Outstanding! I’ve been a 65L 3.1 brewer for 2.5 years and every single one of these-every one-addresses the issues with the prior generation. Kudos to KegLand for listening to customers, spending obviously a LOT of time researching and I’m sure testing. I’m buying!!!
Thanks Stephen. Hope you enjoy using it. We are going to find it really hard to find ways to improve the Gen 4 so this is likely going to be the last brewery change for some time.
@@silveraven1 This pipework has been removed for the Gen4. Simple bottom screen with no hole and an optional top screen if you want to disperse the sparge water. No pipework makes it easy to stir your mash to break up any dough balls and maximise efficiency.
I love how you explain in detail the problem you recognized and the elegant solutions you found to solve that problem and then go on to explain how it will make our lives so much easier. I love that you take the time to explain the brilliance behind your product and it really shows the attention to detail.
Love my gen 4, great work guys! One suggestion for the next gen: how about type of simple "normally closed" valve that will only open once the arm is attached? The risk of spraying boiling wort around the house/into your face is very real! I try to leave my arm attached as often as possible but this scares me the most on my brew days. Not an easy fix to design but it would be a game changer.
Very Excited! I have 2 Anvil Foundries I use in my videos but seriously considering purchasing a new Brewzilla Gen 4 for future brews once it is released here in the U.S. Thanks again for covering this! Kee, you nailed the low-density vs high-density issue which I've been preaching to people for way too long. Low-density is the #1 way to go, especially if you brew with wheat and rye as I do. I'm dying to do a head-to-head comparison with the new Brewzilla Gen 4 vs the Anvil Foundry as I feel the Brewzilla will have an amazing BHE overall well beyond all the cool features. Great Video!
Kee- a great review of your product Sir!! I can't wait for this to become available in the U.S. I love my Robobrew, but will be upgrading my brewery as soon as this becomes available. Cheers!!!
Time for a gin basket Kee. Vapour infusion beats the crap out of boiling botanicals. I stuff my botanicals into kegland extension tubes above the lid and before the kegland pot still. It'd be handy to have a tri clover basket instead.
@@volkskrieg8735 I have 2 extension tubes plus a sight glass.. the order goes, 2 inch tri clover extension tube from lid, then 2 inch tri clover sight glass, then a second 2 inch tri clover extension, then the pot still (which isn't tri clover but you can make it work with enough brute force, same for attachment of lid to first tube). Between the lid and first extension tube I have a 2 inch filter to stop botanicals falling into the boil. There's not enough room even with all these tubes for all my botanicals for an 8.5L 20% double distilled starting spirit (i only have a pot still, so I have to clean up the starting wash a couple of times to get the fermentation stink and taste out, and it also gives 2 opportunities to get the nasty first runnings stuff out - this means on the final gin distillation, I can collect from the start and collect the really volatile aromatics). Any more extension tubes, without some support, will warp the lid. Which I don't have It works spectacularly though! All parts are kegland parts. So a gin basket would be bloody handy.
@@volkskrieg8735 do it! Kee just got back to me about the new lid, and he said it's far more rigid. Plus it has an inbuilt tri-Clover mount. Perfect perfect perfect! I will be upgrading the lid.
Yes we have had a lot of other customers in a similar situation and have upgraded from the older Grainfather units. The older Grainfather units were good but they did have high watt density so you will probably find on this system you will be able to brew lighter beers more easily.
My god…. You just blew my mind. Almost ready to pull the trigger on the G40 but you guys are so incredibly innovative and forward thinking. I have a Blichmann Breweasy, spent almost $5000 on it with accessories and haaaaate it. I’m buying one. Just one question. If the heating element goes, is it easy to replace?
Thanks for your support Brent. We really appreciate it. The heating elements are not easy to replace but we have sold more than 40,000 BrewZilla Gen 3 units and i thikn we had only 2 elements fail that I know about so the chance of this happening is slim to none. I also tested boiling dry on these and under this very agressive boil dry testing I had to leave the BrewZilla on for about 45hrs completly boiled try before the element burned out. In order to perform this test I had to remove the thermal overload and electronics to force the elements to stay on permanently for the 45hr period. It's just not going to happen.
Received my Gen 4 35L yesterday, congratulations on making such an amazing piece of brewing equipment, I'm very impressed with it! Just one queston though, why was an on/off switch not included? When not in use it seems the only option is to pull the plug from the wall. I guess there is an argument for the controller to be always on/powered when it can act as a Bluetooth hub for other devices but in that case it would be nice to be able to put the controller into a standby mode where it can still be connected to Bluetooth/WIFI but no risk of accidentally activating the heating elements when empty
Hullo! Ordered one and it's on the way (I am in India and it is taking a bit of time to reach). I've seen all videos from other youtubers but it would be fantastic if you could put a deep dive video into the software (so to speak) aspects - the controller, the RAPT integration etc. along with detailed instructions on the operating modes. Thank you!
Just wondering if it's possible you could do a brew in one of these just to show people who are thinking about switching to all grain how to use a Brewzilla in a step by step procedure? There are probably a lot of people who would like to buy one and prefer watching a video guide rather than a instruction manual, I have the last Brewzilla generation and totally love it, I'll never go back to buying store bought Lager when I'm brewing Lager which tastes better, cheers. 🍺🍺
If you use the Brewzilla CIP set up to clean another adjacent vessel such as a fermenter, you cant do it continuously. You would need to stop and transfer the CIP fluid back into the Brewzilla vessel. Unless you have a way of auto transfering from the fermenter back to the Brewzilla (and if you use a pump then you may as well use that pump as a recirculation CIP pump.)
You only need a small amount of height on the fermenter to gravity feed from the fermenter back to the brewery. So from our experience no additional pump should be necessary. As long as the fermenter is about 10cm higher than the liquid level inside the brewery.
I am ready to buy my first Brewzilla 3.1 this week and now this video comes out... This is exciting news. When is the USA expected to see these on shelves? Great improvements guys!
KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
Kee, i just bought a Grainfather G40. And I really regret my choice, I should of waited for the gen 4 and saved money.. Bloody hell Kee, why do you do this to me?
Sorry about that Grant. I am sure a lot of customers will be choosing this over the G40 now as it's quite a bit better value. I am sure you will still be able to make some good beer none the less. Some of our parts are compatible with the G40 so you still might be able to upgrade parts of the G40.
Amazing video there Kee! Lots of great features for sure. Would you know of what power specs will be used for Canadian customers? 110 volt or 240? If it's 110 for now will there be a possible 240 later down the road?
Yeah we have heaps of features in this new model. In Canada you have 120 volt so we will mainly sell the 1700watt ones in Canada for the 35L model but for the 65L model you will have to use the 230v model which is about 3500 watts
Looks like a great upgrade Kee. I have a Robobrew 3.1 which still runs almost faultlessly after all these years. Great for brewing, not so great for distillation, particularly with a reflux still as you can't attach a power controller. With this model, with the removeable control head, is it possible to connect a power controller to the lower socket and run the elements at a % power rather than a PID temp control?
Form our testing the Alembic shape really has no positive impact so we think it's a waste of time to be honest. We find the pro-distillation lids are really a better product especially with the 3" opening at the front so you can see what is going on in the boiler and also use this to make botanical editions etc.
Hello, I have the new lid for the 35 and will be getting an Alcoengine distilling apparatus delivered next week. My question concerns mounting the reflux still to the lid. I’m hoping there’s a way to do this with a tri-clamp, but can only see content online that uses the nut from underneath on the old lids and nothing with the new ones shown here. Thanks
Very good and informative video! I will defiantly buy the new generation 4, when I am sure that I will get the version with the holes on the maltpipe. I live in Denmark 😊
I think in Denmark all the BrewZilla Gen 4 will have holes on the bottom of the malt pipe. It was only a small number sold in Australia that did not have these holes. I would say the brewery works pretty close to the same without the holes though so I am not very fussed about this myself.
thanks for that Pat. We do sell a couple different counter flow chillers at the moment. I know the immersion chiller is not very efficient at achieving very low temperatures like the counter flow but it's very easy for our customers to use and setup. Also once you get the word down to 40C you can just put in the fermenter and then let it cool down a bit further in the fermenter. We have a signficiant number of customers in Australia that hot cube as well. So I think for this stage we will just sell the counter flow as an add on extra if people want to purchase this separately.
The BrewFather 65L will be available at the end of this year hopefully. We will release in Australia in a couple months and then in USA we normally release shortly after we launch in Australia.
It is really mind boggling to me, that you went for the center drain in the gen4 with the argument, that most of your costumers don't care for hot trub in their fermenters. Whilst selling whirlpool attachments, which are completely useless except when you siphon the wort without the built in drain. I am in the market for a malt pipe system at the moment but I really do not want hot trub in my fermenter. Ignoring this quite hefty design flaw, I absolutely love what you did with the Gen4, especially on the controller side of things and am wondering, if I can come up with a pipe attachment which pulls the wort from the side and leaves most of the hot trub behind during transfer.
It would be fairly easy to have a pipe attachment that will draw from the side but really I think you should try the unit as it was built first and i think you will appreciate the design once you have given it a go.
The T500 is a bit of a pain to use. It can delivery good spirit but my only gripe with the T500 is having to constantly adjust the flow of water. I am not a bit fan of coolent management stills for this reason and would much prefer a flow management or vapour management still design.
Wonder if the neoprene jacket seams have been moved - placement directly behind the recirc pipe on gen 3 was not exactly great. Either way, looking forward to the gen 4 landing on the western hemisphere!
We wanted to keep the digiboil at a low entry price point so customers can easily get into brewing with this setup. The dome elements cost a substantial amount more to manufacture at the moment but as we scale up production and the price comes down we may do this at some stage in the future
@@glenh3375 We are making 110volt version right now so hopefully this is available in America quite soon. KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
With my three tier system with 16 gallon pots I can make 10 gallons of high gravity beer. Using two different yeasts I can get two 5 gallon beers at one beers time. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for your product, but a serious brewer needs bigger vessels.
Ahh man I feel short changed. I’ve been waiting for this so bought it as soon as I got the email saying it was in stock. Then I watch this 30min later and learn I won’t be getting the malt pipe with perforations. I honestly would have waited…
To be quite honest it's only a very small difference. I have been using the malt pipe without the perforations and I have never had issues with stuck sparge. Unless you are using more than 50% wheat I dont add any rice hulls and have no issues. We had customers request this feature which is why we did it but for most beers you dont need it at all.
The same with me. Picked up the Gen 4 today from the Kegland premises and checked the malt pipe, no perforations. I went and enquired about it and was told there is no eta for the newer pipe with perforations. I do feel short changed as they will be supplied as standard in the near future.
@@KegLand fair enough glad to know thanks for the reply! I’m sure it won’t be an issue. I’ve never had a stuck sparge on my ss brewtech mash tun even when brewing with 60% wheat with no rice hulls. And who I’m I kidding I couldn’t have if waited, I’ve been excited to get the Brewzilla gen 4 since I heard about all the new features. Cheers Kegland keep up the great work
damnit kegland! what am i supposed to do with my gen 3 now! haha... you guys are just pushing the envelope!... is there going to be a rapt/BT controller (with cable and detatchable controller) upgrade for previous gen? also, was the 'larger' malt pipe compatible with previous generations if adding the extender as well?
This larger malt pipe is not really compatible with the older generation. You could make it compatible if you use the boil extender and then move the halo ring to the boil extender.
@@KegLand What about the screen/controller? As in remove the current screen and attach a plate with the new connection and a way of attaching the new screen higher up.
The 100L BrewZilla will either require 32amp signle phase or 10amp three phase. You can easily switch between the two options depending on what supply you have.
Hi Kegland, couple of questions: I live in France but as far as I know you don't have a partner here, could you recommend someone in Europe? Secondly does the unit have an overflow pipe? Thanks and as usual good work on your part!
hi, with great anticipation I look forward to the release of Brewzilla gen4 35L in Sweden, where I live. Meanwhile I'm planning my new brewery space. For that purpose I need to know the dimensions of this piece, in particular when it is stored between brews, but preferably also when it is in operation. I have searched for the information but have not been able to find it. Can you help me out? You are also welcome to share the equivalent for the 65L version, if in the end I choose to gear up. Greetings Owe
We have them already dispatched to Sweden now so they should be arriving soon. It's best to contact your local Swedish home brew store to and they should be able to give you a more precise arrival date.
Nice upgrades but why isn’t there a sight glass? I added one to my robobrew and love it! It just makes it so much easier to know the volumes especially when you are sparging and the malt pipe is on top.
We did consider this very seriously and we do sell a sight glass upgrade kit however sight glasses have two problems: 1. They are a real pain to clean and after using them for some time you really then need to get inside with a special brush to clean out the sight glass. 2. Most sight glasses are either made from glass which can smash and is not particularly robust or alternatively is made from polycarbonate and then we can't state that the product is BPA or bisphenol free. All polycarbonate contains either BPA or other bisphenol compounds that have links to endocrine disruptors.
@@KegLand you are right. I installed one made of glass with a metal protection around it. If no sight glass, how do you recommend measuring the wort volume when sparging?
@@rickspooner Normally I just lift up the malt pipe and then see how much is in the boiler. We have graduation marks on the inside of the boiler that are relatively easy to read.
Awesome! Would CIP spray roter fit at 35L 3.1 Brewzilla as well? Also, i wonder why you guys sell whirlpool arm if you don't recommend to do whirlpool.
We have just had so many customers ask for a whirlpool arm that we have made it but in reality it's not necessary and we do not recommend it. It's still a product that continues to sell even though we do not recommend doing this.
The new bigger malt pipe and the boil extender Gen 3.1, will that also come in a new version for the Gen 4? Keep up the great work, love your products here in Sweden! :)
hello! may i find out, i bought from bunnings the caravan 15amp adapter, but i haven't had luck, it reaches 50 degrees c and trips. Can someone assist? what am i doing wrong?
For the 35L unit you could go down to 1kg but you will notice that your efficiencies get a little worse at this very small level. You can also fit max 10kg in the malt pipe. If you want to go larger you can also get the larger malt pipe that we sell separately.
I have the robobrew 3.0 and still love it, so I'm happy to see the drastic improvements coming up! One nitpick: you said the steam condenser gets a garden house fitting. In my apartment I only have access to a sink tap faucet. Would the condenser be able to perform, or even attach to a regular sink tap?
There are several adapters that attach to a regular household faucet to provide a garden hose connection. I use one I bought from Bunnings for the condenser water for my still. Cost around $15 from memory.
Yes these improvements are quite a large step forward. With respect to the steam condenser this has duotight fittings that convert the input and output to 1/2" thread so most fittings at the hardware store will attach to this. Then you just need sink tap fitting to connect the hose.
Is there a video with an in depth overview of creating mash profiles in the RAPT portal? I cannot seem to find any documentation on it anywhere. Thanks!
How's the rigidity on the new 35L distillation lid? The old one is pretty thin and weak, with 2 x 2 inch extension columns plus a sight glass extension with a pot still on top (all kegland bits) really puts a lot of torsion/mass on the somewhat flimsy lid. Also, I'm really looking forward to lazy management of liquor temps in the still by having rapt modulating the boiler power!
It's way more rigid. This was one of the primary reasons we needed to upgrade the lid. We have a number of large stills that are coming out and just as you have pointed out the older lids were only really suitable for small stills as they simply were not rigid enough. This is one of the benevits of this new cone type lid.
We have a PID temp control feature and this makes the tempeature more accurate. Also with the new bluetooth pen probe you will be able to put this into the malt pipe to get a core mash temp and this will make this pretty much the most accurate single vessel brewery system that exists once this probe is available (should be released second half of this year).
Heya Kee! The Kegland 25w pump comes with a regular 240v "hard" cable/connection to socket in Norway. Will the 65L Brewzilla output enough power to the pump to drive it as intended, or will there be a specialized pump for the purpose?
Yes the 65L brewzilla can be upgraded to the 25watt standard mag drive pump but you have to cut off the plug and wire this onto the terminals of the main board. It's an easy modification and the main power cord and board can handle the extra power requirement.
Can always keep the pump turned off and attach a hose to the dump valve and bypass the recirculation arm.... just return the hose back through the hole in the lid to recirculate... doesn’t seem necessary but it is a way around it to use a stronger pump, especially for plate or counter flow chillers
The riptide pump is a bit expensive. We actually have our own stainless steel head pump that removes with tri-clover clamp that is coming in stock in two weeks. Unfortunately we do not have plans to offer a pumpless version at this stage.
It's best to contact our distributors in Canada. You can see them on this map here and they can give you an arrival time: www.kegland.com.au/distributor
@@KegLand just to keep the grains from settling on the bottom to maximize flavor. I know this technique is up for debate though. Making whiskey particularly
I like this Gen4 in so many ways! I can't wait for it to hit the US market. I will definitely want those side pipe perforations when it is available. I have a concern about the new bottom design. It looks better than v3 for reasons mentioned, but what about the ability to whirlpool to leave behind as much hot and cold-break as possible. I prefer to remove most of that before it gets to the fermenter. It seems like you can't do that with the Gen4. Am I correct?
We do have a design whereby you can fit an extension and draw liquid from the side of the brewery and not use the false bottom screen. This additional accessory would allow you to whirlpool and separate this stuff but I am still not convinced this is necessary. It would be easier to let the hot break settle in the middle then open the valve on the side and separate this at the start rater than at the end if you really felt it necessary to do so.
@@KegLand Thanks for the prompt reply! I was thinking the pump would evacuate the cylinder, but you're suggesting it better to use the manual valve and use gravity to fill the fermenter? (sorry, maybe I'm not following)
This is beautiful ! Can the controller be mounted on different single brewing vessels from other brands if it has the same connexion socket ? like the klarstein brauheld pro ? I have the klarstein brauheld pro 30L that I also find fantastic. It has cool features such as basket mid height legs, bottom recirculation circuit (prevents scorching), 2500W, hard mesh bottom basket. It also has up high and detachable controller. It does'n control the pump, nor is PID, but it's possible to manually decrease heating element power output.
I doubt that the Klarstein Brauheld Pro is compatible but to be honest we have never tried and I have never seen one of the Klarstein units in Australia before so it's hard for us to test it
@@KegLand Thank you so much for your reply ! Your unit look fantastic and your whole ecosystem makes perfect sense for home brewers. I enjoy the quality and convenience more and more as I convert to your many systems !
Just bought the gen 4! Went to register my brewzilla but stupidly I didn't write down my verification code! 🤦 Is there anywhere I can recover it? Sláinte 🇮🇪
just completing my first brew in the 35L gen 4, even with some DIY insulation and lid on it takes a while to get to strike temp and boil - any recommendations for an over-the-side/additional heating element to help speed up the temp ramps? apart from that, well, and the temp profiles seemingly not waiting until programmed temp is reached before commencing the timer (unless I am missing something) it was a pleasure to use.
@@KegLand thanks, apart from those 2 grumbles, it's a really great unit with some great tech so I can't wait to use it again! Easier then my arduino-controlled custom 100L / 9000watter! Using the kegland counter-flow chiller was also amazingly efficient. Plan to get the boil extender/bigger malt pipe too so having some extra heating power will be really useful!
Have you upgraded the temperature controller(s) to PID to reduce wide fluctuations of temperature? That was a major concern for me and several friends with the previous generation Brewzilla.
Yes this has been done. We have a PID function in this brewery model. We have also made the PID settings editable as well so really we recommend changing the Integral and Derivative values depending on the batch size you are doing.
@@KegLand That's great news! That makes it better than the Grainfather G30. They also use a PID controller, but the probe is located in the bottom near the heater and they do not have the second sensor that can be placed in the mash. So the heat is controlled by the PID as sensed by both probes? Also, why isn't the fact that it is PID advertised? It's a MAJOR improvement and could generate more sales if known!
I have been thinking about buying one of these for like 2 years now (well the previous ones) but this seems great, now i just need to figure out which size to get.. How is the 65l version to use with smaller batches? Is it possible to do smaller ones too or is it only go big or go home?
With the 65L you can comfortably get away with batches down to 10L however at these very small batches you will start to notice your efficiencies decrease a little as it's starts to become a thin layer of malt in the malt pipe and water flows through quite fast. For small batches you could probably combat this by using a batch sparging method but we have not doen extensive testing eith the 65L and very small batches below 10L at this stage.
Yes you can use this for distillation of grain mash for sure. Do you mean can you mash directly onto the elements? This is not normally a good idea. We would recommend a type of false bottom as a minimum requirement.
I have watched days and days of videos of homebrewing-systems, but I think this will be the first one where high gravity beers are done efficient. We want to upgrade from our brewmonk 50l to this one. Is there any change the Brewzilla will be available in the Netherlands, Europe?
Yes we are getting our first BrewZilla Gen 4 orders to Europe now so you should see the BrewZilla over there soon. Best to ask the local distribuors of the exact arrival date. www.kegland.com.au/distributor
@@KegLand Thanks! I recently asked distributor Brouwland in Belgium, but they replied they will not supply the Gen 4, sadly. So I will have to search for another supplier further away.
Kee you mention not needing to whirlpool but I brew a lot of NE IPA and would like to utilize a whirlpool. Is there an issue with clogging or filtering too many hops into the fermenter if I do this?
As our pump protection screen covers the whole bottom of the boiler it's just not likely you will block this. We have added more than 7 grams per liter in the boil and it just doesnt seem to block so i really do not think woth being concerned about blocking the pump with the hops with this screen in place. If you really wanted to do a whirlpool you can but I just dont think it's necessary. These days we also seem to get more people economising with hops in the boil and adding more hops in the fermenter anyway.
it's best to contact our UK distributors and they will give you a price update. Yes we are working on Brewfather integration right now. www.kegland.com.au/distributor
The issue with sight glasses is that they are either made from glass which can break or polycarbonate that contains BPA. This brewery is sold as a BPA free brewery and so is the majority of stuff that kegland sells.
We will start sending these to NZ very soon. It's probably best to check with the local distributors as they can tell you the arrival date better than we can as they organise the shipping.
Will the pinout and the connector specification be open sourced? Would love to adopt my current controller to the Gen4. Also any coarse timeline on availability in european online shops?
I suppose we can probably make this public. We have not really considered this as you would need to be fairly proficient at wiring but I guess we have nothing to loose from supplying you just the controller if you would be happy to wire up the elements and pump yourself.
It's best if you contact our distributors as they can give you a better idea of arrival dates. We have our distributor list here: www.kegland.com.au/distributor
Seems a wonderful brewery but unfortunately really really hard to find in FRance... Almost no way in fact, I'm trying to order since more than one week and I must choose between Italian or Swiss seller... That's a shame... I'm now thinking to create my own brew-shop and import your products and distribute its for French consumers...
Yes unfortunately not many home brew stores in France. If you find any home brew stores in France please send them our details and we can see if they are willing to be a distributor. We do stock 1800 different products now so as a manufacturer we can wholesale a larger range of equipment from one place.
I have my Gen 2 Brewzilla and always works great - but the LCD is starting to fritz out. I see you can update the controllers on previous versions to the 3.1.1 controller - would that work on the Gen 2.0 - 8695 model as well?
Hello Cian. All the electronics have been re-designed and we have done a lot of durability testing on the electronics to ensure they are work at 100% duty cycle in very hot ambient temperatures for days at a time.
KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
If i want to make the dead space in my 65l gen 3 smaller like in the gen 4, can i use the new malt pipe with te gen 3 as well? If not, whats the issue? =)
What country are you in? We normally wholesale to distributors rather than Amazon or Ebay directly. For a list of distributors you can go to: www.kegland.com.au/distributor
Outstanding! I’ve been a 65L 3.1 brewer for 2.5 years and every single one of these-every one-addresses the issues with the prior generation. Kudos to KegLand for listening to customers, spending obviously a LOT of time researching and I’m sure testing. I’m buying!!!
Thanks Stephen. Hope you enjoy using it. We are going to find it really hard to find ways to improve the Gen 4 so this is likely going to be the last brewery change for some time.
@@KegLand the only way you could improve is deleting the annoying pipe work down the center like the GF did. Other than that, this is amazing.
@@silveraven1 This pipework has been removed for the Gen4. Simple bottom screen with no hole and an optional top screen if you want to disperse the sparge water. No pipework makes it easy to stir your mash to break up any dough balls and maximise efficiency.
@@henriburke4918 mind blown… Let’s get this thing CSA approved and shipped to Canada. Selling my Blichmann Breweasy
I love how you explain in detail the problem you recognized and the elegant solutions you found to solve that problem and then go on to explain how it will make our lives so much easier. I love that you take the time to explain the brilliance behind your product and it really shows the attention to detail.
Thanks for that Cory. We appreciate the support and encouragement. We will keep aspiring to do better!
Love my gen 4, great work guys! One suggestion for the next gen: how about type of simple "normally closed" valve that will only open once the arm is attached? The risk of spraying boiling wort around the house/into your face is very real! I try to leave my arm attached as often as possible but this scares me the most on my brew days.
Not an easy fix to design but it would be a game changer.
Very Excited! I have 2 Anvil Foundries I use in my videos but seriously considering purchasing a new Brewzilla Gen 4 for future brews once it is released here in the U.S. Thanks again for covering this! Kee, you nailed the low-density vs high-density issue which I've been preaching to people for way too long. Low-density is the #1 way to go, especially if you brew with wheat and rye as I do. I'm dying to do a head-to-head comparison with the new Brewzilla Gen 4 vs the Anvil Foundry as I feel the Brewzilla will have an amazing BHE overall well beyond all the cool features. Great Video!
Mike! Thanks for that mate. We really appreciate it and hopefully we can get these over to America soon!
What anvil version do you have. Original? Love to see the comparison soon
Wow!!! You guys just took the Brewzilla to the level of a Brewtools or Spike all in one system with all this!
Yeah I think the feature set is comparable but the cost of the BrewZilla is quite a bit less.
Really excited about the improvements to the Brewzilla Gen 4. You guys pretty much thought of everything this generation.
Yeah we are really excided too! Thanks for your support Rufus!
Well done Kee, you and the team have done a great job, so many features for a very reasonable price.
Thanks for that Dean we really appreciate it. I really love using this new brewery. It's a pleasure to work with.
Kee- a great review of your product Sir!! I can't wait for this to become available in the U.S. I love my Robobrew, but will be upgrading my brewery as soon as this becomes available. Cheers!!!
Yes, we will have the UL approvals for America and Canada really soon so looking forward to hearing what you guys think of them in the US of A
Time for a gin basket Kee. Vapour infusion beats the crap out of boiling botanicals. I stuff my botanicals into kegland extension tubes above the lid and before the kegland pot still. It'd be handy to have a tri clover basket instead.
@@volkskrieg8735 I have 2 extension tubes plus a sight glass.. the order goes, 2 inch tri clover extension tube from lid, then 2 inch tri clover sight glass, then a second 2 inch tri clover extension, then the pot still (which isn't tri clover but you can make it work with enough brute force, same for attachment of lid to first tube). Between the lid and first extension tube I have a 2 inch filter to stop botanicals falling into the boil. There's not enough room even with all these tubes for all my botanicals for an 8.5L 20% double distilled starting spirit (i only have a pot still, so I have to clean up the starting wash a couple of times to get the fermentation stink and taste out, and it also gives 2 opportunities to get the nasty first runnings stuff out - this means on the final gin distillation, I can collect from the start and collect the really volatile aromatics). Any more extension tubes, without some support, will warp the lid. Which I don't have
It works spectacularly though! All parts are kegland parts.
So a gin basket would be bloody handy.
@@volkskrieg8735 do it! Kee just got back to me about the new lid, and he said it's far more rigid. Plus it has an inbuilt tri-Clover mount. Perfect perfect perfect! I will be upgrading the lid.
Yes that is a fair point. This was not on the horizon but I will bring this up and talk about this at our product development meeting next week.
@@KegLand I'll be happy to beta test
Looks great! I'm on an older gen Grainfather but I've considered upgrading once I move to a bigger place. The 65L looks very interesting.
Yes we have had a lot of other customers in a similar situation and have upgraded from the older Grainfather units. The older Grainfather units were good but they did have high watt density so you will probably find on this system you will be able to brew lighter beers more easily.
My god…. You just blew my mind. Almost ready to pull the trigger on the G40 but you guys are so incredibly innovative and forward thinking. I have a Blichmann Breweasy, spent almost $5000 on it with accessories and haaaaate it.
I’m buying one.
Just one question. If the heating element goes, is it easy to replace?
Thanks for your support Brent. We really appreciate it. The heating elements are not easy to replace but we have sold more than 40,000 BrewZilla Gen 3 units and i thikn we had only 2 elements fail that I know about so the chance of this happening is slim to none. I also tested boiling dry on these and under this very agressive boil dry testing I had to leave the BrewZilla on for about 45hrs completly boiled try before the element burned out. In order to perform this test I had to remove the thermal overload and electronics to force the elements to stay on permanently for the 45hr period. It's just not going to happen.
So many new cool features!!!! Top work guys!
Thanks for that. We really appreciate it.
Received my Gen 4 35L yesterday, congratulations on making such an amazing piece of brewing equipment, I'm very impressed with it! Just one queston though, why was an on/off switch not included? When not in use it seems the only option is to pull the plug from the wall. I guess there is an argument for the controller to be always on/powered when it can act as a Bluetooth hub for other devices but in that case it would be nice to be able to put the controller into a standby mode where it can still be connected to Bluetooth/WIFI but no risk of accidentally activating the heating elements when empty
Please make a detailed review of how to program the brewery and send the recipe to the RAPT portal
Yes we are going to do this soon. We had some new changes on how to make a profile so we are probably ready to start on this video next.
@@KegLand KegLand👍🏻. You are loved in Russia !!!
Hullo! Ordered one and it's on the way (I am in India and it is taking a bit of time to reach). I've seen all videos from other youtubers but it would be fantastic if you could put a deep dive video into the software (so to speak) aspects - the controller, the RAPT integration etc. along with detailed instructions on the operating modes. Thank you!
Just wondering if it's possible you could do a brew in one of these just to show people who are thinking about switching to all grain how to use a Brewzilla in a step by step procedure? There are probably a lot of people who would like to buy one and prefer watching a video guide rather than a instruction manual, I have the last Brewzilla generation and totally love it, I'll never go back to buying store bought Lager when I'm brewing Lager which tastes better, cheers. 🍺🍺
This weekend we have Lallemand coming into our warehouse and we are doing a joint brew day which we will film and put up online.
Is the video out? What’s the link? I just got my brewzilla and would love a step by step!
Cant wait till that still becomes available. 👌😍
Yes we have a few new stills available soon so keep an eye out for the on our website.
If you use the Brewzilla CIP set up to clean another adjacent vessel such as a fermenter, you cant do it continuously.
You would need to stop and transfer the CIP fluid back into the Brewzilla vessel.
Unless you have a way of auto transfering from the fermenter back to the Brewzilla (and if you use a pump then you may as well use that pump as a recirculation CIP pump.)
You only need a small amount of height on the fermenter to gravity feed from the fermenter back to the brewery. So from our experience no additional pump should be necessary. As long as the fermenter is about 10cm higher than the liquid level inside the brewery.
@@KegLand Cheers (the ability to add a thermometer is very useful.)
I am ready to buy my first Brewzilla 3.1 this week and now this video comes out... This is exciting news. When is the USA expected to see these on shelves? Great improvements guys!
KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com
It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
Really informative video, great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kee, i just bought a Grainfather G40. And I really regret my choice, I should of waited for the gen 4 and saved money.. Bloody hell Kee, why do you do this to me?
Sorry about that Grant. I am sure a lot of customers will be choosing this over the G40 now as it's quite a bit better value. I am sure you will still be able to make some good beer none the less. Some of our parts are compatible with the G40 so you still might be able to upgrade parts of the G40.
Amazing video there Kee! Lots of great features for sure. Would you know of what power specs will be used for Canadian customers? 110 volt or 240? If it's 110 for now will there be a possible 240 later down the road?
Yeah we have heaps of features in this new model. In Canada you have 120 volt so we will mainly sell the 1700watt ones in Canada for the 35L model but for the 65L model you will have to use the 230v model which is about 3500 watts
Looks like a great upgrade Kee. I have a Robobrew 3.1 which still runs almost faultlessly after all these years. Great for brewing, not so great for distillation, particularly with a reflux still as you can't attach a power controller. With this model, with the removeable control head, is it possible to connect a power controller to the lower socket and run the elements at a % power rather than a PID temp control?
Any plans to make Copper Alembic Distillation Lid for the 65L Brewzilla? Should have 4" Tri-Clamp of course. 🔥🔥🔥
Form our testing the Alembic shape really has no positive impact so we think it's a waste of time to be honest. We find the pro-distillation lids are really a better product especially with the 3" opening at the front so you can see what is going on in the boiler and also use this to make botanical editions etc.
Hello, I have the new lid for the 35 and will be getting an Alcoengine distilling apparatus delivered next week. My question concerns mounting the reflux still to the lid. I’m hoping there’s a way to do this with a tri-clamp, but can only see content online that uses the nut from underneath on the old lids and nothing with the new ones shown here. Thanks
Love the new changes. Might be time to swap out my old Robobrew. Any idea when these will be available in the US?
Yeah for sure. This new model has quite a few features and is quite a step up from the original Robobrew.
Very good and informative video! I will defiantly buy the new generation 4, when I am sure that I will get the version with the holes on the maltpipe. I live in Denmark 😊
I think in Denmark all the BrewZilla Gen 4 will have holes on the bottom of the malt pipe. It was only a small number sold in Australia that did not have these holes. I would say the brewery works pretty close to the same without the holes though so I am not very fussed about this myself.
What a fantastic looking product Kee. Thanks for the update. Is there any upgrade to the wort chiller such as a counterflow chiller?
thanks for that Pat. We do sell a couple different counter flow chillers at the moment. I know the immersion chiller is not very efficient at achieving very low temperatures like the counter flow but it's very easy for our customers to use and setup. Also once you get the word down to 40C you can just put in the fermenter and then let it cool down a bit further in the fermenter. We have a signficiant number of customers in Australia that hot cube as well. So I think for this stage we will just sell the counter flow as an add on extra if people want to purchase this separately.
Looks like a lot of solid upgrades. What's the smallest batch size the 35L system can make? Can it go down to 5L or is 10L the approx. minimum?
Yes we have really take a long time to get the brewery up to this level. Yes you can go down to 5L but your efficiencies will be a bit worse.
Thanks a lot for the upgrade! When do you deliver these in the Netherlands? Possibly via Belgium.
Yes we are going to start getting more over the Belgium soon. You could try this company in Denmark:
www.jmbryg.dk/
Great video! Any idea when the Brewzilla 65 will be released in the US?
The BrewFather 65L will be available at the end of this year hopefully. We will release in Australia in a couple months and then in USA we normally release shortly after we launch in Australia.
It is really mind boggling to me, that you went for the center drain in the gen4 with the argument, that most of your costumers don't care for hot trub in their fermenters. Whilst selling whirlpool attachments, which are completely useless except when you siphon the wort without the built in drain.
I am in the market for a malt pipe system at the moment but I really do not want hot trub in my fermenter.
Ignoring this quite hefty design flaw, I absolutely love what you did with the Gen4, especially on the controller side of things and am wondering, if I can come up with a pipe attachment which pulls the wort from the side and leaves most of the hot trub behind during transfer.
It would be fairly easy to have a pipe attachment that will draw from the side but really I think you should try the unit as it was built first and i think you will appreciate the design once you have given it a go.
Love the new additions for distilling.
Your going to give the T500 a run for it's money.
Do you sell the big reflux tower as a whole unit?
More like put them outta business 🤣did u see that monster 5 plate “bubbla” soooo awesome!
The T500 is a bit of a pain to use. It can delivery good spirit but my only gripe with the T500 is having to constantly adjust the flow of water. I am not a bit fan of coolent management stills for this reason and would much prefer a flow management or vapour management still design.
@@KegLand You guys should develop an agitator with TC that can be attached to the sight glass opening!
Wonder if the neoprene jacket seams have been moved - placement directly behind the recirc pipe on gen 3 was not exactly great. Either way, looking forward to the gen 4 landing on the western hemisphere!
do you mean you would prefer the neoprene to go over the recirculation pipe? This was something that came up in one of our meetings a few weeks ago.
Will you be releasing a new version of the Digiboil along with this? Really like that domed bottom
We wanted to keep the digiboil at a low entry price point so customers can easily get into brewing with this setup. The dome elements cost a substantial amount more to manufacture at the moment but as we scale up production and the price comes down we may do this at some stage in the future
110 volt or 240 (us version)? How many watts are the elements? I can't wait to get my hands on one of these
You mean... I can't wait to get my hands on one of these BAD Boys!
@@glenh3375 We are making 110volt version right now so hopefully this is available in America quite soon.
KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com
It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
With my three tier system with 16 gallon pots I can make 10 gallons of high gravity beer.
Using two different yeasts I can get two 5 gallon beers at one beers time.
Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for your product, but a serious brewer needs bigger vessels.
Great products! When will be the CIP Spray Rotor available, please?
This should be available in Australia in about 3 weeks.
Ahh man I feel short changed. I’ve been waiting for this so bought it as soon as I got the email saying it was in stock. Then I watch this 30min later and learn I won’t be getting the malt pipe with perforations. I honestly would have waited…
To be quite honest it's only a very small difference. I have been using the malt pipe without the perforations and I have never had issues with stuck sparge. Unless you are using more than 50% wheat I dont add any rice hulls and have no issues. We had customers request this feature which is why we did it but for most beers you dont need it at all.
The same with me.
Picked up the Gen 4 today from the Kegland premises and checked the malt pipe, no perforations. I went and enquired about it and was told there is no eta for the newer pipe with perforations.
I do feel short changed as they will be supplied as standard in the near future.
@@KegLand fair enough glad to know thanks for the reply! I’m sure it won’t be an issue. I’ve never had a stuck sparge on my ss brewtech mash tun even when brewing with 60% wheat with no rice hulls. And who I’m I kidding I couldn’t have if waited, I’ve been excited to get the Brewzilla gen 4 since I heard about all the new features. Cheers Kegland keep up the great work
BTW, other than the perforation issue I’m really excited to get the gen 4, can’t wait to fire it up.
damnit kegland! what am i supposed to do with my gen 3 now! haha... you guys are just pushing the envelope!... is there going to be a rapt/BT controller (with cable and detatchable controller) upgrade for previous gen? also, was the 'larger' malt pipe compatible with previous generations if adding the extender as well?
This larger malt pipe is not really compatible with the older generation. You could make it compatible if you use the boil extender and then move the halo ring to the boil extender.
@@KegLand What about the screen/controller? As in remove the current screen and attach a plate with the new connection and a way of attaching the new screen higher up.
Looking forward to getting a couple of the 65L although I'm interested to hear about the 100L Power Requirements, are these available ?
The 100L BrewZilla will either require 32amp signle phase or 10amp three phase. You can easily switch between the two options depending on what supply you have.
Awesome ! Cant wait to order it in EU =)
Yeah we are going to have some shipped to EU very soon. Hopefully in a couple months.
nice, everything I didn't like with the old version is now fixed
Hi Kegland, couple of questions: I live in France but as far as I know you don't have a partner here, could you recommend someone in Europe? Secondly does the unit have an overflow pipe? Thanks and as usual good work on your part!
We decided to get rid of the overflow pipe down the middle as most customers did not use this function.
@@KegLand I didn't either, well done!
hi, with great anticipation I look forward to the release of Brewzilla gen4 35L in Sweden, where I live. Meanwhile I'm planning my new brewery space. For that purpose I need to know the dimensions of this piece, in particular when it is stored between brews, but preferably also when it is in operation. I have searched for the information but have not been able to find it. Can you help me out? You are also welcome to share the equivalent for the 65L version, if in the end I choose to gear up. Greetings Owe
We have them already dispatched to Sweden now so they should be arriving soon. It's best to contact your local Swedish home brew store to and they should be able to give you a more precise arrival date.
Nice upgrades but why isn’t there a sight glass? I added one to my robobrew and love it! It just makes it so much easier to know the volumes especially when you are sparging and the malt pipe is on top.
We did consider this very seriously and we do sell a sight glass upgrade kit however sight glasses have two problems:
1. They are a real pain to clean and after using them for some time you really then need to get inside with a special brush to clean out the sight glass.
2. Most sight glasses are either made from glass which can smash and is not particularly robust or alternatively is made from polycarbonate and then we can't state that the product is BPA or bisphenol free. All polycarbonate contains either BPA or other bisphenol compounds that have links to endocrine disruptors.
@@KegLand you are right. I installed one made of glass with a metal protection around it. If no sight glass, how do you recommend measuring the wort volume when sparging?
@@rickspooner Normally I just lift up the malt pipe and then see how much is in the boiler. We have graduation marks on the inside of the boiler that are relatively easy to read.
Awesome! Would CIP spray roter fit at 35L 3.1 Brewzilla as well? Also, i wonder why you guys sell whirlpool arm if you don't recommend to do whirlpool.
We have just had so many customers ask for a whirlpool arm that we have made it but in reality it's not necessary and we do not recommend it. It's still a product that continues to sell even though we do not recommend doing this.
Awesome. Looking to upgrade my non-pump Mash & Boil to one of these with a pump
Yes absolutely. The Mash and Boil is a bit cheaper but it's a lot nicer to be able to use a pump so i think it's a worthwhile upgrade.
@@KegLand thanks for the reply. If anything, its worth it because the Mash and Boil controller is not very good and I’d like to use the Rapt system
The new bigger malt pipe and the boil extender Gen 3.1, will that also come in a new version for the Gen 4?
Keep up the great work, love your products here in Sweden! :)
Yes absolutely. these have been popular and we are releasing these for the Gen 4 very soon.
hello! may i find out, i bought from bunnings the caravan 15amp adapter, but i haven't had luck, it reaches 50 degrees c and trips. Can someone assist? what am i doing wrong?
Looks good. What are the Min & Max grain bills recommended?
For the 35L unit you could go down to 1kg but you will notice that your efficiencies get a little worse at this very small level. You can also fit max 10kg in the malt pipe. If you want to go larger you can also get the larger malt pipe that we sell separately.
I have the robobrew 3.0 and still love it, so I'm happy to see the drastic improvements coming up!
One nitpick: you said the steam condenser gets a garden house fitting. In my apartment I only have access to a sink tap faucet. Would the condenser be able to perform, or even attach to a regular sink tap?
There are several adapters that attach to a regular household faucet to provide a garden hose connection. I use one I bought from Bunnings for the condenser water for my still. Cost around $15 from memory.
You can get $2 adapter from most hardware stores
Yes these improvements are quite a large step forward. With respect to the steam condenser this has duotight fittings that convert the input and output to 1/2" thread so most fittings at the hardware store will attach to this. Then you just need sink tap fitting to connect the hose.
Is there a video with an in depth overview of creating mash profiles in the RAPT portal? I cannot seem to find any documentation on it anywhere. Thanks!
I am going to do a video on profiles shortly. We have just upgraded the profile management system on the RAPT portal.
@@KegLand excited to see it. Thanks!
Hello Kegland, is the 65L coming to Canada anytime soon? Thanks
Yes, now that the Gen 4 is finished we are just waiting on the electrical approvals. Canada has complicated electrical approval process unfortunately.
How neat! When will they arrive to Sweden in Europe?
Very soon. If you contact your local retailer they can give you an exact arrival date.
How's the rigidity on the new 35L distillation lid? The old one is pretty thin and weak, with 2 x 2 inch extension columns plus a sight glass extension with a pot still on top (all kegland bits) really puts a lot of torsion/mass on the somewhat flimsy lid.
Also, I'm really looking forward to lazy management of liquor temps in the still by having rapt modulating the boiler power!
It's way more rigid. This was one of the primary reasons we needed to upgrade the lid. We have a number of large stills that are coming out and just as you have pointed out the older lids were only really suitable for small stills as they simply were not rigid enough. This is one of the benevits of this new cone type lid.
@@KegLand Will the Gen 4 lid fit on the 3.1.1?
is the controller more accurate with keeping temperature right on
We have a PID temp control feature and this makes the tempeature more accurate. Also with the new bluetooth pen probe you will be able to put this into the malt pipe to get a core mash temp and this will make this pretty much the most accurate single vessel brewery system that exists once this probe is available (should be released second half of this year).
Hi KL, when is the Brewzilla 65L expected to be available?
This should be available in 1-2 weeks now.
Heya Kee! The Kegland 25w pump comes with a regular 240v "hard" cable/connection to socket in Norway. Will the 65L Brewzilla output enough power to the pump to drive it as intended, or will there be a specialized pump for the purpose?
Yes the 65L brewzilla can be upgraded to the 25watt standard mag drive pump but you have to cut off the plug and wire this onto the terminals of the main board. It's an easy modification and the main power cord and board can handle the extra power requirement.
Some great new features! Already have a Riptide pump, will you be offering a pumpless version?
Same, interested in the response from Kee
Can always keep the pump turned off and attach a hose to the dump valve and bypass the recirculation arm.... just return the hose back through the hole in the lid to recirculate... doesn’t seem necessary but it is a way around it to use a stronger pump, especially for plate or counter flow chillers
Yes that's right. This is relatively easy to do if that's what you want to achieve.
The riptide pump is a bit expensive. We actually have our own stainless steel head pump that removes with tri-clover clamp that is coming in stock in two weeks. Unfortunately we do not have plans to offer a pumpless version at this stage.
When will it be available in Norway? 🇳🇴
Yes I think they arrive in about 3 weeks.
Cool stuff! Can you tell about when it should be available in Canada?
It's best to contact our distributors in Canada. You can see them on this map here and they can give you an arrival time:
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
You should develop and agitator that could clamp onto that lid TC port . That would be awesome
That is a fair point. What would you want to use the agitator for? Do you have a specific emulsion you are trying to make?
@@KegLand just to keep the grains from settling on the bottom to maximize flavor. I know this technique is up for debate though. Making whiskey particularly
I like this Gen4 in so many ways! I can't wait for it to hit the US market. I will definitely want those side pipe perforations when it is available. I have a concern about the new bottom design. It looks better than v3 for reasons mentioned, but what about the ability to whirlpool to leave behind as much hot and cold-break as possible. I prefer to remove most of that before it gets to the fermenter. It seems like you can't do that with the Gen4. Am I correct?
We do have a design whereby you can fit an extension and draw liquid from the side of the brewery and not use the false bottom screen. This additional accessory would allow you to whirlpool and separate this stuff but I am still not convinced this is necessary. It would be easier to let the hot break settle in the middle then open the valve on the side and separate this at the start rater than at the end if you really felt it necessary to do so.
@@KegLand Thanks for the prompt reply! I was thinking the pump would evacuate the cylinder, but you're suggesting it better to use the manual valve and use gravity to fill the fermenter? (sorry, maybe I'm not following)
I’m planning to buy this to start brewing beers. Do you still need a separate fermenter?
It's definitely better to ferment in a separate vessel. The All Rounder fermenter is one of our most popular models.
Can I brew without any internet access on the Gen 4 and no cell phone! We have no cell towers within 40 miles at our cabin where I want to brew!
Yes. Just turn off wifi on the device and you can completely brew with the Gen 4 with no internet whatsoever.
This is beautiful !
Can the controller be mounted on different single brewing vessels from other brands if it has the same connexion socket ? like the klarstein brauheld pro ?
I have the klarstein brauheld pro 30L that I also find fantastic. It has cool features such as basket mid height legs, bottom recirculation circuit (prevents scorching), 2500W, hard mesh bottom basket. It also has up high and detachable controller. It does'n control the pump, nor is PID, but it's possible to manually decrease heating element power output.
I doubt that the Klarstein Brauheld Pro is compatible but to be honest we have never tried and I have never seen one of the Klarstein units in Australia before so it's hard for us to test it
@@KegLand Thank you so much for your reply ! Your unit look fantastic and your whole ecosystem makes perfect sense for home brewers. I enjoy the quality and convenience more and more as I convert to your many systems !
As an idea how about making this into a pressure fermenter with a cooler (it has a built in heater) to make it in to a ture all in one system?
It's not designed as a fermenter but it might actually work. I will have to try this out and see how it goes.
@@KegLand I might try it with my boiler too but the dished bottom on this one will be alot better for draining the trub and beer
Just bought the gen 4! Went to register my brewzilla but stupidly I didn't write down my verification code! 🤦 Is there anywhere I can recover it? Sláinte 🇮🇪
just completing my first brew in the 35L gen 4, even with some DIY insulation and lid on it takes a while to get to strike temp and boil - any recommendations for an over-the-side/additional heating element to help speed up the temp ramps? apart from that, well, and the temp profiles seemingly not waiting until programmed temp is reached before commencing the timer (unless I am missing something) it was a pleasure to use.
Hey Cam. This is a fair point and certainly an additional element would help. I will talk to the others about sorting something out for you.
@@KegLand thanks, apart from those 2 grumbles, it's a really great unit with some great tech so I can't wait to use it again! Easier then my arduino-controlled custom 100L / 9000watter! Using the kegland counter-flow chiller was also amazingly efficient. Plan to get the boil extender/bigger malt pipe too so having some extra heating power will be really useful!
Have you upgraded the temperature controller(s) to PID to reduce wide fluctuations of temperature? That was a major concern for me and several friends with the previous generation Brewzilla.
Yes this has been done. We have a PID function in this brewery model. We have also made the PID settings editable as well so really we recommend changing the Integral and Derivative values depending on the batch size you are doing.
@@KegLand That's great news! That makes it better than the Grainfather G30. They also use a PID controller, but the probe is located in the bottom near the heater and they do not have the second sensor that can be placed in the mash. So the heat is controlled by the PID as sensed by both probes? Also, why isn't the fact that it is PID advertised? It's a MAJOR improvement and could generate more sales if known!
I have been thinking about buying one of these for like 2 years now (well the previous ones) but this seems great, now i just need to figure out which size to get..
How is the 65l version to use with smaller batches? Is it possible to do smaller ones too or is it only go big or go home?
With the 65L you can comfortably get away with batches down to 10L however at these very small batches you will start to notice your efficiencies decrease a little as it's starts to become a thin layer of malt in the malt pipe and water flows through quite fast. For small batches you could probably combat this by using a batch sparging method but we have not doen extensive testing eith the 65L and very small batches below 10L at this stage.
Sorry another question. Can you distill on grain without scorching?
Yes you can use this for distillation of grain mash for sure. Do you mean can you mash directly onto the elements? This is not normally a good idea. We would recommend a type of false bottom as a minimum requirement.
I have watched days and days of videos of homebrewing-systems, but I think this will be the first one where high gravity beers are done efficient. We want to upgrade from our brewmonk 50l to this one.
Is there any change the Brewzilla will be available in the Netherlands, Europe?
Yes we are getting our first BrewZilla Gen 4 orders to Europe now so you should see the BrewZilla over there soon. Best to ask the local distribuors of the exact arrival date.
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
@@KegLand Thanks! I recently asked distributor Brouwland in Belgium, but they replied they will not supply the Gen 4, sadly. So I will have to search for another supplier further away.
Kee you mention not needing to whirlpool but I brew a lot of NE IPA and would like to utilize a whirlpool. Is there an issue with clogging or filtering too many hops into the fermenter if I do this?
As our pump protection screen covers the whole bottom of the boiler it's just not likely you will block this. We have added more than 7 grams per liter in the boil and it just doesnt seem to block so i really do not think woth being concerned about blocking the pump with the hops with this screen in place. If you really wanted to do a whirlpool you can but I just dont think it's necessary. These days we also seem to get more people economising with hops in the boil and adding more hops in the fermenter anyway.
I've tried to find the 04329 Spray rotor, but can't find them anywhere...
But question... Exept from the barb, is it all plastic internaly?
Yes it's entirely made from plastic. We are just waiting for the first stock to be completed and then we will put them online soon.
Very cool, I wonder how much it will cost in the UK and when it'll be Brewfather compatible?
it's best to contact our UK distributors and they will give you a price update. Yes we are working on Brewfather integration right now.
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
@@KegLand That's excellent news! :)
Will the 100L Brewzilla be running off a 15 amp power lead like the 65L?
The BrewZilla 100L is too larger for 15amp power lead. You need 32amp single phase or 10amp three phase.
@@KegLand Thanks for the valuable information.
Does this come with some sort of a sightglas? I've seen you can buy it as an extra, but that one has very mixed reviews.
The issue with sight glasses is that they are either made from glass which can break or polycarbonate that contains BPA. This brewery is sold as a BPA free brewery and so is the majority of stuff that kegland sells.
When are these being sent to New Zealand?
We will start sending these to NZ very soon. It's probably best to check with the local distributors as they can tell you the arrival date better than we can as they organise the shipping.
Will the pinout and the connector specification be open sourced? Would love to adopt my current controller to the Gen4.
Also any coarse timeline on availability in european online shops?
I suppose we can probably make this public. We have not really considered this as you would need to be fairly proficient at wiring but I guess we have nothing to loose from supplying you just the controller if you would be happy to wire up the elements and pump yourself.
Hello. Please tell me, will there be a menu in Russian?
That has been spoken about but it's probably not going to be for some time yet.
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Do you know approximately when this will be released in Sweden?
It's best if you contact our distributors as they can give you a better idea of arrival dates. We have our distributor list here:
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
Can not what to by one! When are the gen4 availability in Sweden?
It's best to contact one of our distributors and they should be able to tell you when the product arrives:
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
Seems a wonderful brewery but unfortunately really really hard to find in FRance... Almost no way in fact, I'm trying to order since more than one week and I must choose between Italian or Swiss seller... That's a shame... I'm now thinking to create my own brew-shop and import your products and distribute its for French consumers...
Yes unfortunately not many home brew stores in France. If you find any home brew stores in France please send them our details and we can see if they are willing to be a distributor. We do stock 1800 different products now so as a manufacturer we can wholesale a larger range of equipment from one place.
I have my Gen 2 Brewzilla and always works great - but the LCD is starting to fritz out. I see you can update the controllers on previous versions to the 3.1.1 controller - would that work on the Gen 2.0 - 8695 model as well?
the Gen 2 BrewZilla would be difficult to upgrade. It's not impossible but you would have to be very good with electronics to perform this upgrade.
Will the version of the controller work with brewing in automatic mode without an internet connection?
You can still run profiles without internet connection if that is what you want to do.
@7:40 Why not have a fluid level detection?
This is something we are considering. We will probably have some new items to make it easier to see the fluid level soon.
This bloke could sell me anything.
Hey guys,
Have you used higher quality Capacitors, resistors and electronics on the GEN 4?
Hello Cian. All the electronics have been re-designed and we have done a lot of durability testing on the electronics to ensure they are work at 100% duty cycle in very hot ambient temperatures for days at a time.
Hey, guys. I´m having trouble finding measurements for the Gen 4 65L. Only need to know how much it is between the outer handles.. :)
It's about 68cm to the outsides of the handles.
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How do I find the CIP attachment on the website? If I put the number in it doesn’t come up?.
That is not finished yet. The CIP device will be release in a few weeks.
On the controller can you adjust the power? I normally turn off my 500w element during the boil as the 1900w is sufficient to maintain a boil.
Yes we have now a percentage power adjustment that allows you to adjust the power from 0-100%. We also have put a PID feature o this unit too.
Is there an estimated release date for the US?
KegLand has two main distributors in America. www.morebeer.com and www.williamsbrwing.com
It's best to contact these guys directly and they can give you lead times and approximate arrival dates.
when will the KL25812 be available?
That is only a few weeks away now. We will have the date on the website soon
is this good for first time brewers?
Yes definitely. Many customres these days are making great beer going straight to all grain. Skip the extract and just jump into All Grain Brewing.
If i want to make the dead space in my 65l gen 3 smaller like in the gen 4, can i use the new malt pipe with te gen 3 as well? If not, whats the issue? =)
Sorry these are not compatible. The tap has to be removed otherwise it will not fit into the boiler.
Is the 100l version available in the USA?
Yes it will be at the end of 2022
does the extetion work with the 3.1 also
Yes the extesions are fully compatible with the older models too.
hello when will it be available on amazon or ebay ?
What country are you in? We normally wholesale to distributors rather than Amazon or Ebay directly. For a list of distributors you can go to:
www.kegland.com.au/distributor
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