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Grainfather has good tutorials on their website and there are good UA-cam videos on how to brew extract and all-grain (recommend you start with extract). Your local home-brew store might offer classes too. My checklist(s) are for my setup configuration and I update them each time I brew. Your's will apply to your setup configuration. Use the tutorials on Grainfather to set up your basic checklist then, adapt it to your setup. Cheers!

Great news! I'm currently working on a "Brew Day" video using Grainfather's G30, Sparge Water Heater and Conical Fermenter. Stay tuned...

You're welcome. Cheers!

You're welcome. If you build one of these and you have any questions, just let me know. Cheers!

You're welcome. I know I went kinda fast and there's a bunch of stuff I purposely left out so, if you build one of these, let me know. Cheers!

You're welcome. Check out Part Duex for pressure transferring through the syphon valve on the bottom of the Fermenter.

Thanks! Cheers!

Thanks for watching!

Are you kidding?? Thanks for posting this and the other ad hoc improvements you make.

If you contact Grainfather Support, they might be able to help you with the thread size. I contacted them for the thread size on the earlier version.

Sounds good! Thanks.

I updated the "Description" section to add links to where you can get the items I referenced in the Video. Cheers!

Glad you liked the video. You could cut just above the lower clip as long as you leave 1/2 inch or so for the hose clamp. As I show in the video, I recommend using a threaded rod to connect the upper and lower clips to give the hose some rigidity. Cheers!

I got mine on Amazon. Here is the link. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B263VZX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Cheers!

@@breakawaybrewery 👍thanks

My bad. I sent you the link to the Ball Valve modification for the G30 Discharge Pipe by mistake. Here is the link to the Ball Lock Coupling: amzn.to/40k8Ewf Cheers!

Yup, that’s the one. Thanks for sending, I appreciate it

Cheers from the Great White North (Florida)!

You're welcome! Next up. Brew Day.

@@breakawaybrewery Your approach and savvy remind me of some of the NCO’s I worked with back in the day, so I will make sure to have a seat in the front row.

@@patrickburke5523 LOL. Yep. Army Specialist E5.

Could be a crack in the cap. Spray some Star San or diluted liquid dish soap around the area to see where the bubbles are coming from. The leak may be coming from the red hose push-to-connect fitting inside the top assembly. There is a jagged edge ring that goes around the red hose that, if it is not seated properly, will leak. Try removing the hose and re-seating it so it firmly goes in. Let me know. Cheers!

Good call. It was leaking from the red hose push connect fitting. All fixed. Appreciate the help!

Glad you enjoyed it. I used the Pressure XFR Kit this week to XFR a Citra IPA. Check out my Part Deux video using the Dual Valve. That's the process I use the most. Cheers!

Thanks! Cheers!

Thanks!

Nope. The auto shut off is only to save battery life. However, if you have the USB plugged in and you have a power glitch or outage, the displays will zero out (but the PCS input stays in tact). I have a UPS connected to the USB outlet so I don't have to re-weigh the kegs. Cheers!

Yep. Been busy. I'm working on a "brew day" video now. Stand by....

@@breakawaybrewery Good, as long as you're OK! You're doing a great job, keep it up👍🏻

Just remember that the scale only has memory for the PCS function, not the weight data. If you loose power, you will need to re-weigh an empty keg (or a substitute object of that weight). Or, get a UPS battery backup. Cheers!

Just remember that the scale only has memory for the PCS function, not the weight data. If you loose power, you will need to re-weigh an empty keg (or a substitute object of that weight). Or, get a UPS battery backup. Cheers!

I don't use a glycol chiller. I use my cooling coil for both my CFC and my Fermenter (see my other videos). The QDs on the Fermenter trap the water (or glycol) inside the cooling sleeve of the fermenter. When I reconnect the water lines to the QDs, I always run water through the whole system to purge any air bubbles and then adjust the 3 way valve to make a closed-loop system. Cheers!

Also the fermentor has the foam insulated jacket on it

Do you have the jacket for the Fermenter? My room temp is 71 degrees F (22c). I use my cooling coils for both my CFC and Fermenter. The water temp is approximately 40 degrees F (4c) after it cools down my Florida water (which is hot these days!) using ice and ice packs. Cheers!

Albert, I transferred a Citra IPA to my keg yesterday using the GF Pressure XFR kit and BouncerMD. So easy. Cheers!

My closed transfer was a success!

@@albertpena7949 Remember to follow a checklist of the process so each time is easy. Cheers!

I used to have a shut off valve in line to regulate a steady steam of Sparge water however, I got a tip from another brewer when I told him I wasn't making my OG numbers. He recommended applying Sparge water in 1 Liter increments with 3-4 minutes in-between. It worked. I started making my numbers. So I re-did the gravity feed Pex tubing and got rid of the valve. Cheers!

Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

Luke, The white fitting is a quick disconnect for an ATV. Here's the link on Amazon: Plastic Quick Disconnect for ATV: amzn.to/40k4y7l Cheers!

@Breakaway Brewery thank you so much for the info....I'm looking for something similar but has to be food grade and small I.e. 2--4mm internal diameter...again thank you so much.

Robbi, Glad you enjoyed it! I think you'll get a kick out of the other videos too.

Thanks Paul. Glad you liked it!

Thanks Zeb. I design the stickers myself and have them made by Zazzle.

Glad it was helpful!

LoL. Yep!

Thanks! My wife just started getting into making wine and we're looking forward to tasting the first batch (around Christmas). Cheers!

That's a good idea. Just remember, according to FiveStarChemicals, you should always use rinse water at the same temp as the wash. Cold rinse water for cold wash and warm rinse water for warm wash. Cheers!

Hello. The Co2 during fermentation needs to escape out of the top of the grainfather conical fermenter through the blow off hole via an air lock or a blow off tube. If the pressure transfer assembly was installed on the blow off hole and the racking pipe was submerged into the Wort, it would not allow the Co2 generated during fermentation (or any trapped oxygen) to escape. As a result, the pressure build up inside the grainfather conical fermenter would push the Wort out through the racking pipe and into the bottle of Star San. A syphon would be created and the Wort would empty until the pressure equalized. I'm just guessing but, I think that's what would happen. Cheers!

Thanks John. I'm working on a Pressure Transfer Part 2 video this weekend. Should be out soon.

Ice. Several bags for the CFC and then 1 bag every couple days for the Conical Fermenter.