Great vid. Looking to get into pressure fermentation and hadn't even thought about the dry hopping aspect of it. Cheers!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! This is a great solution! 👍🍻

I've used a home made version for a number of years. I've started using the co2 in the fermenter to purge the hops of oxygen. Just crack the valve a little bit let's the co2 out to purge. Cheers mark

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

👍🍻

Best solution to oxygen free dry hopping I've seen!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

It's very impressive! 👍🍻

Pieced together basically the same set up a little over a year ago as I was looking for ways to keep as much o2 out of my hazies as possible, works great on my ss chronical (I usually pressurize to about 3psi.) About time someone sells this as a kit.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!! 👍🍻

@paulaxton72

Жыл бұрын

Yep pieced mine together for a little over 120.00 via Amazon

Very interesting Brian and thanks for the shout out. Not cheap but looks very capable. Looks like you will be hitting 30k subs very soon. Congratulations, well deserved my friend :)

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!! On all of it!! You have a great channel too!! 👍🍻

@DavidHeathHomebrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Thanks Brian :)

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidHeathHomebrew 👍🍻

Coupon still works. Thank you!

That's a great way to add in hops without introducing ANY O2. Nice! Cheers!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt!! It works really well! 👍🍻

This is awesome! Looks like I need a Flex+. Great video as well, thanks!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! 👍🍻

great products. Great review Brian.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Brewers hardware.. Bobby (brew hardware) easy to confuse the 2.. 👍🍻

@curtpick628

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers my bad. Corrected

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

👍🍻

Wow! $275. The best solution for dry hopping.l though. Now to convince the wife! Thanks for the video, Brian. Cheers 🍻

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

250 with the code!! 👍🍻

I built one almost identical except I have 2" TC port on my unitank and a 3" sight glass so I used a 3" to 2" reducer and this allowed me to use a 2" valve which is far cheaper than the 3" valve

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

For sure! That's what I was actually contemplating building, before I got this. It's definitely an overkill for a 5 gallon batches.

This is great! I just got a Unitank and was wondering how I might dry hop in it. Problem solved!! 🍻

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

👍🍻

I really like the intense look on Brian's face in the cover picture: like he is looking into a Manhatten Project nuclear test vessel.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!! 👍🍻

Cool tool Brian!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍🍻

A subject I've been looking at..in addition a company I'm also exploring purchases from.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

This thing is pretty awesome!! My god it's heavy too.. lol👍🍻

I have ordered a lot of equipment from Brewershardware over the last few years, quality has always been amazing. I’m thinking of setting up my own KZread channel and my last order from them will figure prominently in the first video.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Do it! 👍🍻

@peterwiley2780

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers so far the sticking point is the A/V equipment; I don’t feeling like sinking a ton of money into equipment if I only end up making 3 or 4 videos. Conversely, I don’t want to use my phone and make a poor quality video. Doing the research...

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterwiley2780 get some portable lights from home depot and use your phone. It doesn't have to be a big production.. 👍🍻

Hey Brian, great video as always. Do you think one of these would work for adding Gelatin Finings in liquid form as well?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

Sure don't see why not. 👍🍻

Great review

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍🍻

Another excellent video - thanks Brian. Looks like a nice design. Problem if you’re using cooling coils (Spike fermenters) whether you’re pressure fermenting or not. Just getting into pressure fermenting lagers but would like to keep temperature stable. Don’t you regulate your temps when pressure fermenting? Cheers Mate 🍻

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

Nope just let it rip. As long as your below 80f you should be fine.👍🍻

@paulaxton72

Жыл бұрын

This will work on a Ss brewtech Unitank with the coils

Didn't think it would be cheap, but wow!! At $275 that's almost as expensive as the fermenter

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not cheap. But if you price everything separately.. and also remember this is all 3-inch components if you drop down to 2-in components you could certainly build one for cheaper.. 👍🍻

@derDKP

3 жыл бұрын

In breweries, usually it is 4 inch valves. $$$$$

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@derDKP for sure!! 👍🍻

@blackarmored

3 жыл бұрын

you could do this with a simple stainless tube the valve and a cap .not as beautiful but still functional

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I mentioned they have that option for a cheaper price. BUT then I couldn't have gotten the cool slo-mo footage.. 😂😂😂 👍🍻

This is awesone. Would you mind sharing the estimate height from the bottom of 4 in x 3 in reducer to gas post when you configure the assembly for fermentation?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Sure I will have to assemble it to measure. I'll let you know. 👍🍻

@cocoriko18

3 жыл бұрын

Thx a bunch. Will wait for the feedback.

Hello, may I ask you whether this hopper is adaptable to fermzilla all-rounder? Thanks

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

Not really unless they come out with a triclamp for the top or the bottom. 🍻👍

no pressure relief on the vessel side when that valve is closed. Imagine leaving that closed early stage of fermentation. Maybe the leak would come from the seals? I wouldn’t want to find out. Great video. thanks.

I suppose in theory you could always double up on the sight glasses which are available on Amazon for around 40.00 if you need that much hops for a 10 or 1/2BB

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

Жыл бұрын

Yup! 👍🍻

Have you considered putting the hops in a Hopsock and dropping that through the Dry hopper? Might eliminate the need for filtering during transfer...

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

7 ай бұрын

Good thought but the butterfly valve makes that impossible. 👍🍻

Hey Brian, do you need a spunding valve for the spike flex plus if you get the gas manifold that has the 15psi prv? If so which spunding valve would you recommend Thanks Mike

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah even with the prv you need a spunding valve. Blichmann has a really nice 1.5" TC model. www.morebeer.com/products/blichmann-spunding-valve-tc.html?a_aid=shrtcrct

@bombero24ws

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, as always thanks for your help Mike

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@bombero24ws 👍🍻

Can you add a dry hopper to the anvil 7.5 fermenter bucket? If so do you have any tips to add it?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

Жыл бұрын

You can but the hole is pretty small. I have a video on the tri-clamp adapters you need kzread.info/dash/bejne/n2V-w8ehqdfIZ9o.html

@dougmate2378

Жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers awesome thank you sir🤙🍻

Hi Brian. This is Guille from Spain. Just a quick question. Normally which ratios of hops Onz gallons you use in your dry hopping for example in a Neipa with DDH the firs in Krausen and the second at the end o fermentation?? Thanks in advance and congrats for this lovely channel.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

A 1/2 oz per gallon at krausen and a 1/2 ounce per gallon at the end is usually what I would recommend. 👍🍻

@4ElementosCervezasRosaNorte

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thanks a lot mate!!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@4ElementosCervezasRosaNorte 👍🍻

any contraptions like this that I could hook up to a fermzilla all rounder?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Not really, BUT If you put your hops in a bag and use a stir bar in the bag with a magnet on the outside you can suspend your hops inside of the all rounder. And then when you're ready to dry hop you can either slide the magnet down and submerge the hops or just remove the magnet and let them drop inside. Now I have not done this but I had comments from a lot of other people that said they have. Even with stainless fermenters..

Hey Brian, wondering if this would work on the Grainfather Conical Fermenter as well as Delta Brewing Ferm tank? Also, I've pre-ordered the Delta AIO electric system. I'll send ya my thoughts once it ships next month.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid of how tight the opening is on the Grainfather conical is. You'd have to drop very slowly to keep it from clogging. The delta fermtank doesn't have a tri-clamp port does it? 👍🍻

@tonyc1782

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thank you for the quick reply. You are correct...the DBS doesn't. And good advice on the GF...I will forgo this product until I get a better fermenter capable of utilizing this.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyc1782 👍🍻

I am a bit curious about sticking issues with this setup. I built a similar dropper from various parts, not realizing I could have simply bought one from Brewers hardware off-the-shelf, and the one complaint I have is that some portion of my hops always want to stick since the sight glass and valve is slightly wet from sanitizing. Are you getting around this somehow? I have considered alcohol + flame like I do with yeast harvesting tools but that seems a little...extreme? is there an easier way?

@diverbob33

Жыл бұрын

Interesting question! I am considering using this dry hopper for the first time on a non-pressurized fermenter and was thinking about how to sanitize the unit. I guess you could try sanitizing and drying the equipment in a dishwasher (if you have one); or maybe even in an oven. You could still soak the gaskets or any other soft parts in your normal sanitizing solution. But, I also had the thought that do you really need to sanitize the dry hopper in the first place? Maybe you don't need to sanitize the unit since none of the parts actually touch the beer in the fermenter. Of course, you still want to careful about purging oxygen as Brian described in this video. I am going to go ahead skip the sanitization and hope for the best. Maybe Brian has a better answer?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

Жыл бұрын

I would just wipe everything down with isopropyl alcohol, that should be plenty. And it will dry quickly and not cause the hops to stick to the walls. 👍🍻

@diverbob33

Жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Thanks Brian, you're the best!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

Жыл бұрын

@@diverbob33 👍🍻

Does beer taste better when you do pressure fermentation? What can you tell me about pressure fermenting :)

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

It's a bit of a long answer for a comment to fulfill. I'm working on a video coming up about it. There are a lot of things that pressure fermentation provides. In a short answer to your question I believe it retains the flavor and aroma of dry hops better than a normal fermentation. 👍🍻

Do you find issues with dry hopping with out a bag? I've tried a few times and it's a huge mess trying to rack. Love this idea, might preload the hops in a bag before dropping them in.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

I cold crashed and used a filter so I had no issues. 👍🍻

@artvandalay6161

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Brian what type of filter did/do you use? Cheers 🍻

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

This one kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaRmsZezlZvPYZM.html

morebeer sells a bottom collection jar for $29 now that can be purged and used as a dry hop container from the bottom. you can use co2 to push hops up through the tank.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

For the fermzilla?

@brokentreebrewingco7034

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers it's got a 2" tri clamp fitting on the lid, so it'll attach to anything with a bottom port.

@brokentreebrewingco7034

3 жыл бұрын

(obviously this wouldn't work for bucket type fermenters)

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@brokentreebrewingco7034 right.. I'll check it out. And it can be purged?

@brokentreebrewingco7034

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers yep, there are two side ports where you can attach a carbonation cap. They’re pet jars

I like the idea of it just a little concerned about the PRV being above the butterfly valve. If the valve is accidentally left in the closed position, the PRV would be blocked from functioning on overpressure. Unless I'm missing something...

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

You should have a secondary PRV besides the one on the device. The one on the dry hopper is more for purgjng than protection..

@jimp5024

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I've heard of hot water heaters rocketing out the roof of the house. Do you think a co2 charged fermenter can make it to the neighbor's house?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimp5024 lol anything is possible!!

Hey Brian, I brew in 5 gallon batch’s. Right now I ferment in a 7 gallon SS fermenter with temp control I got from More beer. Looking to get a second SS fermenter. Which one would you recommend that would work best with this dry hopper? Thanks Mike

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

If you want to get the full benefit of this then you're going to need something with a three or four inch opening. I used it with the spike flex plus. It's not a true conical but this device works with it. You can use it with a smaller opening but you would need a reducer to get down to whatever size you're looking at. are there any particular features that you want in what you're looking for?

@bombero24ws

3 жыл бұрын

I like to be able to pressure transfer I also like to be able to drop the trub from the bottom. I also have the catalyst which has that feature but no pressure as you know

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@bombero24ws did you have a particular budget in mind?

@bombero24ws

3 жыл бұрын

Well I just bought the B40 brewtools and all the accessories so at this point I figure I might as well go all the way. Btw I did watch your whole live brew day with the brewtools system. Loved it. Thanks for that

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

That was one of the best live streams I've done. With the guys from Brewtools on with us! 👍🍻

Awesome

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! 👍🍻

I wonder if this will work with kegmenter..

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! 👍🍻

No No 8 OZ is Awesome! If you have time. What you think about my last cheap beer video? Go after 22 minutes. For us cheap home brewers I used a hop sock & magnet to dry hop without introducing oxygen.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

I've thought about that same thing! I'll have to check it out. 👍🍻

@MasoThings

3 жыл бұрын

You have the awesome gear. I just thought. I did that. Cheers bro!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Cheers! 👍🍻

@MasoThings

3 жыл бұрын

And whoever reads this & haven't seen. Watch his Basement Brewery Build Series Playlist. You'll learn....

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@MasoThings 👍🍻

OK, after thinking about this setup, I would not buy for a conical until you know for sure the PRV is rated at 15psi. A 30psi PRV exceeds most if not all recommended maximum pressures for the conicals out there. They are not corny kegs. I realize you said they were working on getting a 15psi PRV(1:46), but until they do, I would be very hesitant to use this on a conical such as an SS.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

I understand what you're saying. The spike has a PRV the attaches to the 1.5TC port on the flex plus. If I were using this longer term and pressure fermenting with it I'd use an external PRV. Not the one on the Dry hopper.

@smitty7592

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers On an SS, probably could just add a small extension above the butterfly and attach the 3"PRV there after dry hopping. There's ways to make it work. Price is pretty competitive especially considering it's turnkey. Sourcing Dernord parts on Amazon comes to over $200.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

True and there is no "support" for a bunch of "parts" off of Amazon.

8oz in 5.5 gallons. SOUNDS PERFECT! haha

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Haha!! My man!! 👊👍🍻

goood

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Bien!!!

Why do you pressure fermentation

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

There are lots of reasons. I like how it keeps the aroma in the beer. It also allows for a oxygen free transfer to keg. Another thing about pressure fermentation is that you can ferment a lager at room temp..there are other benefits too but those are just a few. 👍🍻

@johngates3040

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thanks I'm new to brewing my frist brew failed. So I'm just trying to educate myself sorry for my ignorance

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

I always operate off of, the only stupid question is the one you don't ask! Feel free to ask any questions you want. 👍🍻

Not so much into the hophead beers but interesting review!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! You could use it for things other than hops. Spices, coffee beans, etc. 👍🍻

Safety first: Never isolate a pressure vessel from its PRV (i.e. with the butterfly valve). Use a tee below the valve if necessary with a PRV on the side. Similarly, a 30psi PRV is useless on a 15 psi vessel. Gives a false sense of security. I can't believe you don't have a 15psi PRV. Spike sells them, amongst others. I wish that Spike's multi-fitting conical top included one 2-in fitting (or even 3", if poss), rather than only 1-1/2-in ones (in addition to the 4"). This would allow the use of the 4" cooling coil, plus a better/larger hop drop design than trying to swedge down into one of the 1-1/2 ports from a 3 or 4 inch site glass. You could also then use the remaining 1-1/2" fitting for a PRV, and the conical would always be protected.

Simpler solution... Use a strong magnet to hold a hops bag and metal bar to the underside of the pressurized stainless fermenter lid. Lift the magnet and the bag drops into the brew.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

8oz? I think it would be a little difficult to hold that much hops suspended.. 😁👍🍻

@jimp5024

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. Just tested 8oz in the Spike Solo. Held and released beautifully. An advantage is that the glycol coil is not removed.

@jimp5024

3 жыл бұрын

Opps, actually tested in my Spike CF10. Works.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn't need any temp control at the time. My basement was 63⁰ time. 👍🍻

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimp5024 fair enough.. I'm just curious if there's any effect on the hops just sitting in the open air like that and not submerged in the beer until you drop it?

I dry hop at yeast pitch, problem solved, $275 saved :)

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

You can do that but it t provides a different result than after fermentation is complete. I do that technique as along with post fermentation dry hop. 🍻👍

Not sure why you would purge the sight glass and then open the lid to put the hops in? The whole point of this gear to my mind would be to drop hops without introducing O2. You could use the CO2 from the ferment to completely purge the hops and then drop them. The way you did it seems like $275 worth of pointless.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

That is a way it can be used of course. I was just demonstrating how to use it in a pressure fermentation scenario. It is not recommended to pressurize the glass up to pressure fermentation levels. (10-15) so what I did was merely a demonstration of how to do that process. 👍🍻

@StinkyWizzleTits

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Fair enough. It needs to be used with a spunding valve i reckon.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

@@StinkyWizzleTits yes sir you definitely want a way to release excess pressure built up. 👍🍻

Could buy another Anvil Crucible SS conical fermenter for less. A serious money grab IMO.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

To each there own. 👍🍻

if its just you, saying "we' is really annoying, but thanks for the video

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

2 жыл бұрын

Wait.. you didn't see the other person?? I think I need to see a doctor...😳

So incredibly unnecessary. Just open it up and drop them in. No need to purge with co2 50 times because the fermenter is already full of co2 and no oxygen will be introduced. You could literally ferment open top with no oxygen contamination as long as there is no air movement.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Well I beg to differ with you on that I've had beers get oxidized from adding hops. By your theory just adding hops to your beer creates turbulence in the air that would expose the beer to oxygen.

@smitty7592

3 жыл бұрын

I think you’re both right...depending on the equipment. Done the right way and with a PRV on top and a way to purge the headspace, adding hops directly in can be done without any oxygen ingress. This assumes the right setup. This device is definitely a Cadillac when a Chevy might get the job done just as well under the right circumstances.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

True... Gotta have a cadi in the stable bro!! Lol thanks for commenting! 👍🍻

You had me right up until you mentioned the fraudster DH.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. 👍🍻