Anvil Brewing Foundry 18 Gallon Brew Day Chocolate Porter

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Just a couple of details on the brew day that were not obvious in the video. it was a 30 Minute boil and it was an 11 gallon batch. The first look video is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXbMYZeEps1ricU

[@morsecodebrewing---.-.-...6073]

The way u narrate the video makes it easy and fast to view and learn. Appreciate your honesty with your screw ups!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Gotta keep it real. I don't mind if people learn from my mistakes!! Trust me I make plenty..lol 👍🍻

[@WolfgerSilberbaer]

Beautiful video, thanks for all the detail. Really gave me my first actual idea about how the all-in-one system is, vs other videos that really gloss a ton of things over.

[@tmarkk99]

Well done video. I have the foundry 10.5 and have used the hell out of it. Now I want an 18! Looks like they made some key improvements. The pro false bottom. Better power switch. Basket hooks. 4000watt element. Thanks for the great video.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Glad you enjoyed!! 🍻👍

[@blackwoodbrews]

Another great video Brian. Cheers

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks!! 👍🍻

[@FearItselfDF]

This is a great channel. Great info and editing. I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered it.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha thanks! Enjoy! 👍🍻

[@kennethhettinger9209]

Thanks for the “hanging from the hook” measurement

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

For sure!! You asked for it didn't you? 👍🍻

[@kennethhettinger9209]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Yes I did

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That one was for you! 👍🍻

[@rodschroeder1048]

Got our anvil 18 gallon yesterday. Running it through the passes now, seems to have great power. Going to brew your porter recipe this weekend. The weeks to long when you have a new toy. Thanks for doing so many great video’s.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

👍🍻

[@JoeGraves24]

Man I’d love to see a 5 gallon batch on this system. I think a lot of home brewers out there would be really interested to see the results!

[@jaytomten3782]

I JUST brewed a 5 gallon batch on my new 18G and had a nice easy brew day.

[@JoeGraves24]

@@jaytomten3782 awesome! I love my 18 now that I tweaked it. Had an issue with really low efficiency (55%) in a 5 gallon batch. Bought a false bottom for an 8 gallon kettle and a brew bag. Back in the 80’s now! So easy

[@wallyfeck]

I've been using those rice hulls for years now. I use them in everything I brew. The best deal on the internet. Cheers Brian!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Cheers Wally?!! 👍🍻

[@MarceloSilva-xe1xd]

Once again, awesome video 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 🍺

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks! 👍

[@JoeShareholder]

EasyDens by Anton Paar, that's a new one for me - looks like my days of squinting to get an accurate gravity reading may be numbered! Thanks for that one.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

It's a game changer!! Here's my in-depth video on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppWQYXh_jZWLqpY

[@JoeShareholder]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Merry Christmas to me! $50 off on Amazon and free shipping. It will arrive in plenty of time. Thanks Brian!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

You'll love it! 👍🍻

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@patrickglaser1560 not a refractometer. It's a density meter. Like a digital version of a hydrometer. 👍🍻

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@patrickglaser1560 that's a lot of grain!! 👍🍻

[@DavidHeathHomebrew]

Great video Brian!! One of your best!! Looks a capable system for sure.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks. David!! I appreciate the comments! It is definitely a good value! 👍🍻

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

good looking setup!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks man!!

[@nicknewell3875]

Another great video Brian. I am chopping at the bit to get one of these but I have to solve my 220v problem. I currently run a 10.5 on 120v but use a steam condenser to help the boil and to mitigate the steam. keep up the great work. Can't wait to watch the next one.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks man!! 👍🍻

[@patchworxbrewing4164]

Great content I always enjoy your videos man. Cheers and keep on creating great stuff

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

THANKS!! 👍🍻

[@christianbureau6732]

Great brew, nice review of this system. Cheers

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks! 👍🍻

[@scottmorrison9731]

Great video Brian - I relearn a little more every video of yours I watch. I did my first brew after an 18 1/2 year hiatus Friday before last. It wasn't without screwups 😂 I did learn that it makes a real mess if you forget to put in the malt pipe before mashing in 😮 All in all it ended well and I'm cold crashing now. Cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha oh man! That's an important step!! 👍🍻

[@cablesaxieinfinity590]

Love the videos brother. Looking at building out my brew room once I return back to the states and would love your input if possible.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sure you could send me an email. [e-mail] Be happy to give you my input! 👍🍻

[@davidsilva-eo2bs]

you made a comment on the pump plugging up I have had my bump plug because of grain. It was because the holes in the bottom of the basket are too big in order for it to circulate past the crimp off I had to keep opening the clamp and close it to stop it from compacting the mash I got a bag to go inside the pipe it took care of the grain in the pump

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

This new false bottom prevents any grain from coming through at all. 👍🍻

[@GREEENZO]

Hey Brian, hope you’re doing well! Would you happen to remember the grain mill setting you used for this batch on the Blichmann mill? Mine is calibrated to 10 like yours. Thanks and cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Doing well! Thanks for asking. Pretty sure it was 9 or 10. 👍🍻

[@GREEENZO]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers glad to hear! Thanks much, I’ll give that a shot next brew day 👍

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

That’s the homebrewers workout…lifting grains🤣 cheers Brian!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Grain lift.. added to the regimen!! Lol cheers Brian! 👍🍻

[@PaulWarwickVO]

Can’t wait for your interview on the 9th of January

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nice!! I'll see you there!! 👍🍻

[@13579roadrash]

Thanks Brian I want to get the Anvil 18 for double batch's, but I live in Canada and just can not find it here if anyone knows were I can pick 1 up in Canada please let me know.

[@timothytice564]

Is there a video on th a bill ferment or with th temp control unit?

[@eddiane]

Thanks for the video. Im glad Anvil designed this now my issue is should I just buy another 10.5 and have my 10 gallon capacity or go this way. Pros and cons to both I guess but this new unit is nice.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah you could brew two different beers at once that way. Not a bad option for sure!

[@RiggerBrew]

in my Blichman 1BBL mashtun (55G Boilermaker), I have to use almost 2# of rice hulls every batch as the false bottom has a small warp and they won't replace it. I like the SSBrewtech mashtun as it comes with a rubber seal and wouldn't require the use of rice hulls on every batch, but they don't sell just the 2 55Gal kettles I need so Blichman got the business.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Gotcha. There was a brewery here in Ohio that was using the expansion collars on those kettles and had a similar issue with the false bottom. If I remember right they had some pieces of stainless welded to the false bottom to keep it from buckling. But I know for sure they were Brewing really big beers. 👍🍻

[@SankaraHomeBrewing]

Great review. Thanks for sharing. Stuck mash does stink. I've been fortunate to only have a few happen in all the brews I've made. I really haven't had to use rice hulls. Been pretty lucky. Cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah I typically don't have the issue either!! There's always a first time! 👍🍻

[@Soonerbldr]

Great video! I saw your video on the Anvil site and came looking for moe as I am wanting to kick up my brewing from the igloo cooler system. Do you have a video with your current day in/day out setup?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks for coming over. I have about 8 systems so it just depends bob the mood. I have lots of videos of all kinds of systems. 👍🍻

[@charleschapman2428]

Great video, my only concern/disappointment is the malt pipe hooks. The additional hooks half way up the pipe are a great idea that might have been better utilized with the original design legs. The weight of the full pipe on those two hooks and the clumsy tilt of the basket is concerning. It's to bad they didn't leave the original legs and ring and add the optional legs, at least the original legs might have prevented the pipe from tilting when using the hooks.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Honestly it's not an issue at all. The ring was more of a problem for people quite honestly

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

It really is not that big of a deal. 👍🍻

[@rodschroeder1048]

Great video Brian , I would like to see how it goes with a Russian imperial Stout a large grain bill. That’s my favorite beer anyway. Again thanks for keeping us informed

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yes sir!! Seems like a great one to brew now for next year!!

[@mikeestes3022]

Hey Brian - great video! We have been using the Anvil 10 gal (240v) for a few years now and love it. I do have a question for you - you seem to sparge pretty quickly using a gallon jug. We have been using sparge arm and Anvil kettle v e r y s l o w l y. haha. What are the pros and cons? Also, what do you use for a convection plate? Ours stinks. Thanks!!

[@jakemcqueen6402]

Thanks for the great video! You have some of the best brewing content around. What are your thoughts on using a brew bag with this system? Would it be beneficial or do you not think it’s necessary? Cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks! With the new false bottom I don't know that it's necessary. But if you wanted to bring really fine too try for better efficiency you might explore a bag. I'm not overly obsessed with chasing it so I don't really see a need. 👍🍻

[@hubb412]

Great work Brian. Did they do anything to help protect the control panel from wort / water with the 18?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I'm not sure I'll have to ask. There was talk of doing it. I'll get back to you. 👍🍻

[@jaytomten3782]

Biran - I love your videos and this one certainly kept me entertained while I waited for my 18G system. I have brewed twice on it now, both 5 gallon batches with no sparge, and both times had a strange issue. I was reading a preboil gravity (before pulling malt pipe) that was HIGHER than my OG after boiling! Crazy! After waking up in the middle of the night, it came to me: the wort on the outside of the malt pipe is not getting recirculated, so after pulling the malt pipe the higher gravity wort in the malt pipe and at the bottom of the kettle is mixed with the lower gravity wort that was sitting around the outside of the malt pipe during mash. -- Have you seen this? How do you avoid it? Just recirculate outside of the pipe when raking the mash bed?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

RDWHAHB.. LOL I don't bother taking a preboil reading until after the pipe is pulled and everything is mixed together. 👍🍻

[@sorena.pn.s4690]

Hello again. I have a question about brass valves: In a tank where I fermented alcohol, is installing brass valves on that tank a problem in fermenting alcohol? (Of course, I installed 316 stainless steel valves on another tank). Thank you very much.🙏🌹👍

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Do not use brass valves on anything that beer is in. The beer can leach bad chemicals from the brass. Not good. 👍🍻

[@sorena.pn.s4690]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Thanks. I want to make 70% alcohol. So brass fittings should not be used, right?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@sorena.pn.s4690 nope

[@sorena.pn.s4690]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Thank you very much. and Good luck 👍 🌹🌹🌹

[@galette75]

I have been using rice hulls on any recipe asking for wheat grains to avoid cloaking issue. I am also looking interested to see if this system can make small batches like 5/6 gallons. Great video !!!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I'll be doing a small batch video on it as well. 👍🍻

[@stephenhopkins946]

Any chance you will get ahold of the new Ss brewtech SVBS for a demo?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

They have never approached me. I would review it if they were interested in it. 👍🍻

[@RustyFracker]

Running my first batch on the 18 now. How do you calculate how much water to use? Do you use the foundry numbers in the manual or do you have your own method? Thanks

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I use brewfather. It is free software and I have created an equipment profile there for the 18. You can use the.manual as well.

[@RustyFracker]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Thanks

[@rodschroeder1048]

I have a question for you. We brewed your porter yesterday and at the end we got a stuck mash. Had to shovel grain out of 18 gallon to 10.5 gallon to get it to drain then put everything back in 18 gallon. This brings me to my question, I saw a post on Facebook a guy said to lift pipe up and let it back down to kind of float grain to unclog the bottom of the pipe. What is you thoughts on this, it sounds good in theory.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I doubt that helps much with a stuck sparge. I would recommend rice hulls. Once the grain bed is settled it isn't going to "float" there is just not enough backwash from the false bottom to float the grain. Get some rice hulls and you'll be fine. 👍🍻

[@UTeewb]

Have you tried the new malt pipe on the 10.5? It seems a lot of people online blame the extra side holes on the old version as a reason for bad efficiency . Interested to hear if that is actually true since I know they also sell a cover ring.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I have not yet..I will be soon. 👍🍻

[@updatename6637]

How thick is metal ?

[@apack76]

When is your next live brew day? It's fun to see you and Kelly brewing together!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Will have one in January.. what if Larry and Chad joined in??

[@tom-erussell8769]

Not relevant to this video but just curious if you think it's possible to carbonate one gallon of beer in the 1 gallon big mouth bubblers? I'm thinking of getting several for making small batches for trying out recipe formulations 🤷‍♂️

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Those vessels are not rated for pressure and I would not recommend trying carbonate in them as you'll wind up with a 1 gallon bomb. 👍🍻

[@tom-erussell8769]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I was afraid of that I just didn't want to hassle with bottling if I could ferment then carbonate is a small vessel

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@tom-erussell8769 yeah. I'd look at a 2 gallon keg for that.

[@tom-erussell8769]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thank you for the input

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@tom-erussell8769 👍🍻

[@platinumrespect]

New EasyDens user here. In your video you sparged and got your pre-boil gravity of 1.056. My question: The runnings leftover from the mash that were dripping into a separate bucket and added to the wort before boiling - wouldn’t that wort affect the pre-boil gravity?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Maybe slightly..however the color tells me it was a good concentrated liquid. If it were "clearer" as you would see doing a fly sparge I would have taken another reading. In the end I hit my OG so that tells me it didn't dilute much if any.. especially with only a 30 min boil. 👍🍻

[@bigernbladesmith]

Another great video. I want one! Aaaaaand it kind of makes sense right? (looks at my name)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Perfect sense!! 👍🍻

[@JoeGraves24]

Man this system is exactly what I need, lol

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Get it!! 👍🍻

[@JohnnyReverse]

So why exactly are you doing a mashout? Not sure what you meant by "loosen things up"

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Heats up the sugars in solution to make them thinner to drain easier. 👍🍻

[@jafarym77]

Are they starting to sell these?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

They should be available?

[@randymcneely1616]

Brain really appreciate you and

[@randymcneely1616]

Honestly with mess ups. Looks like this system will be on my wishlist

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sure! I gotta be real and honest even if it isn't the most flattering confession! Lol 👍🍻

[@K5QBF]

Prior brewday should be a bloopers reel.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Lol I had a little bit of footage at the start . When it went to hell. I wasn't interested in filming!! Lol save the beer!! 👍🍻

[@Nick.Keane77]

"too many F bombs". yeah....this is why I don't have a YT channel. lol. I would just have to call it FbombTV.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

LMAO!! That's funny! 👍🍻

[@curtpick628]

Better go get checked for a hernia Brian!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Lol nah.. 👍🍻