Sure can! However, that's dependent on where the keg/fermentor are in relation to the foundry. If the foundry is elevated above them, it will work just fine. If they are on the relative same level as each other, then you'd need the pump.
Terry, great question. Yes you definitely want to make sure it is sanitized before using it to transfer the wort to your fermenter! My preferred method of doing this involves dropping both the source and destination tubes into a bucket of PBW and recirculating for about 5-10 minutes. Repeat the same thing with a bucket of rinse water, then finish it up with a bucket of your favorite sanitizer (we use starsan). Hope this help!
@@greatfermentations thanks for that note. as a clarification when you say "drop the tubes" i assume you just mean run the pbw/water/starsan through the pump as normal? thanks!
Hello, great video! How do you set up and how the chiller works? One end on a water hose? how about the other end? Does the same cold water keeps running in the chiller or the the water runs out in the other end and fresh water keeps running through? Thanks
Bruno - Thanks for your question. The water inlet is usually hooked up to a water hose or kitchen sink. The output can go anywhere outside the kettle really. We typically will run it down the sink drain, but you can collect it in a separate bucket if you'd like to reuse it for something (i.e. water for star san, pbw, etc..). Let me know if you have any other questions!
Is the anvil crucible or the anvil stainless bucket better to use for your fermentation? I am an amateur that has only used a pot and bucket for grain beer kits 5 gallon. Ready to invest in all grain setup electric system.
Hey, Chris. I don't think one is necessarily better than the other; they both will make great beer. The are both stainless steel which is awesome. The biggest difference is the crucible is a conical style fermenter which gives you two added benefits: 1.) Elevated on legs so it's easier to transfer after fermentation is complete 2.) A bottom dump valve which makes it a lot easier to harvest your yeast for reuse, and to get rid of sediment from the beer before transferring So again, in this scenario I'd say one is not necessarily better than the other; just has some added features that MAY make your process easier. Hope this helps, but let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks! Bryan
@@spencer12392 thanks for the info. Now i just need to catch equipment in stock so i can get going. I've made some good beer in a plastic bucket so cheaper sounds best at this point. Hope to catch a foundry 10.5.
Did you run in to any problems a new buyer would need to know about? Thinking about the smaller unit to make 2 gallon batches in the laundry room or kitchen during winter.
Not really, other than the fact that 220 is definitely the way to go for the larger system. If you go with the smaller rig, the standard 110 is perfect.
Any reason why you have to rake the mash so often? And why do they tell you wait for it settle before turning on the pump, but it's okay to turn on the pump immediately after stirring up the grain bed And if using the recirculation pump to pump into the fermenter, what happens to the wort in the tubes during the mash ?
They have you rake the mash so often so as to make sure you don't get channeling going on with the grains. That's when the wort finds a specific channel to travel through and just continues to go that route, leaving some of the other grain untouched in a sense and reduces the efficiency. Raking just makes sure that all grains are coming into contact with the wort. As for the settling, this is so the grain can form a proper bed at the bottom of the basket to act as another filter so you get clearer wort. As for turning on the pump after stirring/raking, we are only raking the top portion of the grain so as to not disturb the bed on the bottom that has already been created. Lastly, yes you would want to clean and sanitize the pump and lines before using to transfer from the foundry to your fermenter. Thanks!
Unfortunately, no! The ANVIL brewing pump cannot withstand boiling wort. I believe they state that as one of the first warnings in the manual! Alternatively, you could upgrade to a pump like this one which CAN be used with boiling wort: shop.greatfermentations.com/product/pumpzilla-brewing-pump-high-temp-ss-head/beer-pumps Thanks! Bryan
@@greatfermentations thanks for the response! I personally think it'd be worth the upgrade. I'd feel a lot more confident sanitizing the lines/pump with boiling wort instead of just star san.
Can you do a comparison between this and Clawhammer Supply's electric BIAB set-up? I know cost is the biggest difference, but what about the efficiency, ease of use, etc.?
Tinyee - We don't carry the Clawhammer supply product, but are familiar with it. I think the biggest difference would be the controller that comes with theirs is a bit more advanced. It has timers, alarms, and an on/off switch for the pump. They also have tri-clamp SS fittings which adds to the cost, and slightly more robust pump, AND a plate chiller. Other than that, its effectively the same product. An all-in-one, electric BIAB system. The one thing I think the ANVIL has on it their system (other than the cost of course), is the ability to switch from 120v to 240v. We love our Foundry and are definitely brewing on it a lot more than some of our other setups! Let us know if you have any other questions. Cheers! Bryan
The markings inside the big unit stop at the 5 gallon mark, so you could do a fairly large grain bill small batch but you would need to manually measure your water volumes as there are no markings. If you are doing primarily small batches you probably want to look at the smaller model.
or you can add small volumes of water and mark the water levels inside of the kettle. That way you can do small batches as well as the 5 gallon batches.
@Sir Underbridge the time between mashing and transferring to fermenter is a little long for my liking - I'd be worried about something getting in there.
We got one up to 17 lbs (shop.greatfermentations.com/product/dumpster-fire-dipa-all-grain-kit/all-grain-beer-kits). It was a push and we had to supplement with a bit of DME to hit our numbers.
Yeah!! Finally, someone who can review and demonstrate a brewing product intelligently and succinctly with a pleasing voice!! Cheers mate!
Excellent! Thank you for the thorough review and walkthrough of using the Anvil Foundry. Your work is much appreciated.
Tell Wes he's my hero for hooking me up with this when everyone else couldn't !
Ha! Will do, Curt!
Kudos! Best informative video on how to first use the Anvil Foundry! Thanks!
Thank you very much!
Excellent video! Thank you!!!
Good job
Thanks!
Rather than using the pump, you could just open up the spigot and drain straight to a keg/fermentor, correct?
Sure can! However, that's dependent on where the keg/fermentor are in relation to the foundry. If the foundry is elevated above them, it will work just fine. If they are on the relative same level as each other, then you'd need the pump.
I’m excited for this!!
After you use the circulation pump during your mash do you remove it and clean it before using it to fill your fermenter?
Terry, great question. Yes you definitely want to make sure it is sanitized before using it to transfer the wort to your fermenter! My preferred method of doing this involves dropping both the source and destination tubes into a bucket of PBW and recirculating for about 5-10 minutes. Repeat the same thing with a bucket of rinse water, then finish it up with a bucket of your favorite sanitizer (we use starsan). Hope this help!
@@greatfermentations thanks for that note. as a clarification when you say "drop the tubes" i assume you just mean run the pbw/water/starsan through the pump as normal? thanks!
@@aFeinPhoto Yep!
Hello, great video! How do you set up and how the chiller works? One end on a water hose? how about the other end? Does the same cold water keeps running in the chiller or the the water runs out in the other end and fresh water keeps running through? Thanks
Bruno - Thanks for your question. The water inlet is usually hooked up to a water hose or kitchen sink. The output can go anywhere outside the kettle really. We typically will run it down the sink drain, but you can collect it in a separate bucket if you'd like to reuse it for something (i.e. water for star san, pbw, etc..). Let me know if you have any other questions!
@@greatfermentations Got it! Thank you
Is the anvil crucible or the anvil stainless bucket better to use for your fermentation? I am an amateur that has only used a pot and bucket for grain beer kits 5 gallon. Ready to invest in all grain setup electric system.
Hey, Chris. I don't think one is necessarily better than the other; they both will make great beer. The are both stainless steel which is awesome. The biggest difference is the crucible is a conical style fermenter which gives you two added benefits:
1.) Elevated on legs so it's easier to transfer after fermentation is complete
2.) A bottom dump valve which makes it a lot easier to harvest your yeast for reuse, and to get rid of sediment from the beer before transferring
So again, in this scenario I'd say one is not necessarily better than the other; just has some added features that MAY make your process easier. Hope this helps, but let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks!
Bryan
@@spencer12392 thanks for the info. Now i just need to catch equipment in stock so i can get going. I've made some good beer in a plastic bucket so cheaper sounds best at this point. Hope to catch a foundry 10.5.
Did you run in to any problems a new buyer would need to know about? Thinking about the smaller unit to make 2 gallon batches in the laundry room or kitchen during winter.
Not really, other than the fact that 220 is definitely the way to go for the larger system. If you go with the smaller rig, the standard 110 is perfect.
Any reason why you have to rake the mash so often?
And why do they tell you wait for it settle before turning on the pump, but it's okay to turn on the pump immediately after stirring up the grain bed
And if using the recirculation pump to pump into the fermenter, what happens to the wort in the tubes during the mash ?
They have you rake the mash so often so as to make sure you don't get channeling going on with the grains. That's when the wort finds a specific channel to travel through and just continues to go that route, leaving some of the other grain untouched in a sense and reduces the efficiency. Raking just makes sure that all grains are coming into contact with the wort.
As for the settling, this is so the grain can form a proper bed at the bottom of the basket to act as another filter so you get clearer wort. As for turning on the pump after stirring/raking, we are only raking the top portion of the grain so as to not disturb the bed on the bottom that has already been created.
Lastly, yes you would want to clean and sanitize the pump and lines before using to transfer from the foundry to your fermenter.
Thanks!
Hi, could you recirculate boiling wort through the transfer/pump kit before chilling the wort to sanitize it?
Unfortunately, no! The ANVIL brewing pump cannot withstand boiling wort. I believe they state that as one of the first warnings in the manual! Alternatively, you could upgrade to a pump like this one which CAN be used with boiling wort: shop.greatfermentations.com/product/pumpzilla-brewing-pump-high-temp-ss-head/beer-pumps
Thanks!
Bryan
@@greatfermentations thanks for the response! I personally think it'd be worth the upgrade. I'd feel a lot more confident sanitizing the lines/pump with boiling wort instead of just star san.
@@BoudinMessiah88 You're welcome, and we agree 100%!
enjoy!! don't get tipsy. lol Great job with video!!
Can you do a comparison between this and Clawhammer Supply's electric BIAB set-up? I know cost is the biggest difference, but what about the efficiency, ease of use, etc.?
Tinyee - We don't carry the Clawhammer supply product, but are familiar with it. I think the biggest difference would be the controller that comes with theirs is a bit more advanced. It has timers, alarms, and an on/off switch for the pump. They also have tri-clamp SS fittings which adds to the cost, and slightly more robust pump, AND a plate chiller. Other than that, its effectively the same product. An all-in-one, electric BIAB system. The one thing I think the ANVIL has on it their system (other than the cost of course), is the ability to switch from 120v to 240v. We love our Foundry and are definitely brewing on it a lot more than some of our other setups!
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Cheers!
Bryan
Anvil is made in China, Clawhammer is not.
@@kommi1974 isnt anvil owned by Blichmann engineering? Which is in usa and made in usa
How long will it take to get a boil going with the 10 gal model using 120v element
@ 1600w it typically takes around 30-35 minutes to reach a full boil (volume-dependent, of course).
120V is standard house plug?
Yep!
Can you do small 2.5 to 3 gallon batches on the larger unit or do you have to purchase the smaller unit for the small batches.
The markings inside the big unit stop at the 5 gallon mark, so you could do a fairly large grain bill small batch but you would need to manually measure your water volumes as there are no markings. If you are doing primarily small batches you probably want to look at the smaller model.
or you can add small volumes of water and mark the water levels inside of the kettle. That way you can do small batches as well as the 5 gallon batches.
I learned more from your 9 min video than talking to people. Lol
Thanks!
What efficiency are you getting on your system
We got 75% on our first run.
Did you pump sanitizer through the pump just prior to wort transfer from kettle to fermenter?
We did sanitizer, but you can pump wort through it as well!
@Sir Underbridge the time between mashing and transferring to fermenter is a little long for my liking - I'd be worried about something getting in there.
Dude, need to normalize the volume on this video. It's all over the place. Great video though!
Lol, 100% agree! It was my first big video, and I learned a lot during it. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the feedback!
What’s the largest grain bill you’ve ever brewed in your Foundry?
We got one up to 17 lbs (shop.greatfermentations.com/product/dumpster-fire-dipa-all-grain-kit/all-grain-beer-kits). It was a push and we had to supplement with a bit of DME to hit our numbers.
Can you make whiskey with it?