GrainFather and Anvil Foundry Compared – Watch before buying.
Warning this is a 30 minute video but it will be worth your time if you are considering buying an Anvil Foundry or a GrainFather system.
I’ve owned two GrainFathers and I currently use an Anvil Foundry so I will give my honest opinion and try to be as non-bias as humanly possible as I feel both systems are great in their own but each one does have either advantages or features the other one may not have at this time.
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GrainFather G30 (new series)
Anvil Foundry 10.5 Gallon All-in-One brewing system with recirculation pump kit
RoboBrew – Brewzilla v3.1.1
Belgian Witbier – Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast – Candi Wit – Grain to Glass – Part 2 of 2
Belgian Witbier – Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast – Candi Wit – Grain to Glass – Part 2 of 2
Belgian Witbier brewed with Cascade Belgin Wit Candi Syrup and Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse yeast.
I had a lot of fun making this as it really is a bit of a hybrid but when thinking of a Witbier the Lithuanian farmhouse yeast called Jovaru with its lemon pith and black pepper just sounded perfect for a Witbier. Plus I went for Pacific Jade hops which offer aromas of citrus (more lemon) and black pepper and then you throw in the Cascade Belgian wit candi beer syrup with the orange peel and coriander it simply sounded perfect.
Anvil Foundry 10.5 Gallon All-in-One brewing system with recirculation pump kit
Jaded Brewing Scylla
Superior Pump 91250 Utility Pump – 1/4 HP
Candi Wit Recipe – 5.25 Gallons:
3.5 lbs Golden Promise
2.5 lbs Wheat Malt, Pale
1/2 lb flaked wheat
1/2 lb acid malt
5 minute additions:
Added 1 heaping tsp of Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Added 4 oz cooled wort with 1/4 tsp of Super Moss HB
1 lb Cascade Candi Belgin Wit
1 oz Pacific Jade Hops Alpha 14.3%
Once it was chilled to about 85F I pitched Jovaru Lithuanian farmhouse yeast provided from Too Far North Brewing Company off of eBay.
Too Far North Brewing Company on eBay
Cascade Belgian Wit Beer Candi Syrup
West Coast IPA on the East Coast – Anvil Foundry – Scylla Chiller – Part 1 of 2
West Coast IPA on the East Coast – Anvil Foundry – Scylla Chiller – Part 1 of 2
Actually taste tested the Simcoe resin…WOW!
4th of July – Rain, Thunder, and power loss…but still finished the brew.
Brewed on my Anvil Foundry 10.5 gallon and chilled with Jaded Brewing Scylla immersion chiller.
The Recipe for the West Coast IPA on the East Coast
5 Gallon batch (5.25 gallons collected to account for loss) – 19 Liters
11.5 lbs Golden Promise Pale Ale Malt (5.22 Kilograms)
10 oz Caramel/Crystal 40L Malt (.28 Kilograms)
.50 oz Azacca Whole Leaf (10.5% Alpha) (14 grams) at 15 mins
.50 oz Idaho #7 Whole Leaf (11.5% Alpha) (14 grams) at 15 mins
.50 oz Azacca Whole Leaf (10.5% Alpha) (14 grams) at 5 mins
.50 oz Idaho #7 Whole Leaf (11.5% Alpha) (14 grams) at 5 mins
10 minute additions:
Added 1 heaping tsp of Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Added 4 oz cooled wort with 1/4 tsp of Super Moss HB
10 minute Whirlpool:
1 oz Azacca Whole Leaf (10.5% Alpha) (28 grams)
1 oz Idaho #7 Whole Leaf (11.5% Alpha) (28 grams)
1 oz Simcoe Whole Leaf (13.9% Alpha) (28 grams)
Pitched Wyeast West Coast IPA 1217 Yeast and fermented for 2 weeks at 68F
Dry hopped for 7 days:
1 oz Cryo Simcoe (28 grams)
1 oz Idaho #7 (28 grams)
1 oz Azacca (28 grams)
Equipment I used to brew this batch of beer:
Anvil Foundry 10.5 Gallon All-in-One brewing system with recirculation pump kit
Jaded Brewing Scylla
Awesome propane burner – Great quality
Anvil 10 gallon Brew Kettle
Five Star Super Moss HB
Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Gelatin – cheap bulk for clarifying
Hop filter for brewing
Glass Carboy
Plastic Carboy for measuring
Tilt Hydrometer during fermentation
Best Hydrometer I’ve ever used and a great company
Hop filter for dry hopping
Air pumping to help add oxygen to your wort
Wyeast West Coast IPA yeast 1217
The Perfect All in One Brewing System for All Grain Brewing
The Perfect All in One Brewing System for All Grain Brewing by Bitter Reality Brewing.
Nothing is perfect but if you had to design the perfect all in one brewing system for all grain brewing based on what you currently know, how would you design it? Please let me know in the comments.
Please let me know what features you would add or take away from your perfect system. I used 4 systems as comparisons to help people understand the features I am discussing by giving them examples of these features and how they exist today.
I truly believe all of these systems have a lot of great features but would love to see the majority of them in one system. If there are patents blocking one company from using a certain feature then maybe that feature needs to be reworked and either done differently or improved upon. There is always more than one way to do just about anything to some degree of course.
Equipment discussed in this video:
Anvil Foundry 10.5 Gallon All-in-One brewing system with recirculation pump kit
BrewZilla All Grain Brewing System with Pump 220v
The GrainFather Connect
Green Mountain Grills
Flying Dog – Raging Bitch Clone on Rye – Belgian IPA Imperial – Grain to Glass – Part 2 of 2
This is a tribute to Fly Dog’s Raging Bitch beer. Essentially I found as many clone versions of it as possible to come up with my version of it. I intentionally substituted the first bittering hop addition of Warrior for Columbus as I was out of Warrior. I also added 1 lb of Rye to play on the spiciness of the already spicy brew.
Raging Bitch on Rye – Clone on Rye
5.25 gallon recipe with 90 minute boil – OG 1.0175 FG (estimated) 1.014
Currently this beer is dry hoping but is actually at 1.008 FG which would make this 8.8% by volume.
8 lbs Pale Malt, Marris Otter
6 lbs Pale Malt Belgian 2-Row
1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt 60L
1 lb Rye Malt 1 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 60 mins
0.50 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 15 mins
0.50 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 15 mins
0.50 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 5 mins
0.50 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 5 mins
5 minute additions:
Added 1 heaping tsp of Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Added 4 oz cooled wort with 1/4 tsp of Super Moss HB
1 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) Whirlpool for 10 mins at 150F
1 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) Whirlpool for 10 mins at 150F Belgian Ardennes – Wyeast 3522
Dry Hop Schedule:
1 oz Columbus Cryo (28.3 grams) 7 Days
1 oz Amarillo Cryo (28.3 grams) 7 Days
Equipment I used to brew this batch of beer:
Jaded Brewing Scylla
Anvil Foundry 10.5 Gallon All-in-One brewing system with recirculation pump kit
Awesome propane burner – Great quality
Five Star Super Moss HB
Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Gelatin – cheap bulk for clarifying
Hop filter for brewing
Glass Carboy
Plastic Carboy for measuring
Tilt Hydrometer during fermentation
Best Hydrometer I’ve ever used and a great company
Hop filter for dry hopping
Air pumping to help add oxygen to your wort