Episode 11 - First Commercial Brew day in a UK garage

Hello everyone.
Can't believe my first brew day under Sun Bear Brewing has arrived. So much work, effort, time and money has gone into this project and finally getting in the garage and brewing some beer has finally made it all worth it.
Thank you for following along and I hope you enjoy the content, cheers!
Liam

[@BrewabitRick]

Congratulations on your first commercial brew day 👍🍻

[@sunbearbrewing]

Cheers Rick, it was an exciting and stressful time 🤣

[@websoulcouk]

Another option to help with knockout temps. If you're groundwater temp is high, run it through a small plate chiller or spare counterflow chiller hooked up to glycol. Then run that now chilled water through the BT counter flow to chill your wort. And bonus would be to combine that with the other suggestion of reducing temp futrher in the uni before pitching.

[@stripeyjoe]

Going back into the kettle will take an age with a counterflow chiller, once the out temp is near to what you want then start to transfer to your fermenter and then use your glycol to get down to pitch temp.

[@sunbearbrewing]

Yeah you’re right, I’ll sort something out! 🍻

[@davidfoxton7905]

On the return from the CFC I have added an adjustable dip tube this points the return to the top of the BT tank and then speeds up the cooling process

[@sunbearbrewing]

That’s a good idea David, I might add that to my shopping list, cheers and thanks for watching 🍻

[@kevinwalsh2566]

Great vid, I’m surprised brewtools don’t have a bigger chiller for that system, maybe try it submerged in ice and water while you get a better one, cheers 🍻

[@sunbearbrewing]

I’ve been inspired by a few comments on this video, I’ll sort something out 🙌🏻

[@sunbearbrewing]

Been inspired by a few of the comments on this video so I’ll sort something 🍻

[@RiggerBrew]

Congrats!
A few brew sessions in, you'll have your process flows and timings better under control. Stick with it, it pays off in the end. Nice setup for the space you have!

[@sunbearbrewing]

I’m sure I’ll get there haha, thank you!

[@dylanjonesbragdybachhomebrew]

Alas, the premiere brew! All the very best, kudos to you for going for it! I echo what Andy Lynch says re the cooling, I usually get my wort down to about 30 ºC on the BT counter flow chiller and then put it in my fermenter and get the chiller to bring it down to pitching temperature. Wouldn't get to comfortable in your new brewery. I can see you expanding pretty damn quick! Onwards and upwards 👌

[@sunbearbrewing]

Yeah I think that’s probably the way forward, very kind words, cheers Dylan 🍻

[@AndrewLynch9]

you can use the glycol chiller to get the last bit down.

[@sunbearbrewing]

Yeah I’m gonna just get it down to 25 and then transfer from now on I think. Also contemplated trying to link in my Grainfather chiller

[@DrunkDelilahBrewery]

@@sunbearbrewing Mate, contemplate a second Brewtools Counterflow Chiller, run the wort in Series but the Cold Water in parallel; this way the wort gets blasted twice by cold water in but the second chiller is only handling the already chilled wort from the first. Only increase spends by around £250 with parts. Others with B80's and B150's have done this with great success.

[@sunbearbrewing]

@@DrunkDelilahBrewery I’ll look into that, might utilise the Grainfather one for now and see how I get on, thank you!

[@matty431]

Great video. Best of Luck!

[@sunbearbrewing]

Cheers Matty 🍻

[@dickiecoco2938]

I need a sandpit

[@sunbearbrewing]

I hear all the best brewers have one 🤣

[@harmanbrewing7517]

Nice one Liam!! You’ll have things dialled in soon for sure. Congrats mate!! 🍻🍻🍻🙌🙌🙌

[@sunbearbrewing]

@@harmanbrewing7517 cheers Brett, yeah I hope so 🤣