Any chance of an update - keen to hear if the second batch has improved with age.
@dawnhabeck6364Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!!!
@wayne00k2 ай бұрын
Nice instructional! We have similar set up as well as similar filtered water faucet. To save some unnecessary effort - I purchased a length of food-safe line that slips easily over the filter neck and reaches down to the keg on the floor. No filling extra vessels! and it takes up very little space. The line is slightly oversized and I slip the line up the neck just past the bend in the neck - where the extra friction holds it fast enough not to fall off... then I have free hands to aim the draining end of the water line and keep my other hand on the filter system valve. The oversized line is big enough for water to flow freely and doesn't squirt out the back :)
@stevenstone3073 ай бұрын
This was a great video!
@anthonydellaragione815 ай бұрын
You don’t need any special keg ? Any corney keg will work ??😮
@madfermentationist44702 ай бұрын
Yep, standard Corny Is totally fine! Still using the same ones five years later without issue!
@thegingerpowerranger11 ай бұрын
Amazing. I wish more of KZread was exactly like this video.
@mikedeafenbaugh598411 ай бұрын
I wonder if you can install a second carbon filter in parallel to double the flow of the water...
@MysteryFishBrewery Жыл бұрын
Hi. I've just started watching a few of your videos this evening and I'm really enjoying them. No gimmicks, no childish humour and no inexplicably loud and unnecessary rock music in the background - just useful, informative and entertaining videos. I've subscribed and will be watching more. I'm a keen Homebrewer in north west UK... wishing I could retire from my job and just brew instead.
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Cheers! As someone who quit his desk job five years ago to brew full time I say go for it... but not with the expectation that it is a relaxing or fun job. I work harder, longer hours and I have to be more creative, thoughtful, and forward-looking than I ever was as an economist. Tastes in beer change, and to be successful you always have to be experimenting and refining to make sure you don't fall behind!
@samfarabee2963 Жыл бұрын
As a new brewer, would this game work for potentially trying new recipes so that I don't waste ingredients? Basically can I use this as an experimentation platform?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
I don't think so. A good beer recipe software will be able to tell you color, bitterness, sweetness etc. just as well as this program can.
@randomdude4376 Жыл бұрын
I carbonate water to 105psi. I feel like that’s more common than 25. Have you tried playing with higher pressures? Obviously may require swapping out some of the beer components with components with higher working pressure ratings. I haven’t tried reducing the pressure to anything that low. Might give it a try to see how it’s different.
@Dewario Жыл бұрын
Same issue. I currently make mine at 60 psi. I'd do 105psi if I could find an appropriate regulator. But I doubt these components could take even 60psi. Also curious about how one could make the water keg auto-refill.
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
I haven't tried higher carbonation. How does it pour? It seems like it would come flying out without really long lines.
@randomdude4376 Жыл бұрын
@@madfermentationist4470 It pours very well, no burst of uncontrolled pressure at all. However, I use an a tap faucet with a flow adjustment, so that could be why. Since adding my comment, I have even increased my pressure to close to 120psi. I love how lively the drink is. It’s fun to just look at it in the glass. The entire inside of the glass gets coated with co2 beads and the surface is boiling with large bubbles of escaping gas. And there’s an active spray of water droplets shooting up a few inches above the glass. It makes drinking water an enjoyable experience.
@zodifoxworth6125 Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial michael! Heres a burning question: we have a kegerator with TWO TAPS and would love to have BEER ON ONE TAP and MINERAL WATER ON THE OTHER TAP. Any way this is possible with the different PSI required between beer and moneral water? Even of we bottled the mineral water and stored in fridge?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
The best option would be to get a dual regulator that allows you to set a higher pressure for the water and a lower pressure for the beer! Otherwise, you'd just have to strike a balance maybe slightly over-carbonated for the beer and under-carbonated for the water?
@zodifoxworth6125 Жыл бұрын
Thank you michael! We pay average about .10 cents an ounce for Essenza water and drink way too much. Making 5 gallon batches with high quality reverse osmosis water and better flavorings will be great once dialed in. Thanks for the tip on dual regulator for two tap system.
@outwestjake Жыл бұрын
I've been using carbonation bottle attachments and just shaking 1 liter bottles that have been prechilling in the fridge for awhile now. It works great, but can be a bit of a hassle. I really want to switch over to a keg so that I can have larger batches prepared and bubbly water on tap. Is it necessary to shake the keg or can you just let it chill in cold temperatures to allow the C02 to get absorbed? Do you also put the C02 tank in the freezer/fridge with the keg? You mentioned that after a few days it will be more carbonated. For about how long into the process do you leave the C02 tank connected to the keg. Do you unhook it at some point? I would imagine that eventually it will just be filling in the empty space with C02 and wasting it? Or would the water eventually get flat?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
You can certainly just set and wait, but it can take a couple weeks for the pressure to equalize and full dissolve. Leave it connected through the entire serving process (if you disconnect the water will slowly go flat as you serve it with the head pressure in the keg). I store the CO2 tank in the fridge, but more for convenience than any tangible benefit. Best of luck!
@ArmyVetG Жыл бұрын
game is awesome. just did my first real home brew. Blonde Ale
@SupertoastGT Жыл бұрын
I hope this game expands into mead, wine and distillation goods.
@JasonSmith-nt6rl Жыл бұрын
Finally your back on KZread
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Ha, filming this was much easier than a whole "real' batch!
@JasonSmith-nt6rl Жыл бұрын
@@madfermentationist4470Haaa I believe that, appreciate you and Scott helping the industry out, looking into doing myself a funky dark saison every year that video was inspirational. Take care.
@LouSaidSo Жыл бұрын
very helpful, thank you!
@foxtonstreet Жыл бұрын
What does the spelt do for the brew?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Spelt is high in protein, so like wheat or oats it will help with body and head retention. It also adds a unique grainy character, although that is mostly lost when it comes to a beer like this with yeast, hop, herbal aromatics.
@markmaurer6370 Жыл бұрын
Brew a triple bock!!!
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Now that the full game is out, I just might!
@markmaurer6370 Жыл бұрын
I've been a homebrewer for about 20 years... Well I brewed seven carboys of beer about 20 years ago. Some of them tasted different from the others... None of them was bad
@filo2300 Жыл бұрын
Are these recipes legit? Can I brew beer in my condo from following this game?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the recipes would make beer. How close it is to your tastes depends on your equipment, technique, and palate!
@filo2300 Жыл бұрын
Liked and subscribed for your explanations and voice. @24:00 you let it get up to 69 Celsius when it said to stay around 64. Is that a big deal irl?
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
When just "steeping" specialty malt, temperature isn't a big concern. Once you deal with "all grain" brewing the temperature is much more important because the enzymes become a factor. Even a difference of 5C will change how sweet the finished beer tastes!
@cameronworkman6118 Жыл бұрын
I'm a cider maker, my beer knowledge is minimal despite having spent a lot of time at import bars in my twenties. Saw this game came out and was excited to hear it had a lot of tech specs but didn't want to make the jump because I wasn't sure how unfamiliar the beer process would be to me. I was very excited to see there was a video from someone who knew what they were talking about and played a bit slower. Thanks for showcasing the game, appreciated hearing your perspective and had a great time watching and nodding along with you about SG and kettles and temperatures.
@JoshOB21 Жыл бұрын
I'm so unbelievably keen for this to release on console at the end of the month! I'm also a home brewer and I'm quite keen to see how this compares to the real thing and to use it to save the months/years it takes to create, develop, experiment and eventually perfect a recipe.. Hopefully I can getnthe same setup I use at home.. Brewzilla all in 1 system, fermzilla fermenter/unitank and full temp controlled pressure fermenting..
@spambuster6938 Жыл бұрын
I've been making carbonated water for a while, but I've been struggling with the serving aspect. If have to lower the keg pressure to like 10 PSI to serve, but still get lots of foam and lose carbonation. How do you serve it with the keg @ 30PSI and get a pour like that? Do you have a long water line to reduce pressure at the tap? Flow control tap? Thanks.
@madfermentationist4470 Жыл бұрын
Long (10') and narrow (3/16") lines help to serve it without excessive foaming. There are "line balancing" calculators out there that can help.
@videobrew48312 жыл бұрын
Seems like a cool game. Do you need to set a recipe before brewing, or can you just freewheel it? Cause it'd be neat in the final version to see hidden achievements or Easter eggs for making stuff like, say, Alton Brown's infamously bad homebrew recipe from Good Eats.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Ha, their Steam page mentions you'll be able to make your own recipe... we'll see if ice cubes are available for chilling the wort!
@goodolarchie2 жыл бұрын
Seems like a pretty cool way for either folks who have never brewed to visualize the process and see if it's something their into. Or perhaps a reformed homebrewer who is now living in apartment can re-litigate what it meant to have space to brew.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Especially with how many breweries there are these days, not everyone wants 5 gallons (or even 1 gallon) of a single beer. I'm hoping it can serve as a good way to illustrate process/recipes without the effort of filming each step of a brew!
@JamesRea22 жыл бұрын
Nice review. Not available for Macs. I will have to dust off the PC.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Definitely doesn't need high-end specs... I've got a hand-me-down Radeon R9 290X that is coming up on 10 years old.
@-8_8-2 жыл бұрын
Light beer. Lol. I'm wondering if I'll have to replace my hose or just pbw and starsan.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Your old lines should be fine with a good cleaning!
@NathanHausch2 жыл бұрын
where do you get the bouncer filter?
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Looks like Amazon or various homebrew shops still carry it.
@hector1319092 жыл бұрын
How do you refill the water on the keg? Does all the CO2 left on the keg go to waste doing the refill? (CO2 on the keg, not on the tank)
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Yep, just open it up and pour water and salts in. No real option other than venting out the CO2 in the empty keg (it would be displaced by the liquid anyway).
@jonathanbruderlein54912 жыл бұрын
Love the video! You're quite hilarious, dude!
@perfectworldpat70532 жыл бұрын
Great vid! thanks for making it. thumb way up.
@MrK-ti5lt2 жыл бұрын
Look forward to trying this! I plan on trying different water profiles via Bru'n Water just for kicks. Also, is removing O2 necessary for soda water? I know it affects beer flavoring but wasn't sure if it did or not for just plain ole water? Thanks for the vid!
@JoeR142 жыл бұрын
If you have excess O2 in you tank your water won’t become as carbonated. So pretty important to remove it from my limited experience.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Yep. Not a big deal as partial-pressures of different gasses are additive (Dalton's Law), but oxygen and water isn't a great combination when it comes to mold growth etc.
@hermanjones80012 жыл бұрын
Corporations ruin beers that were once good.
@Jamie-kg2lr2 жыл бұрын
Hi, one question. Is it important to purge the headspace from Oxygen to carbonate water? If so, what are the benefits of doing it and what are the downsides of not doing it? Thank you in advanced
@JoeR142 жыл бұрын
Purging should make it fizzier. Important step in my opinion.
@thegingerpowerranger2 жыл бұрын
What temperature are you cellaring these at? And did you use metabisulphate as the preservant?
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
My basement fluctuates between 55-65F through the year. The metabisulfite was intended to kill the wild yeast (Brettaomyces), but certainly also served as an antioxidant.
@thegingerpowerranger2 жыл бұрын
@@madfermentationist4470 very good, this could be the missing piece in the puzzle of how to age my beers for a decade! Thank you!
@alansih12 жыл бұрын
Nuclear reactor?! So much complex for homebrewing! There must be some other simpler and easier ways;)
@yoreckable12 жыл бұрын
Mad informative! Loved the video.
@gdcat7772 жыл бұрын
Nitrogen is used as well.
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Nitrogen is a good option if you are pushing wine or cold brew. Can also assist in a blend with CO2 for long draw systems like we have at the brewery. Generally not something helpful for carbonated water though.
@bradjennings87142 жыл бұрын
What about your electric bill?
@madfermentationist44702 жыл бұрын
Chest freezers are super-efficient, especially when run at above freezing temperatures and opened infrequently. Maybe $4/month?
@ime18932 жыл бұрын
hello. what was the stuff you put in it? was it calcium carbonate? what else can sub this? is it possible not to put anything, just water and the co2? thank u
@gray_gogy2 жыл бұрын
You can put nothing, it's fine. What he put was chalk. You don't have to put anything though
@cainvazquez23213 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike !! I don’t see the Recipe , can you put it again please??
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
Here you go (it's in the description too): www.themadfermentationist.com/2017/11/new-england-pale-ale-brewing-video.html
@cainvazquez23213 жыл бұрын
Thanks !!!
@markbennon43673 жыл бұрын
I can't believe nobody has commented on the joke, "alcohol isn't apparent"...10/10 on the funny scale my man
@mlachicaiv3 жыл бұрын
Do I have to keep the CO2 line open while pouring? Or do I have to force carb the water then it ok to disconnect the CO2 line to dispense? Thanks
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
You need to keep it connected. As you dispense the head pressure drops, which in turn would cause carbonation to leave the liquid to balance the pressure.
@mlachicaiv3 жыл бұрын
Mad Fermentationist Thanks a lot!
@davidcosine3 жыл бұрын
what kind of refrigeration unit is that?
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
It's a chest freezer. Here's the build for turning it into a "keezer" www.themadfermentationist.com/2015/02/how-to-build-keezer-collar.html
@jaketheripper913 жыл бұрын
How long would you say a carbonated water keg will last kept under pressure? Do you need to shake it again after a certain length of time?
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
It lasts pretty much indefinitely, no need to shake once it is carbonated!
@undercrust3 жыл бұрын
Hi there. Do you just leave your CO2 at 25PSI for dispensing as well? Thanks so much!
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
Yes, I leave it at 25 PSI. If you lower it, the carbonation dissolved in the water will slowly equalize to the lower pressure and the beer will be less bubbly.
@jimealphillips97893 жыл бұрын
Hey I want to thank you for the great video. It was very informative. I was wondering what the hop basket is that you use? It seems to be adjustable and is something I’d love to have.
@madfermentationist44703 жыл бұрын
It's from Adventures in Homebrewing: 13.75" Hop Spider - Stainless Steel
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Any chance of an update - keen to hear if the second batch has improved with age.
Thank you for sharing this!!!
Nice instructional! We have similar set up as well as similar filtered water faucet. To save some unnecessary effort - I purchased a length of food-safe line that slips easily over the filter neck and reaches down to the keg on the floor. No filling extra vessels! and it takes up very little space. The line is slightly oversized and I slip the line up the neck just past the bend in the neck - where the extra friction holds it fast enough not to fall off... then I have free hands to aim the draining end of the water line and keep my other hand on the filter system valve. The oversized line is big enough for water to flow freely and doesn't squirt out the back :)
This was a great video!
You don’t need any special keg ? Any corney keg will work ??😮
Yep, standard Corny Is totally fine! Still using the same ones five years later without issue!
Amazing. I wish more of KZread was exactly like this video.
I wonder if you can install a second carbon filter in parallel to double the flow of the water...
Hi. I've just started watching a few of your videos this evening and I'm really enjoying them. No gimmicks, no childish humour and no inexplicably loud and unnecessary rock music in the background - just useful, informative and entertaining videos. I've subscribed and will be watching more. I'm a keen Homebrewer in north west UK... wishing I could retire from my job and just brew instead.
Cheers! As someone who quit his desk job five years ago to brew full time I say go for it... but not with the expectation that it is a relaxing or fun job. I work harder, longer hours and I have to be more creative, thoughtful, and forward-looking than I ever was as an economist. Tastes in beer change, and to be successful you always have to be experimenting and refining to make sure you don't fall behind!
As a new brewer, would this game work for potentially trying new recipes so that I don't waste ingredients? Basically can I use this as an experimentation platform?
I don't think so. A good beer recipe software will be able to tell you color, bitterness, sweetness etc. just as well as this program can.
I carbonate water to 105psi. I feel like that’s more common than 25. Have you tried playing with higher pressures? Obviously may require swapping out some of the beer components with components with higher working pressure ratings. I haven’t tried reducing the pressure to anything that low. Might give it a try to see how it’s different.
Same issue. I currently make mine at 60 psi. I'd do 105psi if I could find an appropriate regulator. But I doubt these components could take even 60psi. Also curious about how one could make the water keg auto-refill.
I haven't tried higher carbonation. How does it pour? It seems like it would come flying out without really long lines.
@@madfermentationist4470 It pours very well, no burst of uncontrolled pressure at all. However, I use an a tap faucet with a flow adjustment, so that could be why. Since adding my comment, I have even increased my pressure to close to 120psi. I love how lively the drink is. It’s fun to just look at it in the glass. The entire inside of the glass gets coated with co2 beads and the surface is boiling with large bubbles of escaping gas. And there’s an active spray of water droplets shooting up a few inches above the glass. It makes drinking water an enjoyable experience.
Excellent tutorial michael! Heres a burning question: we have a kegerator with TWO TAPS and would love to have BEER ON ONE TAP and MINERAL WATER ON THE OTHER TAP. Any way this is possible with the different PSI required between beer and moneral water? Even of we bottled the mineral water and stored in fridge?
The best option would be to get a dual regulator that allows you to set a higher pressure for the water and a lower pressure for the beer! Otherwise, you'd just have to strike a balance maybe slightly over-carbonated for the beer and under-carbonated for the water?
Thank you michael! We pay average about .10 cents an ounce for Essenza water and drink way too much. Making 5 gallon batches with high quality reverse osmosis water and better flavorings will be great once dialed in. Thanks for the tip on dual regulator for two tap system.
I've been using carbonation bottle attachments and just shaking 1 liter bottles that have been prechilling in the fridge for awhile now. It works great, but can be a bit of a hassle. I really want to switch over to a keg so that I can have larger batches prepared and bubbly water on tap. Is it necessary to shake the keg or can you just let it chill in cold temperatures to allow the C02 to get absorbed? Do you also put the C02 tank in the freezer/fridge with the keg? You mentioned that after a few days it will be more carbonated. For about how long into the process do you leave the C02 tank connected to the keg. Do you unhook it at some point? I would imagine that eventually it will just be filling in the empty space with C02 and wasting it? Or would the water eventually get flat?
You can certainly just set and wait, but it can take a couple weeks for the pressure to equalize and full dissolve. Leave it connected through the entire serving process (if you disconnect the water will slowly go flat as you serve it with the head pressure in the keg). I store the CO2 tank in the fridge, but more for convenience than any tangible benefit. Best of luck!
game is awesome. just did my first real home brew. Blonde Ale
I hope this game expands into mead, wine and distillation goods.
Finally your back on KZread
Ha, filming this was much easier than a whole "real' batch!
@@madfermentationist4470Haaa I believe that, appreciate you and Scott helping the industry out, looking into doing myself a funky dark saison every year that video was inspirational. Take care.
very helpful, thank you!
What does the spelt do for the brew?
Spelt is high in protein, so like wheat or oats it will help with body and head retention. It also adds a unique grainy character, although that is mostly lost when it comes to a beer like this with yeast, hop, herbal aromatics.
Brew a triple bock!!!
Now that the full game is out, I just might!
I've been a homebrewer for about 20 years... Well I brewed seven carboys of beer about 20 years ago. Some of them tasted different from the others... None of them was bad
Are these recipes legit? Can I brew beer in my condo from following this game?
Yes, the recipes would make beer. How close it is to your tastes depends on your equipment, technique, and palate!
Liked and subscribed for your explanations and voice. @24:00 you let it get up to 69 Celsius when it said to stay around 64. Is that a big deal irl?
When just "steeping" specialty malt, temperature isn't a big concern. Once you deal with "all grain" brewing the temperature is much more important because the enzymes become a factor. Even a difference of 5C will change how sweet the finished beer tastes!
I'm a cider maker, my beer knowledge is minimal despite having spent a lot of time at import bars in my twenties. Saw this game came out and was excited to hear it had a lot of tech specs but didn't want to make the jump because I wasn't sure how unfamiliar the beer process would be to me. I was very excited to see there was a video from someone who knew what they were talking about and played a bit slower. Thanks for showcasing the game, appreciated hearing your perspective and had a great time watching and nodding along with you about SG and kettles and temperatures.
I'm so unbelievably keen for this to release on console at the end of the month! I'm also a home brewer and I'm quite keen to see how this compares to the real thing and to use it to save the months/years it takes to create, develop, experiment and eventually perfect a recipe.. Hopefully I can getnthe same setup I use at home.. Brewzilla all in 1 system, fermzilla fermenter/unitank and full temp controlled pressure fermenting..
I've been making carbonated water for a while, but I've been struggling with the serving aspect. If have to lower the keg pressure to like 10 PSI to serve, but still get lots of foam and lose carbonation. How do you serve it with the keg @ 30PSI and get a pour like that? Do you have a long water line to reduce pressure at the tap? Flow control tap? Thanks.
Long (10') and narrow (3/16") lines help to serve it without excessive foaming. There are "line balancing" calculators out there that can help.
Seems like a cool game. Do you need to set a recipe before brewing, or can you just freewheel it? Cause it'd be neat in the final version to see hidden achievements or Easter eggs for making stuff like, say, Alton Brown's infamously bad homebrew recipe from Good Eats.
Ha, their Steam page mentions you'll be able to make your own recipe... we'll see if ice cubes are available for chilling the wort!
Seems like a pretty cool way for either folks who have never brewed to visualize the process and see if it's something their into. Or perhaps a reformed homebrewer who is now living in apartment can re-litigate what it meant to have space to brew.
Especially with how many breweries there are these days, not everyone wants 5 gallons (or even 1 gallon) of a single beer. I'm hoping it can serve as a good way to illustrate process/recipes without the effort of filming each step of a brew!
Nice review. Not available for Macs. I will have to dust off the PC.
Definitely doesn't need high-end specs... I've got a hand-me-down Radeon R9 290X that is coming up on 10 years old.
Light beer. Lol. I'm wondering if I'll have to replace my hose or just pbw and starsan.
Your old lines should be fine with a good cleaning!
where do you get the bouncer filter?
Looks like Amazon or various homebrew shops still carry it.
How do you refill the water on the keg? Does all the CO2 left on the keg go to waste doing the refill? (CO2 on the keg, not on the tank)
Yep, just open it up and pour water and salts in. No real option other than venting out the CO2 in the empty keg (it would be displaced by the liquid anyway).
Love the video! You're quite hilarious, dude!
Great vid! thanks for making it. thumb way up.
Look forward to trying this! I plan on trying different water profiles via Bru'n Water just for kicks. Also, is removing O2 necessary for soda water? I know it affects beer flavoring but wasn't sure if it did or not for just plain ole water? Thanks for the vid!
If you have excess O2 in you tank your water won’t become as carbonated. So pretty important to remove it from my limited experience.
Yep. Not a big deal as partial-pressures of different gasses are additive (Dalton's Law), but oxygen and water isn't a great combination when it comes to mold growth etc.
Corporations ruin beers that were once good.
Hi, one question. Is it important to purge the headspace from Oxygen to carbonate water? If so, what are the benefits of doing it and what are the downsides of not doing it? Thank you in advanced
Purging should make it fizzier. Important step in my opinion.
What temperature are you cellaring these at? And did you use metabisulphate as the preservant?
My basement fluctuates between 55-65F through the year. The metabisulfite was intended to kill the wild yeast (Brettaomyces), but certainly also served as an antioxidant.
@@madfermentationist4470 very good, this could be the missing piece in the puzzle of how to age my beers for a decade! Thank you!
Nuclear reactor?! So much complex for homebrewing! There must be some other simpler and easier ways;)
Mad informative! Loved the video.
Nitrogen is used as well.
Nitrogen is a good option if you are pushing wine or cold brew. Can also assist in a blend with CO2 for long draw systems like we have at the brewery. Generally not something helpful for carbonated water though.
What about your electric bill?
Chest freezers are super-efficient, especially when run at above freezing temperatures and opened infrequently. Maybe $4/month?
hello. what was the stuff you put in it? was it calcium carbonate? what else can sub this? is it possible not to put anything, just water and the co2? thank u
You can put nothing, it's fine. What he put was chalk. You don't have to put anything though
Hi Mike !! I don’t see the Recipe , can you put it again please??
Here you go (it's in the description too): www.themadfermentationist.com/2017/11/new-england-pale-ale-brewing-video.html
Thanks !!!
I can't believe nobody has commented on the joke, "alcohol isn't apparent"...10/10 on the funny scale my man
Do I have to keep the CO2 line open while pouring? Or do I have to force carb the water then it ok to disconnect the CO2 line to dispense? Thanks
You need to keep it connected. As you dispense the head pressure drops, which in turn would cause carbonation to leave the liquid to balance the pressure.
Mad Fermentationist Thanks a lot!
what kind of refrigeration unit is that?
It's a chest freezer. Here's the build for turning it into a "keezer" www.themadfermentationist.com/2015/02/how-to-build-keezer-collar.html
How long would you say a carbonated water keg will last kept under pressure? Do you need to shake it again after a certain length of time?
It lasts pretty much indefinitely, no need to shake once it is carbonated!
Hi there. Do you just leave your CO2 at 25PSI for dispensing as well? Thanks so much!
Yes, I leave it at 25 PSI. If you lower it, the carbonation dissolved in the water will slowly equalize to the lower pressure and the beer will be less bubbly.
Hey I want to thank you for the great video. It was very informative. I was wondering what the hop basket is that you use? It seems to be adjustable and is something I’d love to have.
It's from Adventures in Homebrewing: 13.75" Hop Spider - Stainless Steel
Are you opening a brewery ? ! If so, where?
Opened in 2018, Sapwood Cellars in Columbia, MD!
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