Brew a Festbier | Anvil Foundry 6.5

Brew a Festbier | Anvil Foundry 6.5 | EP 13

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3 жыл бұрын

Today I’m brewing a Festbier on my Anvil Foundry 6.5 gallon brewing system.
Festbier, not to be confused with Oktoberfest beer, is a medium bodied pale lager that has become the drink of choice at Oktoberfest. Crack into one of these and you’re in for some toasted bread and biscuit up front and then some floral or spicy hops in the finish without too much bitterness. Normally a beer like this would take over a month to make, but I’ve only got about a week.
Now, let’s make some beer.
Full Anvil Foundry Playlist: • Master the Anvil Foundry
Reference
beerandbrewing.com/make-your-...
www.weihenstephaner.de/en/our...
Things I used in this brew:
2 Gallon Bucket (for grains): bit.ly/2yhWNXJ
Star-San: bit.ly/36hsxZR
Brewery Speaker: amzn.to/2EdqPOY
Anvil Foundry 6.5 Gallon Brew System: bit.ly/34c8JYN
Quick Disconnect on the Anvil Foundry: amzn.to/3fYny4d
Blichmann RipTide Pump: bit.ly/2ZkWnLj
Quick Disconnects on the RipTide Pump (2): amzn.to/3ht1Sxe
Silicon Tubing: bit.ly/3bN8R14
Spray Nozzle (Aerator): bit.ly/3bV1eWt
Hose adapter for the chiller: amzn.to/3f7XYbT
Hose adapter I should have used for the chiller: amzn.to/39unxmg
Quick Disconnects for the chiller: amzn.to/3jyujMa
Field Notes: amzn.to/3jCh5OI
Toolbox (kettle stand): amzn.to/2Bwwhf0
Want to see how it turned out? • Blichmann Therminator ...
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Пікірлер: 45

@rickbrink7008 Жыл бұрын

Great video- nice overview of the electric brewing process as well as using a keg for fermenting. Thanks for this!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to pressure fermentation! You'll love it! I did not get a chance to say hey during the live stream on Sunday. Thanks for hanging out with us! Cheers! 👍🍻

@thebird36 3 жыл бұрын

Can't say I was too happy with my first attempt at primary fermentation. But I'm willing to try again. I'm loving using Oslo kveik for my lagers right now

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Brian! I added a TV to the garage just to watch stuff like that while I brew. I’m excited to see more digital controllers like that enter the market.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly awesome. I don't even know what it's like to brew without filming or being live!! Lol I have a TV in my brewery that I "could" watch.. that controller is pretty cool for sure! Cheers! 🍻👍

@TheBruSho 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I just brewed up my festbier this weekend. Excited to see how yours turns out! Prost!

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Stoked! 🤘🏼

@jacobwillard1641 3 жыл бұрын

love your videos, keep it up

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!🍻

@thebeerstreetboys 3 жыл бұрын

Great show.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Cheers!

@phils6582 3 жыл бұрын

I've been considering brewing a festbier lately. This is further encouragement!

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it! This was a fun yeast to try too!

@finspin4984 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet man! The new brew space looks clean. I just started up a pseudo festbeer with bootleg biology oslo. Should be good enough for first social gathering in 6 months.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! That sounds awesome!

@Texaviator 3 жыл бұрын

I have one bottle left of the FestBier I made last year. Roughly 329 days of aging. Looking forward to trying it later this month in honor of the Oktoberfest we didn’t get to have.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely aged haha I bet it’s gonna be great! Cheers man!

@thisisthenameiwanttouse646 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your channel. The info is great. The camera work and specifically the editing is pro level. Someone do this for a living, I suspect?

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep video production is a big part of my day job. But this is much more fun!

@FermentationAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

That Weyermann Barke malt is good stuff.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

I’m stoked to taste this one’ I’ve used it once before but never gone only Barke.

@nicksymons635 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so impressed with your channel sir! The production values are really slick, nice job! I just bought a Foundry 6.5 yesterday for small batches (I also bought a brewbag 400 micron to get rid of any chance of a stuck mash.). I was just wondering, what would be the optimum grain mill setting for use with this system? Any advice would be much appreciated!

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I haven’t pulled the trigger on a grain mill yet so I’m still getting mine crushed at my local home brew store. The Anvil Foundry Facebook group has been helpful to me for questions like this! See you over there!

@nicksymons635 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly Awesome, I'll check it out! thanks.

@AndrewLynch9 3 жыл бұрын

You must have someone helping you with the filming. Love this.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Yep my girlfriend helps with a lot of the camera work! Thanks man!

@Unsub-Me-Now 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly you better keep her around! Or you better pick up some of that skill.

@jeffreyblack9999 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you've got a water chemistry video in the works? I'm finding this a little difficult to lock down especially since my city changes water supplies throughout the year.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea - maybe I should! In the meantime, TheApartmentBrewer has a really in depth video on water chemistry that I’ve been recommending. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g7ZifLWm0d2wY30.html I was running into a similar situation and the annual report just wasn’t working for me anymore. That’s why I’ve switched to spring water in the latest videos. So far I feel like I have better control and beers are turning out really well. Cheers!

@jeffreyblack9999 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly Thank you!

@chrisgristle570 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I've been trying to nail a festbier for the past 3 years but never get it quite right. Trying again this year though. Any specific reason you chose to ferment under pressure?

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

The main reason was speed and the yeast I chose was made for about 1 bar

@chrisgristle570 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly Ahh gotcha. I love brewing lagers in general and I'm impatient so I'll have to look into that.. Thanks!

@andrewsouza4925 11 ай бұрын

How do you make a Festbier in a week? The fermentation takes 10-14 days and lagerinf is even longer.

@thebird36 3 жыл бұрын

Curious to why you chose those steps over a hochkurz or a 4 step with a lower beta rest? Still trying to nail my lagers.

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, good question! I’m still figuring out the best approach as well and have only used Barke malts once before. The protein rest is new for me but seems to pull a ton of material out of solution and I’m hoping it means I’ll end with clearer beer along with a little bump in efficiency. The malt is probably modified to the point where it’s not totally needed. I chose the saccharification temperature based on the fact that it’s a medium bodied beer. Same with the mash out. What do you think? Should I add a step next time in the 140s?

@thebird36 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly I usually like to follow a hochkurz for mine and you don't want too long of a protein rest cause it can kill your head retention. I think 20minutes is the highest range you should do and maybe 10-15min if you want protein rest. I figure a 146°F rest for 30min, 160°F for 30min, and 170°F for 10min mash out. If you have Facebook I highly recommend German brewing for a forum to follow. They have a ton of good knowledge and it's all German styles. I'm brewing a marzen this weekend with a hochkurz and haven't decided if I want a protein rest or not (if it's really needed).

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! High and short should work well with well modified malts. I’m having a lot of fun trying different schedules and techniques. I say why not try out a protein rest?! Another I want to try is the stuff from George Fix that John Palmer talks about in how to brew. There’s 40/60/70 and 50/60/70 and you can change things quite a bit by varying the time spent at each step. Thanks again 🍻

@thebird36 3 жыл бұрын

@@HopsANDgnarly no problem! I just research the hell out of things and I've gotten so interested in german style beers. That German page has a lot of very traditional things such as following reinheitsgabot to a T. And pH management to LODO brewing. No problem! I'm always available for advice as I love to learn how other people do things as well

@joshuasantelises7407 3 жыл бұрын

Yassssssssss

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

🙌🏼🍻

@staveb0mb 3 жыл бұрын

Dude such great videos, but really missing the potential by showing us the finished product! Grain to glass boi! Cheers!

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Grain to glass just isn’t my thing. I’m going for more of an episodic show and some of the beers I make take over a year to complete. I appreciate the feedback and hope you’ll watch them all to see how things shake out. I’ve been tasting the finished product every other week on Gear & a Beer 🍻