Part 2 - Easy Home Brewing Again

[Gvarimoto1]

X-Rated Comment Removed ! haha

You rock man, keep up the videos :)

[kevcomeau]

hi graig iam making beer for 20 years+ on day i meet a real master brewer from germany he told me to put a green apple cut it in 4 remove the seed drop it in the bucket for 5 day fermantaion and after 5 day wow what a differance my god it remove the bad tast of yeast so much better now lot of peoples do this remember the green apple the beer is so wow

[paulewismith]

Great videos Craig, but I have a couple questions for you. How important is the air lock? and do you ever use finings or gelatine? If so how do I go about using it?

Cheers man!

[CraigTube]

@paulewismith The airlock is not that important. You can brew beer with the fermenter covered in plastic wrap and a rubber band holding it on. The CO2 layer that forms on the beer will protect it from oxidation, and the constant creation of CO2 will keep the bugs out by creating a positive pressure. I don't use finings unless I'm adding hops and/or steeping grains. Even then I just use Irish moss or whirlflock. (sp) I've never used gelatin in beer, only hard cider.

[bierdimpfe]

I wonder why beer is so expensive in Canada?? It is because of some special taxes for alcoholic beverages?? Cheers!

[knappydanny]

interesting you mentioned sediment in the bottom of bottles, I've been noticing that Bud Light Golden Wheat often has sediment in the bottom ! Which I thought was surprising, but also goes to show it's no big deal.

[CraigTube]

That just means that it was carbonated naturally in the bottles. You're right, it's no big deal. However, for those who don't like it, I've got a solution coming up, and I think it's a breakthrough.

[kavonbor]

Craig. I live in the states (New Jersey) and because of taxes and other nonsense beer prices have continued to increase. A half case of Samuel Adams bottles costs 20.00 where I live.

I started home brewing 1) thanks to you videos 2) for the sheer fun of it and 3) to keep a little bit of my hard earned cash in my pocket!

As always, thanks for your vidoes - great work!

[kavonbor]

(spelling correction: thanks to "your" videos)

Oh, and I should have said started home brewing 'from extract' kits).

[aidanxfriesen]

is that the coopers bitter? i just brewed an all grain ordinary english bitter and it turned out amazing. that got me wondering about the coopers can. if it is, how is it?

[CraigTube]

@aidanxfriesen I think it was a real ale. It was delicious.

[196822119630898]

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[TheGreenByrdProject]

Craig, do you bottle clear, or do you bottle cloudy and let it clear as it charges? and any comments on such?

[CraigTube]

I bottle cloudy and it takes about 5 days to clear in the bottles. Much faster than a secondary carboy.

[magplayer]

thanks! i'm from Malaysia and beers here are not cheap...

[magplayer]

hey there and great vid...

i'm a first time brewer using coopers and i have a few questions...

when its time to bottle my 5 gallon can i bottle 1/2 of it and leave the other 2.5 gallon say for another 30days? is that possible?

[CraigTube]

No. Don't do that. As soon as you bottle half of it, you let a whole lot of oxygen in there and contaminants. The remaining half will be spoiled.

[acidlord258]

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm Beeeeeeeeer. Nice work as usual Craig. Beer chili whatever yer vids is good. Now to find some nice Lager.

[robboholic]

Hey Craig, Real Ale is the brew i most frequently do, I am sure you will enjoy it,

you will find it is a very strong flavoured beer, what I do is I actually add more water and sugar to the mix

30Litres water

and 1 1/4 kilos raw sugar

and it comes out more like a 'lager' so to speak, not as thick on taste that is and your malt goes further... perhaps you might like to try that

[CraigTube]

I will consider this as part of my experiments. Thanks and cheers.

[eedwards74]

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[Jhendrickson305]

Craig,

Im new to brewing and I just started my first batch last night. I was wondering however about if siphoning the beer into the carboy for the 2nd fermentation stage might be better if I dont want so much sediment. Is this ok and will it work?

Thanks

Justin

[CraigTube]

You might end up with a little less sediment, but it's not going to be much different. The method you describe is called dual stage method and some people do it but when I tried it, it didn't make enough difference to bother.

[Jhendrickson305]

Thanks Craig

[eedwards74]

With a kit like this a secondary is a waste of time.I ferment for 3 weeks then siphon to a bottling bucket and you should not have any.

Just let it settle for a bit after putting in bottling bucket.And i drink the sediment out of my bottles it wont hurt you or make you sick.Also when adding malt remove from the hot burner.

[burtonsnow88]

the coopers pale ale is the best i think keep up the great videos!!!

[DarkSanctuaryBBS]

When I started brewing, like you, I just used the yeast under the cap. But when I changed to better quality dry yeasts, I noticed a vast improvement in flavour. Whereas Cooper's yeast is really fruity, the Nottingham yeast I use is clean tasting much like a beer you would buy. Give it a try sometime, it is only $2 or so a pack, and it is dry, just like the Cooper's. Thing to note, keep the temps down, below 20c is best. It will go as low as 14c no problem. Great for winter brewing :)

[riggers72]

never put milk in a beer glass ever to it distroys glass's

[WB1A2]

Is that "X-rated comment removed" bit of your own doing, or is that youtube censoring you? Aren't these videos intended for people of drinking age and thusly, people capable of handling "X-rated comments?"

I love these videos, so please don't take this as any sort of attack. I just get frustrated when I hear of how youtube is censoring peoples work, and in some cases completely deleting things and removing accounts.

Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more.

Cheers

[drunkfux1]

I think that was a joke about 'Getting some head'

[CraigTube]

It was removed by me. I could have left it in, but I thought it was funnier to bleep it and let you guys imagine what I said. I also have many other types of videos on my channel that are not of brewing nature and might attract younger people. Therefore, I have a sort of code of ethics on my channel that I wish to uphold. It sometimes gets breached in the bloopers, but the intention is there in the core content. Cheers and thanks for asking.