text should be white, my Brew Monk has the same issue, you can't see the text is if the wort is dark. 2) Do you not put the pump on to recirculate the water when heating the strike water?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks mate, yes you're right it should be white! And I'll use the pump to circulate next time, I quite like the fountain it makes :) Cheers

[@SammaxMunich]

Well - I thought that "grain-basket" was just a different term for "malt-pipe" - and the small pipe missing in the G40 is some kind of 'overflow-thingy' ... Gonna try the orange idea on my Pale Ale - nice video, thanks!

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks Robert! The orange really adds another dimension to pales 👌🍺

[@fdk7014]

Great video! I particularly like that you did a full size batch. Reviews I've seen for other big systems usually only make small batches in it anyway so you can't see how well the big batch actually works, which is the reason you would get that machine in the first place. So the experience with a big batch is that you can't get a really wild boil going (which might not be necessary, granted) and you are probably not going to get the full 40L out of it. The Grainfather site now says a full batch is only 38L, not 40L but I guess 38L is good enough. That is pretty much two full kegs worth of beer.

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thank you! Yes, the information is a little contradicting from the description and the spec sheet BUT I recon I can get the 40L haha I have some work to dial it in but i'll get there! Cheers

[@luizreboucas6063]

Great job Griffo! Loved the detailed explanation! I'm a currently using a G30 and may have done 20+ brew sessions with it. It'd e a dream to upgrade to G40. Will put it on the leist for Santa Clauss. Cheers

[@JanaPersson]

Hi! Thanks for the great vid! Since you overshot your numbers, likely on account of the boil off, you might want to consider adding some extra water towards the end of the boil?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Definitely, it's a new brewing profile so I should be able to dial it in better over the next few batches (of different sizes). Cheers

[@imperia1999]

Nice one bud cracking brewday and seems to run smoothly, cracking bit of kit let’s see what’s she does on a small but high abv brew

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Cheers Steve! Hope you're keeping well mate!

[@uwesumser1276]

Annother great vid about the Grainfather, thank you. I learned so much freom your chanel. Why don't you use a hop-spider? Cleaning afterwards is much more easier.

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thank you! I've never used a hop spider and feel that the hop debris at the bottom of the kettle also acts as a filter :)

[@StassBrewing]

Cheers Griffo - I have similar thoughts on the G40. Tap should be standard. The extra power your version has would be great! 2300W here without 15amp power. Good brew day mate!!

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks buddy, that will be my first add on that's for sure! haha

[@StassBrewing]

@@HomebrewGriffo just be careful as the thread depth is pretty shallow. The one I bought doesn't fit without some tom-foolery.

[@JakesCraftBrewing]

Top video mate. Brewing on my G30 now 4 years and its ran faultless to be fair, but like most Im growing tired of the messing about with the silicone lol even after 4 years it can still piss you off before the start of a brewday ! I think I could be very tempted to upgrade to this soon. And i like the fact that cleaning looks easier than the g30 too. Great vid. cheers

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Cheers Jake!

[@LiamDavies45]

Jake I recently bought the G30 and was so tempted to hang on for the G40. But the G40 was a little out of my budget at the time looking forward to my first brew with g30 though

[@JakesCraftBrewing]

@@LiamDavies45 You wont regret it, the g30 is bullet proof. Ive had no issues with mine in 4 years and still looks and brews like brand new. Good luck with your first brewday on it mate :)

[@LiamDavies45]

@@JakesCraftBrewing that’s good to hear can’t wait to get cracking with it will get some footage and put it on my channel when I do. Cheers 🍺👍🏻

[@RedBandito]

Thanks for the unboxing and brewday vids. I am in the market for an All-in-one, and this unit, while a bit over budget, is calling my name. Do you think with a heavy hop schedule (NEIPA, DIPA, etc) the bottom filter will keep from clogging the pump? It seems to me like enough trub snuck by it to cause some concern, but it is difficult to tell. And with the pump integrated into the bottom, if it needed cleaning, is it at all accessible? Do you have an idea what sort of threading it would be if you replaced that nut with a valve? Thanks, mate!

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks for watching! I'm confident that the pump and filter can handle a big hop schedule, I haven't taken a look inside the machine yet and the thread for the valve is the same as the G70 so I'm told. Strass Brewing mentioned it's a non standard pitch on the thread...

[@RedBandito]

@@HomebrewGriffo Ah. As an American now living in Europe, I'm finding none of the threading ever matches anything!

[@davidfoxton7905]

Dough scraper genius.

[@6581punk]

Hop mortar.

[@CreweWolfCraft]

Some power on that, great review mate

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Cheers bud!

[@stevenelson6895]

Do you have a link for where the orange peel comes from Griffo ? Cheers man ! 👍👍

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Hi Steve, was from the Malt Miller 👌

[@stevenelson6895]

@@HomebrewGriffo could the batch size be halved by simply halving the ingredients ??

[@primalfury2011]

is that wort chiller included with the g40 kit ?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

It sure is, inclusive of the hoses 👍

[@africantwin173]

To bad it has no user removeble heating elements like BrewtoolsB40 and Speidel. Thats 's for me the biggest selling point. It must be modular. And at 1300 euro this G40 is not worth his money. But i hope you like it.

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Each to their own of course but I don't see why i'd benefit from removing heating elements that don't need cleaning... Should be covered by the 3 year warranty if any issues I guess.

[@africantwin173]

@@HomebrewGriffo Its the high price point. At this 1300 euro price i would expect a modular brew kettle like Brewtools or Speidel. And not a cheap looking trash bin. What were they thinking at GF.

[@stripeyjoe]

African Twin, it’s half the price of the equivalent B40 set up, you’re not really comparing the same thing.

[@Pete79paul01]

Hi m8 where did you buy this big soon

[@HomebrewGriffo]

All links are in the description 👍

[@aidanhill]

Is the highest quality now 480p?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

😂 Good spot! I had issues with FCP so had to use imovie but all is resolved for the next vid 😉👍

[@elvioruggieri743]

Io estraggo il cestello delle trebbie e mettendolo in un contenitore per scolare faccio pressione per ottenere più mosto possibile rimasto nei grani.

[@LiamDavies45]

Nice video mate enjoyed it 🍺👍🏻

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Thanks Liam 👍

[@LiamDavies45]

@@HomebrewGriffo I’ve recently bought my self the g30 looking forward to making my first brew with it. Will put some footage on my channel 🍺👍🏻

[@AndrewSmithThomas]

How long was the brewday in total?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Not too sure, about 6 hours maybe? It's difficult to tell because vlogging every step slows you down haha

[@6581punk]

I think 10-40 litres is a great range.

[@theghostofsw6276]

Please tell me this thing can be ran without a goddamn smart phone?

[@HomebrewGriffo]

Hi Ghost, yes, has normal buttons as well - although the software may need updating (via wifi) from time to time...

[@theghostofsw6276]

@@HomebrewGriffo Aaaah....good. We all know what it's like to work the TV when you've lost the remote. Manual is always better in my books.

[@gobthefrog]

That giggidy made me piss

[@globalscott5864]

*** BUYER BEWARE *** If your G40/S40 craps out, like my G40 did on it's 6th brew, GF WILL NOT REPLACE YOUR FAULTY UNIT UNDER WARRANTY!!!!!! Don't buy into this hype, this company doesn't give a crap about you as a consumer. They are currently trying to fix it while it sits on my kitchen floor... not sure osmosis is what's required here... *** BUYER BEWARE ***