Super Simple IPA… or so I thought | Brewtools B40 | EP41

This week I’m making a simple IPA on my Brewtools B40… at least I thought it was going to be simple. We’re also celebrating two years of Hops & Gnarly. Season 5 starts now!
The Brewtools B40 uses a 34mm tri-clamp connection type in conjunction with a built-in pump and valve system to create a modular all-in-one brew system. The B40 has a touchscreen controller that not only controls your brew day but it's also used to install updates as the Brewtools operating system continuously improves over time.
Also included with the Brewtools B40 system is a lid, grain basket, recirculation hat, a three way valve, and everything else you need to start making beer.
From there you can choose from a laundry list of accessories, leaving plenty of room for me to grow with this system.
Now enough about the equipment, let’s make some beer!
GEAR THAT I USE
Doing some shopping for your brewery? Here’s a list of things I recommend checking out.
BREWTOOLS
B40 Pro 110: bit.ly/3FIAScy
B40 Pro 240: bit.ly/3sStBzf
B80 Pro: bit.ly/3fwWKNy
F40: bit.ly/3UhvTnh
F80: bit.ly/3zyAmdp
4 Valve Starter Pack: bit.ly/3T0fwdy
Inline Filter: bit.ly/3SVMvQl
Spunding Valve: bit.ly/3UmKTQC
Steam Hat (B40): bit.ly/3h79niH
Steam Hat (B80): bit.ly/3fAa6Zb
Inline Oxygenation Kit: bit.ly/3UkMTZP
Hop Drop Kit: bit.ly/3DVcTFN
Trubinator S: bit.ly/3U1VMrB
Trubinator M: bit.ly/3UmOPkH
Trubinator L: bit.ly/3DnOwiA
3” CIP Adapter: bit.ly/3WnhaJk
CIP Ball: bit.ly/3WqzEbL
BREWERY
(All you need to get started is a recipe kit and a kitchen!)
1 Gallon Beer Kit: amzn.to/3DqNdzo
1 Gallon Cider Kit: amzn.to/3Wuwlka
All Grain Beer Recipe Kits: bit.ly/3fuUrdQ
Torpedo Keg: bit.ly/32vvkOx
BrewBuilt IceMaster 2 Glycol Chiller: bit.ly/3MT2DQY
SS BrewTech BME Chronical: bit.ly/3vj1Jna
SS BrewTech Chronical 2.0: bit.ly/3zEsRSc
Drug Dealer Scale: amzn.to/3JwqC5J
Espresso Spoons: amzn.to/3Ldq0mC
PH Meter: amzn.to/3FEVsKN
Grain Scale: amzn.to/3T0qC2j
MaltZilla Grain Mill: bit.ly/3sUwZd6
Anvil Bucket Fermenter: bit.ly/3d0qyeE
Anvil Cooling System: bit.ly/3k9S4cw
Anvil Foundry 6.5: bit.ly/2TnyEXb
Oak Barrel 56L: bit.ly/3Wiwua2
Oak Barrel 28L: bit.ly/3Nuhq5a
Oak Barrel 20L: bit.ly/3sRcvBI
NukaTap Faucet: bit.ly/3tuf1Qb
NukaTap Flow Control Faucet: bit.ly/34Tzgwk
Tilt Hydrometer: bit.ly/3efmLNj
PRODUCTION
(All you need to get started is your PHONE!)
Epidemic Sound (MUSIC): bit.ly/3TSJf9L
Canon M50: amzn.to/3NtFN2O
SmallRig M50 Cage: amzn.to/3h9YFI0
Canon EF 50mm f1.4: amzn.to/3STR7Xe
EF to EF-M Speedbooster: amzn.to/3sVht0k
Blue Yeti USB Mic: amzn.to/3WDcpvx
Zoom H6 Audio Recorder Kit: amzn.to/3Ug1d6t
Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I’ll earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.🤘🏼🍻

[@brotherjohn2002]

Sulfur just straight up dissipates. Its extremely volatile. No need to really treat. Just kinda swirl the glass a couple of times. I would worry about the copper oxidizing the beer. Heavy metals are no bueno in terms of oxidation. It was just a couple of pennies though so who the hell knows haha. As always killer vid. Production is second to none. Congrats on your success.

[@yonagwy5826]

My grandfather was a vintner his whole life. His secret to degassing sulfur was splash racking it through a copper seive with a copper filter.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

keep em coming!

[@RedHotBagel]

I so expected the second email to still have gotten a "No.", just for the comedy of it - but I'm happy they gave you a discount :)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

😂 that’d be hilarious!

[@sirenbrewingco.3235]

Appreciate the honesty

[@rivrivrivera2916]

Waiting for another video Dan !!!

[@birdybro9403]

Thank you!🍻

[@MetalGuru785]

Happy birthday. Love your channel. Thank you.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks 🤘🏼🍻

[@familybjornestrand4548]

Don't sweat it Dan, those fart smells don't last long. Just drink from another keg until they've gone. I really loved the colour of that beer. Looking forward to season 4.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you 🙏🏼 🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yeast was stressed… I was not. Let me know what you guys think! Ever made a beer that needed to take some BeanO?! Also wanted to mention that I love my other brewing systems too and you’ll see them all again (and then some!)

[@jonathanallenphotography]

What do you think caused the yeast to stress?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

@@jonathanallenphotography I’m still getting used to using the conicals and a glycol chiller so could be related to that maybe or probably not enough nutrients. I need to learn more about sulfur production

[@hays170159]

congrats and hells yeah - love the channel

[@hoppyandthegrain]

Super awesome, and such good content for us to learn from and aspire to 🍺

[@alvaradobrewhouse6387]

Great Vid H&G! I love the honesty and really looking forward to season 5

[@Marceloluizz]

Congrats Dan! Thank for sharing knowledge and funny with us for 2 years. 🍺🍻 Cheers!

[@scottbatty8017]

nice have looked a few times at the brew tools, great video

[@jimmybacon1868]

Damn that's an awesome piece of machinery! Congratulations your beers are going to be awesome... Cheers!

[@jaggersbrewingco]

Dude keep it up! Also.... it was funny seeing the channels you watch playing in the back ground!

[@Beerjunkieguy]

Way to step up your game!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you 🙌🏼

[@JusBrewing]

Every brew day is a learning opportunity and bringing in new gear it kicks that door wide open. Great outlook on the less than savory parts of the beer!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks Jus! 🍻

[@edgarengler]

Happy 2 years Dan! Excited for the new system and more primo content.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks dude!

[@Chad20109]

should be fun, that's what's fun about new systems, seems like it is gonna be new every time you start over. its also good to start all over again and see what you can add to your system later on. party on dude

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Exactly! 🤘🏼🍻

[@jquigley0412]

Great to see an honest brew that had problems & you didn't just pretend that it was amazing! Keep up the good work man

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! 🍻

[@TheBruSho]

Good on you pushing yourself to try a completely new system. Excited for what you got in store this season!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks Trent 🍻

[@davidejuts1082]

Nice work man. I am also a homebrewer and I have been following you for a few months but I have seen all the videos from the first to the last. Keep it up 💪

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks for watching! Best way to help the channel 🤘🏼

[@henrytownend6748]

I'm planning on upgrading to a B40 later this season. Stoked you're using the system. This channel is awesome.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Awesome! Thank you! 🍻

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

Congrats on two awesome years! Always look forward to your uploads. I'm very jealous of that Brewtools system!!! Seems very much like the ultimate all-in-one, just wish they used non-proprietary TC fittings. Gorgeous beer, sorry about the yeast farts!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks Steve! Seems like this company came out of nowhere with world class innovation. Pretty impressed so far. I think the world needs a smaller tc option than 1.5 but we’ll see who wins. I think SS just came out with something similar on their fermenters but of course not the same size lol. I don’t know if either are proprietary, just the only ones using that size 🤙🏼🍻

[@kylegustafson9950]

Been totally binging episodes. As a new home brewer and digital creative myself, you are inspiring me on many levels. Side note, I love how organized and maneuverable your brewing space seems to be. #goals

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Stoked to hear that! It’s cool to see how the garage has changed over time. I’m planning to do a tour toward the end of this season to show some parts that don’t appear on camera too. If only the rest of my garage was organized 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@kylegustafson9950]

@@HopsANDgnarly yass a little tour video would be awesome. I’m collecting ideas for the garage in our new house. Learning tons, thanks for all your hard work!

[@Jango1989]

Looking forward to the new series! That's a very impressive bit of kit. I find it's always, good to remember that the shit beers teach us how to make great beers!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Love that! Thanks for your support 🙏🏼🍻

[@81Elbow]

Dan, I’m glad you’re back. Just bought the same system. I bit scared but mostly stoked!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Congrats! I watched a bunch of Portly Gentleman and Mastering Homebrew to start - great Brewtools focused channels

[@81Elbow]

@@HopsANDgnarly then we’re in the same boat. I’m a Norwegian living in the US. I guess we’re getting the best of both worlds.

[@Genarp89]

Looking good with the new setup! I've had a "farty" beer aswell, I just let it sit in the keg for a week longer before I drank it and the fart was gone..

[@HopsANDgnarly]

🤞🏼

[@DrunkPlanetcraftbeer]

I got that fart smell on my Pseudo Lager and I hated it, feel your pain 😬 Congratulations on you new equip and I can not wait to see more contents from you! 👊 I'm thinking about getting the B150 and the F150 and your videos will help a lot to make up my mind. Thank you 🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you 🙏🏼🍻

[@beckzach05]

Just as background, I've been a homebrewer for a little over 10 years. I used to get DMS like this in the past. With really lightly kilned grains, you have to keep that hour-long boil. If you have a lot of the lighter grains, you may even want to extend the boil period. DMS half-life at a full boil is about 40 minutes, so even a 90 minute boil may not be a bad idea.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I wasn’t thinking DMS but that’s certainly possible. Does DMS go full rotten egg? I think of it as more of a corn aroma. Great advice thank you!

[@beckzach05]

@@HopsANDgnarly Depends on how long the boil goes! Most people default to a 60-minute boil regardless of their grain bill, which removes just over half of the DMS. At a 30-minute boil you still have over 50% of the DMS from the mash, and that higher concentration trends more to the 'sulfur' side than the 'corn' side. One of my WORST beers had this issue, and it was a SMaSH with Sorachi Ace. Turns out, if SA hops aren't stored perfectly they throw butter flavors. It was a pint of buttery cream corn, and I almost gave up drinking.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

@@beckzach05 😂 sounds like something out of Harry Potter. This makes me feel like a noob but I appreciate you. Next one turns out much better 🤘🏼🍻

[@gazhugs]

Hey Dan, nice video, sorry to hear the beer didn't turn out like you hoped but we've all had them if we are honest, B40pro user myself, 74 brew days done and pretty regular 90% mash and 80% BH efficiencies with my B40 processes, the lazer cut filter and the Trubinator are imo worthy upgrades and worth consideration for you further down the line, a 20 minute Vorlauf right before the sparge will give you 2-3-4 extra gravity points every time [it does for me] Also i never sparge exact amounts of sparge water, simply sparge whatever amount needed to hit the recipe pre boil volume, i came up short on pre boil volume a few times sparging exact amounts and find my method works very well, over sparged by 1.9 litres last time out and still hit the numbers...Bet you enjoyed the unboxing of the kit, so much shiny, enjoy the new system and some superb beer in your near future with it...subbed...

[@HopsANDgnarly]

This is awesome! Happy to have you on board! I took your advice about the vorlauf but you won’t see it in the videos for another couple episodes due to the timing of recording and posting. Keep the recommendations coming!

[@gazhugs]

@@HopsANDgnarly Yeah i have a few more :-) take it you are doing a standard 20 minute mash rest after mashing in...

[@davinnielsen6871]

Wonder if nutrient additions to the yeast through out fermentation would help with the sulphur issue? Or more time

[@JesseGowan]

I made a cream ale last year with bad Sulphur aroma. Much like you, the pennies didn't get rid of the issue. I eventually dumped the beer.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Damn! I was so hopeful when I dropped those pennies in lol

[@4rdzlla]

Watching this as im interested in brewing and getting this system. Any idea how you developwd this sulphur smell in this batch so i can learn?

[@ManCity-5Peat-Loading]

You deserve more views man! When you put your first beer for sale out there I am about to buy them all.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I’m having fun 🤙🏼 saw someone at work today that looks like you lol

[@ManCity-5Peat-Loading]

@@HopsANDgnarly they must have been a model. But they probably don't have a reservation at Dorsia.

[@MasteringHomebrew]

Great video! I had a pineapple blonde ale go farty once. Good stuff.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hahaha 🤣 thanks man!

[@MinnesotaFats]

Dan gotta be honest, wasn't excited at all about you moving away from the Anvil, but this system looks incredible. Had to watch a few videos on it to see what makes it so special.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

It’s a super cool system but I’m not done with the Anvil! For now it’s my HLT but I’ll definitely brew on it again

[@meatlax42]

I’m pumped for this season!! What causes the sulfur smell in the beer? My last 2 batches have been awful. So I’m going back to basics and simple recipes.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Stressed yeast is probably the issue but there are a bunch of causes. Could be lack of nutrients or maybe crashing too early or plenty of other things

[@batrastardly4574]

I always make a starter and never get sulfur. A one time investment in a stir plate and I always have happy/healthy yeast. We may call ourselves "brewers" but in reality all we do is make yeast food. The yeast makes the beer so whatever make the yeast happy is the way to go. (water profile, temperature, nutrients and time)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Words to live by!

[@amarkert]

Do you ever publish your recepes on brewfather? If so, where do I find them? Thanks!

[@johnmyers473]

Congrats on two years!!!!Congrats on the new brew system! I hope to still see the Anvil Foundry though! I may have missed it but what do you think caused the sulfur smell?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! The sulfur was likely stressed yeast but I’m not sure what stressed it out. Could be a few things I think. The Anvil is sticking around but I want to spend some time getting to know the new one for a little 🤙🏼🍻

[@thebird36]

Welcome back Dan! Love the new system, seems to be coming along just nice already! Did you check the expiration date on that yeast? I'm a little surprised it was stressed on a low OG beer, assuming maybe got a bad bag of yeast?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man! Yep Imperial ships these directly to me based on my brew schedule so I’m pretty confident it was something I did. Learning to use those conicals with my new glycol chiller could do it, not enough yeast nutrient, too much - hard to tell. I need to learn more about why yeast creates sulfur

[@XkannsenX]

I know it's been a long time, but I'm not sure about your pump speed during the mash. It looks too slow, did you take a temperature reading into the grain tube with an external thermometer ? It could be too low.

[@Wevdaan]

Like you mentioned , unfortunately it's sign of stressed yeast. It's to be checked: - Vitality - Viability - If it's a strain known to produce higher levels fo H2S, drop the yeast-air/02 contact time - Low FAN can cause it as well (watch out in case of adjunct use) - Supplement with Zinc to these kind of yeasts that tend to show high H2S production A healthy yeast should reduce sulfury compounds during the maturation phase, specially during the warm rest ("diacetyl rest"). Same reason with homemade hard seltzer often have this sulfury off-flavour. Same nutrient deficiency and yeast stress. Keep up the good work!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

This is great information! Thank you! 🙏🏼🍻

[@krolestwo-polska5791]

Hi there. I noticed that you don't filter hops in any way. It looks like you are putting all the hops into the fermentation chamber. I'm assuming that after the fermentation you are doing cold crash, am I right? Why you are not using any hop spider for filtering during the boil time? Did you notice any more hoppines with your method VS filtering hops during boil and dry hop?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

This system has a whirlpool port and I use a wide filter in the bottom of the tank called the trubinator. As the wort recirculates through the chiller and back into the tank it creates a whirlpool and accumulates in the filter. Works incredibly well

[@andreasdjamas9808]

Turn the pump off for 10 seconds and turn it back on. It works a charm

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I’ll give it a try 🍻

[@leroygross9144]

I'm wondering if you cleaned the new brewing system before using it 🤔

[@HopsANDgnarly]

That’s a good question but I did indeed. They actually ship it with all the TSP you need to strip the oils off and then I don’t know if I need to but I passivated it as well

[@leroygross9144]

I don't think that you have too but I would anyway. I guess we'll see how the other one turns out 😏

[@Tomtiburon]

Whats the name of the glass? (Brand and type of) thx ❤👌🏼🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

They’re called tulip glasses and I’m not sure the brand

[@jasonjones9210]

What caused the sulfur?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Some stressed out yeast but not sure what caused it exactly. Got any ideas?

[@deargrindy]

Turns out throwing actual money at a problem does sometimes work in the weirdest ways.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Pretty perfect result! But if you watch this channel you know I’m not afraid of hard work. Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

[@tootiejamba]

More like "Farts-nGnarly"

[@HopsANDgnarly]

💩 💨