Great video Hendo, just a thought, try the all rounder stand upside down and i reckon the space between the bottom and the wort whipper will nearly be perfect mate.
Great video series! Im only a homebrewer though so autoclaves are out of my budget! But to add an observation about craft brewers and yeast that i experiencd recently. I was at one of the largest craft breweries a few days ago on a brewery tour and lucky me had one of the brewers all to myself. Anyway long story short, I found out they only use 3 yeasts for all their beers, and it was all dry yeast that they grow up in a propogater and use for several generations before dumping and starting again. I was surprised as I thought they'd have a small yeast lab and propogate a "house" strain, but no! And as a homebrewer I'm keeping a mini yeast bank in a fridge in my shed! Haha, it was actually quite refreshing to know that such great beer from a major craft brewer was being made with a fairly simple fermentation process! That being said they still used a nice stainless steel propogation tank and didn't just chuck it in dry. I am alos inspired now thinking about how I can use your method to possibly create a yeast starter inside of my PET fermenter prior to pitching my wort instead of using a flask etc. It would certainly make it simpler and potentially safer from infection not dealing with a second dry vessel etc
Have you had any issues with contamination using a plastic fermenter for starters? And how much initial yeast would you pitch for, say, a 4 bbl batch. Cheers, friend!
this is a great video in helping someone propogate yeast for commercial brewing...........dry yeast is good, but liquid yeast has more depth of flavor.....cheers for this awesome video Hendo.........
Kudos to you for putting this together for aspiring brewers. 🙏🏻
Thank you! I couldn't find the information elsewhere so I thought it best to create something to share.
You are a total legend Hendo. Thanks for putting this together. I really think this will benefit a lot of new craft breweries.
Looking forward for next episode, I love your channel!!
Thanks for watching! 😀
your a legend! keen to learn more!!
Cheers legend!
Great video Hendo, just a thought, try the all rounder stand upside down and i reckon the space between the bottom and the wort whipper will nearly be perfect mate.
That's a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion.
@@RockstarBrewer no wukkas mate. Happy brewing.
Excellent video, looking forward to the other videos in this series.👍
Thanks for watching!
Great project, look forwad to the next installment! Good to see you posting content again, have missed your videos!
Subscribed straight away. Looking forward for part 2! Thanks a lot
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Nic e to see someone doing something other than another hazy 😎
Love your work Hendo. Cheers mate! .... We still need a co-lab... some how, some where, over the rainbow. :)
Absolutely! Definitely a beer too. Thanks for watching, Gashy 🍻
Great idea thanks for this!
Hey. Nice built. May I ask why you have a sterile filter on the air exiting the propagator ? thanks
It's only on the air supply hose. These no filter air on the vent hose. Thanks for watching!
Great video series! Im only a homebrewer though so autoclaves are out of my budget! But to add an observation about craft brewers and yeast that i experiencd recently. I was at one of the largest craft breweries a few days ago on a brewery tour and lucky me had one of the brewers all to myself. Anyway long story short, I found out they only use 3 yeasts for all their beers, and it was all dry yeast that they grow up in a propogater and use for several generations before dumping and starting again. I was surprised as I thought they'd have a small yeast lab and propogate a "house" strain, but no! And as a homebrewer I'm keeping a mini yeast bank in a fridge in my shed! Haha, it was actually quite refreshing to know that such great beer from a major craft brewer was being made with a fairly simple fermentation process!
That being said they still used a nice stainless steel propogation tank and didn't just chuck it in dry.
I am alos inspired now thinking about how I can use your method to possibly create a yeast starter inside of my PET fermenter prior to pitching my wort instead of using a flask etc. It would certainly make it simpler and potentially safer from infection not dealing with a second dry vessel etc
How often should the air filter be changed?
They cost about a dollar so they're pretty much disposable. I autoclave one in the next episode coming up next week. Thanks for watching!
Cant wait
yes also waıtıng how you do sıp for the fermzılla
That's coming up in Part 2 of 3 next Friday. Subscribe and ring the bell so you get notified when the next video comes out!
no pdf download ?
It should be emailed to you mate. Check your spam folder and let me know if you still have terrible getting the PDF.
@@RockstarBrewer Nothing in spam or inbox...
Drop me a message at my contact page rockstarbrewer.com/contact and I'll get it to you right away. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Have you had any issues with contamination using a plastic fermenter for starters? And how much initial yeast would you pitch for, say, a 4 bbl batch.
Cheers, friend!
Addressing contamination is coming up in part 2 which drops next Friday. Stay tuned!
@@RockstarBrewer Next friday??But I want to brew now!! 🤣🤣
I love your motivation. You're as excited as I am!
Can I order this as a complete kit from KegLand?
Hey @KegLand can you help here?
Forgive if im wrong but i believe the fermzilla is made of PET
Yep! Sure is. Must have had one too many beers last night.....thanks for pointing that out :-)
@@RockstarBrewer Never the less another great video Hendo. Thanks again :)
this is a great video in helping someone propogate yeast for commercial brewing...........dry yeast is good, but liquid yeast has more depth of flavor.....cheers for this awesome video Hendo.........
Please tell me more 🙏
Absolutely! Head to rockstarbrewer.com/yeastpropagator to download the PDF with the plans, kit list and the media recipe.