I Made An All-grain Brewing Video

[djackal]

That was a supurb video despite the critisism. Well presented, no bull sh!te just to the point and made no asperations as being the one and only way of doing things.

Extremely Professional and exactly what I needed to see to reiterate why I do things and gave me ideas as to how to improve my set-up and processes.

Well done and thank You

 

[tangent]

deep in the poo

:unsure: oh no!

 

[SJW]

Balls to em Tangent I am with u

 

[staggalee]

:unsure: oh no!

And I can`t help you cause I`ve never been there

stagga.

 

[JoelRichard]

like this? Video

Also: most of the world uses a system called metric. Pounds and ounces are useless to us.

This should make pounds and ounces more useful.
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
I use it all the time, since a lot of recipes I use are made by americans.

 

[pbrosnan]

1st - I only posted a link to an AG brewing video already out there. It's made by a seppo called Krotchrot. Dunno why you're bagging it Snow??, you're being too negative!

2nd - I can't wait for decimal time.

3rd - Let's start using chains, fathoms and leagues as well? The guy's posting on an AUSSIE site with a unit of measurement we don't use. How many of you measure your grist in pounds then add gallons of water?

4th - I never said it was **** or negative (you kids are too antsy), just informing the person who made the video that the rest of the world apart from a few old farts use a system called metric. We shouldn't have to convert into chains, fathoms or leagues.
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The "seppo" reference ain't helpin' your cred, keep this up and you'll be half way to China. And don't YELL we can all hear you.

 

[JoePolvino]

Hey Joe,

I like your March pump housing.
Is it possible to post any detailed info and pics of that?
I'm curious how you ventilate it, and what the second push-button switch does.
Cheers,
Hutch.

Hello Hutch.

The pump enclosure is a plastic box typically used for enclosing an electrical junction outdoors. One switch powers the pump and the other powers the ventilation fan. The fan is mounted inside and blows air out the back side, toward the brew rack in the video. I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom to provide fresh air. When the pump runs, I run the fan and leave it running after the pump is off to cool the inside. I could have used a 3-position switch as well (off, fan only, fan+pump).

I'll try to get some pictures up, or maybe a short video.

-joe

 

[hughman666]

The guy's posting on an AUSSIE site with a unit of measurement we don't use.

oh dear me, you wouldn't happen to be one of those people still driving around with the australian flags sticking out of your car from australia day, would you <_<

c'mon tangent, show a little tolerance and understanding that the rest of the world doesn't operate in the way you expect. i think we all know how to find a metric/imperial conversion tool on the web.

joe has posted this with no apparent agenda other than hoping to help out people looking to make the transition to AG.

thanks joe, this is a great contribution to the brewing community. the info does contain a couple of mistakes but they're no different to the ones i "learned" from on this very forum over the past few years.

anything that raises the profile of AG should be good news for us!

 

[milpod]

Thanks Joe.

I know,I enjoyed watching it glass in hand I also learnt why the yanks call them turkey fryers.

Go figure,I thought the turkey was baked.

 

[JoePolvino]

anything that raises the profile of AG should be good news for us!

Thanks. The criticism doesn't bother me at all. I also use 110 volts and the NTSC broadcast standard, but nobody criticised that (yet)!

Regardless of the units of measure, the goal of the video is to expose people to all-grain brewing by documenting an entire all-grain process, and based on feedback, it hits the mark. Someone interested in making a batch would, of course, use a recipe having units of measure for the locale. Hopefully, people can see past the few mentions of imperial measurements, and see the process for what it is.

-joe

 

[bonj]

You're spot on there Joe. Back in the day, Nikola Tesla did a stack of experiments on electricity... he published all sorts of data to back up his decision that 240 volts at 60 hertz was the best system for electrical distribution, but it seems very few actually adopted it. Australia uses 240V at 50Hz, USA 110V@60Hz... It would be nice if the whole world used the same standards for everything. I do find it amusing though, that drug dealers seem to universally work in metric, no matter where they are. :lol:

I have a little conversion program I originally wrote for SWMBO to convert recipes, which has expanded to become quite a useful utility for just about everything. It even converts between USA and Australian bra sizes :icon_chickcheers:
(See, we can't even agree on that!)

It's just a simple console program, but if anyone wants it, let me know. I have compiled it on Linux and Windows. Or you can have the source and compile it for anything you want.

Thanks. The criticism doesn't bother me at all. I also use 110 volts and the NTSC broadcast standard, but nobody criticised that (yet)!

Regardless of the units of measure, the goal of the video is to expose people to all-grain brewing by documenting an entire all-grain process, and based on feedback, it hits the mark. Someone interested in making a batch would, of course, use a recipe having units of measure for the locale. Hopefully, people can see past the few mentions of imperial measurements, and see the process for what it is.

-joe

 

[chovain]

It's just a simple console program, but if anyone wants it, let me know. I have compiled it on Linux and Windows. Or you can have the source and compile it for anything you want.

Or, if you type something like "10 lb in kg" or "68f in c" into Google, it'll do the conversion for you.

 

[Screwtop]

I have a little conversion program I originally wrote for SWMBO to convert recipes, which has expanded to become quite a useful utility for just about everything. It even converts between USA and Australian bra sizes :icon_chickcheers:

For those who enter recipe ingredients in cups, go with Bonj's Bra Size Converter :lol: For those with Beersmith, if your units are set to metric simply enter the amounts in whatever and it will convert automatically to metric from US units, ie enter 5 Gal in your Batch Size it will automatically convert to 18.93 litres.

Thought the vid was useful to newbs, I remember what a help watching the Basic Brewing DVD was for me. Removed a lot of the mystery.

But 110V Joe, have never heard a Mash Tun called a Toon on any of the US podcasts :lol:

Screwy


Disclaimer: This was posted in jest, interpretation of anything serious was never intended nor should any part of this post other than the Beersmith Information be constued as seriousness in any way.

 

[chovain]

But 110V Joe, have never heard a Mash Tun called a Toon on any of the US podcasts :lol:

And to open a whole new can of worms: There's a new girl who started working in my local cafe today, and it turns out she's a very recent arrival from Germany. I happened to be wearing a brewing T-Shirt with "High Krausen" on it, and I figured if anyone knew how to pronounce it, she would.

She said something very closely resembling "kɾaʊˈzən" (first syllable rhymes with "cow").

I mentioned that some people think it should be pronounced "krɔɪˈzən" (first syllable rhymes with "toy"), and there might be an umlaut over the "a"? She shook her head and said, "No, it's spelled like that, and it's 'kɾaʊˈzən'.

Sure enough, online dictionaries list krausen (meaning "ruffles" or "frills"), not krusen (or kraeusen). The singular with definite article ("die krause"), can be heard here.

Basically, I reckon my way of pronouncing it (kraʊˈsən), while having half the consonants wrong (the 'r' and the 's' should be 'ɾ' and 'z'), at least gets the vowels right . "krɔɪˈsən" is just weird, though, and I have no idea where it came from... YMMV

Edit: Fex my spollung

 

[SJW]

So its me Screwy and Tangent only who can see the funny side to this post. I think everyone will agree that he has gone to a hell of a lot of trouble and done a top job, but posting it on an Aussie thread in US Units and calling the Tun a Toon cracks me up. Dont take this personally Joe but IMO from what I have read and heard on podcasts the Yanks have some pretty out there idea in relation to mash brewing. I love how the yanks think they are the only one's in the world and everyone else should follow their lead. Like the WORLD SERIES in baseball would be correct if the world was the USA.
Anyway I love the yanks. This was just a good laugh and some good info.

Steve

 

[Snow]

I don't love "the yanks" but I do love some individual yanks.

- Snow

 

[Cortez The Killer]

German wikipedia http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A4usen

Lists it as Krusen

So I imagine it is actually pronounced kroy-zen

Cheers

Edit: Just found an article about Krusening http://byo.com/departments/1550.html
Never heard of the term / process before

 

[chovain]

German wikipedia http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A4usen

Lists it as Krusen

Now I'm thoroughly confused. Any of the German brewers feel like adding anything?

I still reckon it should be pronounced kɾaʊˈzən, since we don't spell it with the umlaut (nor do we use the latin transliteration, kraeusen). That said, I won't be so hard on those who call it krɔɪˈzən any more.

 

[Henno]

I watched this vid as a newcomer to the all grain scene and loved it. The units didn't worry me as I just wanted to see the process so if he had of been saying kilos I would have ignored it anyway.

What did make me laugh is that when I first clicked 'play' the timing of when utube locked up made it sound like Joe was saying, "Hi, I'm Joe Polvino and I'm a Ho"

I'm sure you're not a Ho Joe and thanks for the vid. If only I could get more of the same. I'm off to watch the one on the yeast starter now.

Henno

 

[InCider]

Thanks Joe! A great vid & I really appreciate the time you took to do it. :icon_cheers:

Cheers,

Sean.