Brewing a 5 gallon batch on the 20 gallon Spike Brewing Single Vessel Brewing System

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Will the Spike Brewing 20 Gallon E-BIAB system be able to brew a 5 gallon batch? Watch to find out!
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@giovannyreyes2242 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you very much for the honesty. Looking forward to this unit once available...

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! 👍🍻

@scottbenson4818 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job and very informative. You’re right, some profile adjustments and you would be spot on. Thanks for al your hard work, or should I say, labor of love in brewing. Cool to see you becoming more mainstream and being included in these products development process. Cheers Scott

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah not much tweaking should be necessary. Thanks for the comments Scott! Cheers!! 👍🍻

@kevinbrumfield2028 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks. I'd love to see more on this system.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

More to come!

@mattxander12 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Bryan! Especially taking temp readings from the center and outside. That thought never crossed my mind that there'd be a difference

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a feeling there would be a little difference. But as long as the average is write you want it I think it will end up with food results! Glad you enjoyed! 👍🍻

@WreckedBrewery 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Brian! Spike makes some amazing equipment. I love all my Spike kettles. This looks to be a pretty solid eBIAB option, and a great brew day. I hope you do some tasting video when it's ready. Cheers!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

For sure!! Thanks Matt! 👍🍻

@dkpynn 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Brian! Perfect for me to watch while I am waiting on a coat of poly to dry. Honey do list while on quarentee lol. Sláinte!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis!! Lol stay with it! You want to get that list done! 👍🍻

@dkpynn 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers You know the deal.... Momma ain't happy...ain't no one happy. Lol! Make her happy and I can buy more brewing gear 🤙

@michaelschuerlein6059 3 жыл бұрын

Just used A38 for the first time myself, good thing I used my larger fermenter lol Really liking the Spike system the more I read and learn about them.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

Very active yeast indeed!! 👍🍻

@justinangevaare 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen some with systems like this do an "around/under the basket" recirculation along with traditional through the grain bed recirculation simultaneously with good results. Seems like that could work well with your setup here with a little modification, rather than one or the other.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Yes the brewtools systems incorporate this. I got the idea from that system (I currently have one on loan from them) I could easily do it with this one just need to add a 3 way valve to the pump outlet. (Which I have in case I want to test it out) 👍🍻

@nmsauditor1a950 4 жыл бұрын

I would think the simple answer would be to add length to the recirculating tubing, allowing it to lay on top of a small grain bed. I brew in a 30 gallon e herms system and sometimes do 5 gallon batches while using the longer tubing. As a side note, my efficiency is in the high 60's with 5 gallon batches and into the 80's with 15 or more gallons. My 3 vessels are Spike Kettles...love 'em! They make awesome equipment.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think you are right on the tubing. Cheers! 👍🍻

@toddstovall9274 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. I currently brew small batch (1.25 gal) biab and I’m waiting impatiently for Spike’s system to become available. I want to move up to 5 gal batches so I think I’ll go with the 15 gal system vs the 20 gal you’re testing as I think it will be better optimized for that batch size. However, nice to know that the systems are flexible.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the smallee versions will be out in the near future.. 👍🍻

@rolandbaugh9911 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see a follow up finished product🤞good video

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! We'll see what they want to do! 👍🍻

@daletherail 2 жыл бұрын

Great job demonstrating the small batch. Your mash finished at about 7:47 in the video. Your pump out hose was connected to the whirlpool port. Shouldn't you be recirculating the wort via the mash basket port during the mash? That would fix the temperature inconsistencies you experienced.I would recommend getting a longer silicone hose so the end just rests on top of the grain bed.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 2 жыл бұрын

The solo has a hard time maintaining temps due to the sensor placement. I was recirculating a small amount through the whirlpool to keep the wort moving part the sensor in an effort to try help the accuracy. 👍🍻

@jimometry 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I really like Spike Brewing"s equipment. I've always been interested in the Spike Flex + 7gal stainless fermentor, but I can't seem to find very many videos outside of initial reviews. I was curious to see how people are using it and what their opinions were on it.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

My buddy Larry had a review on it and he's been using it for a while now. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZyJrdd92Lm9mXk.html

@brianarmstrong2230 4 жыл бұрын

I've got both the Flex and Flex plus and love them both. If I buy another I would get the Flex+ instead of the regular Flex as it gives you the option of doing pressure transfers. They have an upgrade kit but you're better off just buying the Flex + and saving a few dollars in the long run.

@marcusfabiousmaximus3463 4 жыл бұрын

This is my dilemma, I brew 5 gallons and I want to be able to brew high abv beers and that’s why I was looking at 20 gallon kettles. Good video Brian

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope this helped you out! 👍🍻

@kurtfehr8312 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing a 5 gallon batch. Looks fantastic! One question: how long did you boil to get the volume down to 5.5 gallons on this batch?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

If remember it was about an extra 20 minutes. So an 80 minute total boil. 👍🍻

@prOkrEAt 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered one from their bargain cave. Mainly to do 10g batches since 5g kegs don't last long enough in a kegerator... But here to see how to do a test batch size specifically for new recipes.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! 👍🍻

@prOkrEAt 2 жыл бұрын

Also it seems that recirculation tube is the weak point of the system getting it set right. Does it need to whirlpool during that step? Or could you use their center drop arm up top some you could feed it to the center into a fly sparge nozzle?

@charleswells5356 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian great video and thanks for all the information, I think I’m going to order this System, my question to you is what are you using for a stand to hold that kettle, I’m looking for something short like that, thanks again and look forward to seeing more of you videos

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

It is a harbor freight step stool!! 🍻👍

@joebonner5914 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on how to set up equipment for a HERMS system, such as SPIKE Trio, in Brewfather?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

I'll add it to the list👍🍻

@mattperrault8932 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Question for you. What is the time it took on brew day from starting to bring water to mash temp to finishing the boil? I’m on a 120V Robobrew and hate the 6+ hour brew day. I think doing 5 gal recipe with no sparge can get down to roughly 3 hours.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

With cleanup and everything was probably 4 hours.. It was pretty quick with a 5500watt element. 👍🍻

@AllenDrewesBuilds 4 жыл бұрын

Brewing my favorite IPA style. I have one ready for the second dry hop addition today. Extract kit. The water profiling is my new step up to make it better, I think. I've read that Alum will also drop PH. I tested it and it does. Have you tried that at all? Great video again BTW! Cheers

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

I have not I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the comments! 👍🍻

@peterjelinek4939 4 жыл бұрын

I would not use alum, as it is also a strong coagulant, meaning it will act like a finning agent. Alum is often used as a clarification aid in waste water systems.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Oh... Is it harmful? I had never heard of using it.

@AllenDrewesBuilds 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers It's used for pickling cucumbers to make them crisp. I did an experiment to see what happens. I'll let you know how it turns out.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

@@AllenDrewesBuilds sounds good let me know! 👍🍻

@joshjtd 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. May I ask what you have the Spike Vessel sitting on?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

A harbor freight step stool, cheap and effective!

@erikbrewer4336 4 жыл бұрын

Why not utilize the recirculation of the system? The mash conversion is much faster that way.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

I believe it would have been channeling the grain due to the depth of the grain bed.

@prairiedogs001 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Bryan, I just got my anvil foundry and am prepping for the first brew day. Two questions: what's the best width setting for the mill for this? I currently have mine at .025" I think, but I'm not sure if that's too fine. Second, would you recommend putting a brew bag inside the machine to filter out any small bits?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

I use mine at a credit card width. Quite a few people are using bags now. It will produce a cleaner wort and you could probably double crush your grain. You'll probably be ok with that gap. It's just barely tightee than a credit card. 👍🍻

@prairiedogs001 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thank you!

@Trent1899 4 жыл бұрын

Did you have any issues with hops clogging? Are you using any sort of filter when transferring to your fermenter?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

No issue with any clogging at all.. I did not use a filter. I am using a riptide pump. 👍🍻

@akcender 4 жыл бұрын

Another great brew day video! Question: Where can I buy that articulating faucet arm you have mounted above the kettle? Cheers!

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

It is a triclamp elbow/dip tube spikebrewing.com/products/spike-pickup-tube-side

@Trent1899 4 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the pot filler? You can buy them at any hardware store or amazon.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

@@Trent1899 haha I misread the comment... Lol

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

I got it off of Amazon

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Oops wrong... EBay www.ebay.com/itm/324066169401

@gregf9989 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I want to do BIAB but not sure if I want to do this system or do something with gas. Not sure which way to go.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a ton of options out there!! 👍🍻

@gregf9989 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I do like that they will be selling just the basket and can easily do this with gas.

@gamndoodbrewing8636 4 жыл бұрын

If I could do it over again I’d go electric!!! Just saying...

@DolemiteGK 4 жыл бұрын

@@gamndoodbrewing8636 Ditto

@dolgo 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to that step ladder/table thing you have the kettle sitting on?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Harbour Freight step stool.

@TheMortgageBrewer 2 жыл бұрын

Did you have any issues with grain pieces in the boil? How effective is the false bottom?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 2 жыл бұрын

It works fine. The flow is a little slow sometimes. 👍🍻

@tonycaruso8011 3 жыл бұрын

Why is there no sparge with this system? I have a brewzilla and I need to sparge and I thought all brew in a bag systems where the same. I really appreciate your videos there are very informative and enjoyable.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

Just the way it was designed. You can sparge with it. If you check out my other video on the system I did a sparge with the system. 👍🍻

@cdstackhouse 4 жыл бұрын

Apologies if it’s been covered already but any idea why Spike went with that type of recirculating method, as opposed to a spray or drip method that goes thru the entire grain bed?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Have to ask them about that. I'm not sure. 👍🍻

@SpikeBrewing 4 жыл бұрын

Although fancy sprayers, rotating whirligigs, etc look awesome we just haven't seen any benefit to them with all of our testing over the years. It adds cost and doesn't add function. We usually tend to lean towards function over gimmicky add ons.

@cdstackhouse 4 жыл бұрын

Spike Brewing - Gotcha. I wondered if there’d be efficiency issues since the grain toward the middle seemingly looks undisturbed, unless the user gives it a stir periodically. Thanks for the reply!

@motoman5208 2 жыл бұрын

How did you chill this ? Did you use the optional spike wort chiller

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 2 жыл бұрын

Counterflow chiller from Exchillerator.

@eganix 3 жыл бұрын

How do you change the power output on the pid? There wasn’t much info on this from spike.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

I went over that in this video. (I have it time stamped to take you right to the instructions. 👍🍻 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdWfrLaQy7q5kqen.html=18m48s

@kayaddicted 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in the market for a shop sink and I like the one you have there. Can you provide a link to that manufacturer? Thanks.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

www.equippers.com/sauber-1-compartment-stainless-steel-sink-with-18-drain-board-on-left-36-12w/jsa1-201612l-18.asp

@chesroberts2275 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I know this is a no sparge system, but I noticed that in this brew, you had a total mash water of 9.5 gallons and a total grain bill of 12 lbs. By my calculations, that comes out to 3.16 qt/per pound of grain (water to grain ratio). I point this out because I have had efficiency issues with my Spike Solo and I’m wondering if it is because I’ve had too dry of a mash. For example, in creating the custom profile for the Spike equipment, and using a 1.29 water/grain ratio, I had a total mash water volume of 12.15 gallons for a 21.5 lbs grain bill..... if I would have brewed the same recipe with your water to grain ratio in this video (3.16), it would have been 17 gallons. What are your thoughts?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

Make sure you have the correct dead space under the mash basket. What software are you using?

@chesroberts2275 3 жыл бұрын

I am using Brewfather. I followed your video recommendations for adding Spike Solo 20G equipment you the software. I can’t remember what the dead space volume I plugged in but it was what was said to add in your video about adding the equipment. Like I said I’m just learning this new electric brew system and getting used it to. Your videos are super helpful so I wanted to reach out to you as a resource. Spike wasn’t that helpful despite giving them a ton of information.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

The mash water amount does seem light. If you use a no Sparge profile. Let it adjust for grain absorbtion. Without paying attention to the grist ratio.

@chesroberts2275 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I plugged in all the numbers in the tutorial video on your page for brew father.... 0.383 qt/lb absorption rate. 1.294 qt/lb of water to grist ratio. I selected no sparge... I have the 3.5 gallon dead space plugged in like in your tutorial video... one thing I noticed though is in my recipe on brewfather, with my 21.5 lb grain bill, if I adjust the dead space to 6.9 gallons which is the dead space listed on the Spike website for the Solo Basket with 12 gallons in the kettle, the brewfather program shows the exact same total mash water volume as it did when I had 3.5 gallons dead space plugged in... is this a flaw with the Brew father program?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

@@chesroberts2275 you'll have to send me some screenshots of your profile. Something is wrong, maybe a box not checked. Not sure exactly. Send the pics to brian@shortcircuitedbrewers.com

@carlosgil8107 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Brian, so far which are your top 3 brewsystems?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the size of batch really

@johhnyglaze1 3 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff. So if you wanted to do a 10 gallon batch, would you just double your minerals?

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

You woukd need to calculate the additions as usual.brunwater or other software. Not just double them. 👍🍻

@johhnyglaze1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Ok thanks. I use an old cobble stone system I put together so to see the equipment for homebrew today is really awesome. Nice system.

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 3 жыл бұрын

@@johhnyglaze1 thanks! 👍🍻

@johngates3040 2 жыл бұрын

How important is the PH and why is it so important

@ShortCircuitedBrewers 2 жыл бұрын

The starches in all grain brewing need to be in a pH of 5.2-5.6 for optimal conversion. It is very important otherwise you won't convert as much of the starches to sugar. 👍🍻