hey we all brew our own way some follow the directions some create, the bottom line is your making beer. make the brew be it beer or wine and drink the shit get drunk and enjoy.
hi craig! quick question! i brewed a sierra pale ale clone( all grain) its in the bottles and smells and taste great!! but have some chill haze , coldbreak? what is that exactly and what am i doing wrong? by the way it was my first ever try to make beer! taste great , thanks.. your videos are the best!! thanks 60 cad....
@1960cad I put a link at the bottom of the "info" section above. Beyond that, just leave the beer in the fridge for a couple of weeks and it should clear up. Or you could just close your eyes and drink it. :)
hello from new zealand! yes you are right, i have done 4 brews now and all have some lacing. thanks for all the inspirational videos. just goes to show that people like people to be be humble, show some humilty and respect to other brewers.
i have found that my latest brew was two cans of coopers draught and amarillo hop tea seeemed to have the best lacing.
perhaps because there is more protein in using two cans?
I only started homebrewing 2 weeks ago, im drinking my first batch of COOPERS Real ale, its 5.3% abv, and to say its only 8 days since i bottled it, it tastes absolutley spot on, it gets a great head when poured into my glass, and it LACES. If it tastes this good now then in 2-3 weeks it will be amazing. I have tasted 100's of real ales and this Coopers real ale kit is 100%. I have now bottled a Coopers Irish Stout, and tomorrow..... it will be a coopers IPA in the fermenter. Cheers Craig :-)
I like all the things you said. The nay sayers need to chill out & enjoy the hobby. If you don't like the way it is,try tweaking it,I say. Which brings me to my question. Igot my Cooper's micro brew kit yesterday,with the lager kit. I'd like to add !/2kg of DME. I wondered if I should cut the 1kg of corn sugar to 1/2kg? Not to mention,I wanted to add Haulertau hops for flavor & aroma. How could I do this without ruining the wort?
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas? Thanks Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas? Thanks Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas?
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas?
Please promise us this is the last time you'll ever do a video response (or even refer) to that mental midget who clearly speaks before researching! Your videos are great and you've clearly moved well beyond that mental midget!
Craig i live 1000`s of miles away just from watching you over a few years makes me relize what a great person you are. you know your stuff your friendly.you are a great friend!
You may already know this, Craig, but if you don't want to reduce the keg pressure for serving, you can use a narrower beer line (3/16) between your keg and your tap. This adds resistance, reducing the foaming / fobbing, so you don't get a 3/4 glass of head.
My Cooper home brews have a great head and lace after just 1 week in bottles (well under the conditioning time for a home brew so it goes to show it does happen).
But lets be honest, even craig will tell you its not the head, it not he lacing, its how much you enjoy your own home made beer. Its that simple.
@1979timdog Well, TSA has done his share of bashing, but he has a more sarcastic way of doing it. Nige is just an abusive ass. It's a side show. I don't pay attention to it. I did make a video about TSA, but I am waiting for the right moment to post it. I don't like posting crap on my channel, but the guy needs to be exposed.
Bring on the kegging videos, I can't wait...I will be building a keezer soon to hold 3 corny kegs and will be closely listening to your advice Craig. Don't worry about that other guy that likes to stir the pot, he isn't worth it, keep helping people and you will go far. :)
Having watched many taste tests, I enjoy the educational process represented. I'd like to see some blind "group panel" taste tests. Perhaps you can get a group of brewed beverage enthusiats together for a sampling session. Maybe you and TSA could co-chair a taste test panel. Keep up the good work!
@moedogger21 Yes, I've looked on there. Nothing so far. Someone offered to give me one, but I haven't heard back yet. I don't know where they live either.
Craig - Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper's kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that - you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it o
Craig - Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper's kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that - you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it out :D
Nice sound edit to accentuate Lace and Head (of which there is plenty)! I just hooked up a new sound system with subwoofers to my com- really comes through strong:) Looking foreward to watching kegging vids-recently received my keg syst and getting CO2 tommorow. Thank You so much for your vids,Craig! Lots of clicks for you!- Cheers
Anyone who says that you can't get head & lacing from a canned beer kit is, well....a moron. Been doing it for a long time. The only debate here is between priming the beer before it's kegged, or priming with CO2 after it's kegged.
hey Craig great job on the help me start home brewing. i have a question for you i was wondering what home brew taste like bud light or coors light? i have brewed a canadian light brew waiting to try it. my girlfriend keeps slaping my hand telling me to wait for a while let it sit. so if you now of a kind i would be happy to here. thanks keep up the good work
@babequeen14 Munton's have an American Light kit, you may want to try that. Not really going to taste like Bud or Coors though, because they are lagers that use a bunch of corn/rice. If your shop has rice solids, that might give it more of that rice-bud flavour.
Good on ya Craig. It is true. I made your chilli beef and still do. But guess what I make it to your recipie my way. And its still great. Cheers Rolly
I might do it as an experiment, but since I don't drive, it's too hard to drag bottles of water home all the time. I do understand your point tho. I might start mentioning it in my videos. Cheers.
on your video, i couldn't agree with you more. also, i noticed that You Know Who's started (over-)using a cheering crowd sound bite. you've dropped it and gone for the deep 'bong' sound to punctuate your points. needs to be a little louder, i think. :)
In all the instructions that come with the wine and beer kits, when they talk about water quality, they do suggest bottled water, however they also say that if your tap water is fit to drink, you should have no problem using it for beer/wine. Our water quality is quite good. Because I don't drive, I'm not able to easily bring home large jugs of water, and we're talking about two or three a week at times. I assume that viewers can make decisions as to the quality of water and go from there.
@CraigTube Don't look at it as if there's anything wrong with using tap water but as how it affects your favorite kit. I believe you are partial to Coopers lager so brew it as usual but use distilled water. This will actually give you some common ground with your audience. If someone in Russia brews a Cooper lager using distilled water you know what they are tasting. If they are using local water it's just a guess.
i agree with your videos above all home brewing videos it seems to me that take some advice should take some of your advice, he seems way to new to this to try and do beer reviews, you on the other hand have been doing this for a long time and know exactly what to look for and give great reviews and advice! i love how you alow us into your home every review and make us feel like real friends to you. cheers!!
Secondly, in your bottling videos, you show yourself dumping dry priming sugar directly into the bottle. Another poor technique. Sugar in this state is a good source of infection since beasties naturally seek it out and feed on it. A better way is to put it in solution and boil it first. I know, more time, more steps, more patience, but thats what it takes to make good beer.
@78recordrepair As surprised as I am at your recent objections, you make some good points. Again, most people will fallow the instructions. For the amount of time the sugar is in the bottles before adding the beer (it's the last thing I do before bottling) it's no problem. Think about how long your wort sits before the yeast takes hold, or what's getting into it while bottling. The sugar thing... I disagree.
@78recordrepair (part 2) The dextrose I get sits in paper bags, not perfectly sealed, on a shelf before I buy it. Nothing has ever happened to it as long as I've been brewing. Again, I think it's a reasonable risk.
Stop Ive been brewing for years and have never had a single infection. I use coopers carbs drops craig uses dextrose whatever..it works. Batch priming is a wayste of time if done both ways a thousand times.
@78recordrepair (1/2) This certainly has merit so thought I would shed a different prospective. Dry sugar doesn't have the moisture content to sustain microbial growth. However, it does have the same potential as your bottles to introduce dormant microbes that will grow once they're introduced to the proper environment. This is not as much of an issue post fermentation which is why you with sanitizing everything else problems are few between.
@78recordrepair (2/2) One thing you have to consider is the handling of the sugar. It's easy to take for granted that when it was repackaged at the brew store it's as clean as it was out of the original bag. If you do start experiencing a problem it will be an area to investigate.
@78recordrepair I'm on my fourth brew, and have not had any trouble bottle priming like Craig. You raise just as many issues with boiling water, adding the sugar and mixing it with the wort. Oxygen infusion, stirring, aeration, all not good. To each his own. If you get good beer, then end of story!!
There is one thing that bugs me about your videos. Time and time again you show yourself adding water straight out of the tap into your fermenter. Maybe you have a deep well with good pure non-chlorinated mineral water coming out of it. I don't really know. But a lot of people rely on city ("shitty") water laced with chlorine and who knows what other contaminants. For a large percentage of your audience then, they are brewing with crummy water that will produce crummy beer.
@78recordrepair It's pretty simple. If you have bad water out of the tap, buy water. If you can drink your tap water, and it tastes good, it's good to brew with.
Craig, where did you find this clown ? I tried to watch it to see what you're talking about, but I couldnt get past the first 15 seconds, no way I could watch the other 10+ mins.
What a jerk ! He should stick with reviewing jewelry and purses.
This is for PEI as well. You don't need to defend, justify or rationalize why you brew from a can and the results you get, it's like debating over using canned beans.
As far as what TSA said about Coopers, I don't have a problem with it. If I thought it was malicious then it would be a different story. He has his whole brewing history online, it's not difficult to see how you need to take his advice. Taking time to explain is like explaining why you can't pay bills with Monopoly money.
@yartp Well, the problem with that is many of us are pouring these home brews and getting exactly what he says you can't get. We don't need to take anyone's advice. The advice is to try stuff and DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. In the end, you will know what the truth is. You can't rely on any one person to tell you the truth. It's up to YOU to seek it and resolve the answer. I can only help. I never force anyone into anything. Freedom of choice... ? Yea!
@CraigTube Basically Coopers didn't work out for TSA. He likes to generalize everything but you can quickly pick that out. When he says you can't get head/lacing it's not too difficult to spot the over generalization and is really specific to his own limited personal experience. I'm sorry it didn't work out for him and hope his all grain expericence yields the results he's looking for. That's all that needs to be said. Now get to making some more brew videos.
@yartp The problem with TSA, is that he couldn't make a successful Coopers beer, so instead of taking responsibility for his mistakes , he bashes Coopers. LOL!! Really dumb.
@ACTeslaMachineDC If you can boil spaghetti on the stove, you can boil wort on the stove. With grain you can make the batch as large or small as you need. If you want a larger batch, for the stove, you use more than one pot. There's no one holding a gun to your head saying you have to brew large batches.
@78recordrepair no you dont need to brew large batches , but if you look at people doing the all-grain process..they use the propane burners with the huge pot
TakeSomeAdvice is such a pain in the ass. All he does is watch other peoples videos and critique them. He does not have enough talent to come up with his own material. Damn he gets on my nerves, with his jewelery and corny ass attitude.
All-grain brewing can be done successfully on the kitchen stove. The main reason people use turkey fryers is to do a large batch in a single boil pot.
@78recordrepair a lot of stoves can't heat a huge pot of water to a boil so they choose to use the turkey pot size burners . Guessing it has to be quicker too
@ACTeslaMachineDC check out ITguru624 he has a great tutorial on this. Or if you can stand his valgarity try sayfuckalot making a beer 3 parts Great stuff
I've had plenty of my Cooper's brews with plenty of head and lace, and not because they were overcarbonated or whatever. I got excellent lace and head especially from using a little dried malt extract in with my dextrose. Thumbs up!
I remember getting a Guinness at a bar and refused the beer because they poured it wrong. I mean it was bad. They didn't argue so I assume they knew I was right.
Nice video Craig. I am getting pretty sick of TakeSomeAdvice. He pretends like he's an expert and claims to know what a "good" beer is, when he hasn't been brewing beer for more than 6 months and hasn't even done all grain yet (which he claims is the only way to make good beer...HOW WOULD HE KNOW!??!) I'm very close to unsubscribing to him. Keep up your great informative videos man! Unlike TakeSomeAdvice, you actually teach your viewers, instead of just trying to brag about drinking a GOOD beer
I get great head and lacing on my Mr. Beer kits.. even if I don't steep grains, they still come out great. Craig is right, if you don't clean your glasses properly, you won't get much head... this is true with store bought beers, extract beers and indeed with all grain beers.
Also boiling for extract brewing is really just to heat the water so the wort can hydrate back into the water easily. Hot water from a kettle works as well. (unless of course you're boiling extra hops)
craig i'm closer to home brewing now. all this competition and putting people down for brewing from a can makes me take my time about it though.
i understand your position...we need more guys like you who just do it because its neat, fun and you have your own beer at the end!
i'm going to start very simple with the inmate brew with your vid playing step by step and your sanitizing video. thanks for being honest and showing us the fun it all! and to each their own!
Great stuff man.'Takesomeadvice' should check out my videos of kit brewed beer and see the head produced! He obviously has never brewed from a can OR he had a bad experience with a kit brew..
Thats for another great video. Thanks Man! I wish I was as diplomatic as you. I quit several homebrew clubs due to the ridicule between the members. Late fall I finally joined one that is dedicated to only constructive comments and they must be qualified comments. Many people like certain beers and not others but as you say this not a qualified reason to bash others for liking something different. Anyway, great discusion!
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HEY!! I think you got that head becuase they beer was WARM!! Mine are cold.. less head that way. I got head with Coopers.. but it never lasted. No lacing.
Also that head and lacing is not typical of a Cooper's kit. It seems to be the C02 doing that.
I saw your from a day or two ago where you are drinking a beer in the background and there was no head and lacing.
Head and lacing is important because it tells the story of what went into the beer when it was made.
@TakeSomeAdvice Hey TSA. If you watch the video where I drink a beer while camping, you can see the H&L. That's a bottled Cooper's Lager. You're right tho, I have had beers with no head, but those are the ones where I added too much dextrose. I've since cut down on that AND the amount of water added. I do 4.5 Gallons now. That has made a huge dif. I still have a bottled Dark Ale awaiting a test. Already did the kegged version in a video. NOTE: this video was not meant to be condescending.Cheers!
@CraigTube Hey craig.. this was a question I asked a while back and you did say the same thing...either cut back on sugar/dextrose, or to add less water....I havent tried the dextrose and water at the same time though..you added less than the traditional kg of dextrose? what was the beer's name that turned out well using 4.5 gals and less dextrose? thanks man, CHEERS!
@TakeSomeAdvice You get head and lacing cause you pour beer like a bitch. Warm, cold, whatever you do not know how to pour beer. Plain and simple. Everyone in your last video TSA told you so.
@AGoalStopper007 I agree, and I am one of those that has told him before. If you just chuck your beer straight down in the glass it stirs up the CO2 and releases it quicker, causing most of it to be removed form the beer. It ends up flat and with larger bubbles, and of course, you get no fine bubbles and therefore no lacing. If he learnt to pour a beer properly he might get lacing. I'm glad he is not a barman!
hey man please help i just brewed an american light beer and i bottled it on the 4th day because the directions said 4-6 days or when you see no more bubbles i didnt so i bottled and 3 days after i opend 1 to make sure every thing was going good and to taste it and it has a strong taste kinda like it taste like a budwieser mixed with how the wort smells when your boiling it with a little bitterness to it aswell i realy dont want to throw it out
@lickthebubble - you probably bottled way too soon and there is alot of fermentable sugar left. I suppose you could pour it all back into a sanitized fermenter if you really wanted to.
If there is too much sugar in the bottles you run the risk of bottle bombs.
Your airlock is a sign of fermentation, but it is not the best sign, get a hydrometer and use it.
@lickthebubble OPE is right. I'd keep an eye on them. You might be OK and with time the strong yeast flavour will go away. If you did decide to pour them back into a sanitized fermenter, be really careful not to splash the beer around at all. If it were me, I'd just open the odd one and make sure it's not over carbed. If so, open all the beers and re-cap.
@ACTeslaMachineDC No, the bottle just breaks, the neck flies off, beer everywhere. I had much success with glass. It's pretty durable. I just hated capping it.
@lickthebubble Im not sure if your did a hydrometer reading or not, but me personally, if I were to use glass, I would definitely make it a point to get a hydrom. reading... I use PET bottles and get Hydrom. readings when I believe brew is done...just to be on safe side...good luck.
When TakeSomeAdvice talks about a beer he can only identify lacing thats why he has said it several times in his video. He can't identify IBU, SRM, ABV, base malts, specialty malts, hop classification or style guidelines.
OK, now the next criticism will be that the head on that beer wasn't "persistent". For the life of me, I don't know how a persistent head is a sign of a good beer. Of course, I still can't get my head around the lacing thing either. The only beer I know that truly keeps a significant head the whole way down is Guiness draft, but that's probably due to the nitro.
Great video Craig. Why is lacing such an important thing? I have had several high quality, award winning beers, that had very little lacing. As a matter of fact "Lacing" is not even a major criteria in the judging of beers. I think someone has made "lacing" an important aspect of his own judging criteria, but I, and I am sure several other brewers, don't find lacing to be that important to either the taste or the body and even the overall feel of our beers. Thanks Craig, I am in your corner.
Another great video. I love the Coopers kits. I get the same head with bottle conditioned home brew. Keep the beer making videos coming... you have a loyal following.. thanks.
dont take the haters so seriously just have fun love your vids and you seem like a good guy dont let whoever get you down cuz thats just what they want. you should see out kegorator heh its the ugliest thing ever constructed ill send ya a pic if you want.
@coldlogic1 Oh, believe me, it doesn't get me down. It just makes me try harder. It's a great motivator. The messages I send in these rant videos are not out of frustration, but out of interest in keeping it real and down to earth. I seek peace amongst the home brewers. Most of us want that. Those who don't can take a hike. :)
hey we all brew our own way some follow the directions some create, the bottom line is your making beer. make the brew be it beer or wine and drink the shit get drunk and enjoy.
great job Craig !
AmsDjProductions 1 month ago
Your spot on....Thanks craig...Your a star
snoopdogzify 1 month ago
Its like Cigar smoking etiquette. You can't tell someone that they're smoking a bad cigar, it all depends on the smokers (or drinkers) choice.
natemelfi1 1 month ago
thank you!!
1960cad 7 months ago
hi craig! quick question! i brewed a sierra pale ale clone( all grain) its in the bottles and smells and taste great!! but have some chill haze , coldbreak? what is that exactly and what am i doing wrong? by the way it was my first ever try to make beer! taste great , thanks.. your videos are the best!! thanks 60 cad....
1960cad 7 months ago
@1960cad I put a link at the bottom of the "info" section above. Beyond that, just leave the beer in the fridge for a couple of weeks and it should clear up. Or you could just close your eyes and drink it. :)
CraigTube 7 months ago
hello from new zealand! yes you are right, i have done 4 brews now and all have some lacing. thanks for all the inspirational videos. just goes to show that people like people to be be humble, show some humilty and respect to other brewers.
i have found that my latest brew was two cans of coopers draught and amarillo hop tea seeemed to have the best lacing.
perhaps because there is more protein in using two cans?
keep up the good work!
glenpswift 8 months ago
Amen Craig!!!!!!!!
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I only started homebrewing 2 weeks ago, im drinking my first batch of COOPERS Real ale, its 5.3% abv, and to say its only 8 days since i bottled it, it tastes absolutley spot on, it gets a great head when poured into my glass, and it LACES. If it tastes this good now then in 2-3 weeks it will be amazing. I have tasted 100's of real ales and this Coopers real ale kit is 100%. I have now bottled a Coopers Irish Stout, and tomorrow..... it will be a coopers IPA in the fermenter. Cheers Craig :-)
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The lacing is still there folk's, the lacing is still there....love it Craig!! Great videos man!
vikingslayer34 1 year ago
The lacing is still there folk's, the lacing is still there....love it Craig!! Great videos man!
vikingslayer34 1 year ago
I like all the things you said. The nay sayers need to chill out & enjoy the hobby. If you don't like the way it is,try tweaking it,I say. Which brings me to my question. Igot my Cooper's micro brew kit yesterday,with the lager kit. I'd like to add !/2kg of DME. I wondered if I should cut the 1kg of corn sugar to 1/2kg? Not to mention,I wanted to add Haulertau hops for flavor & aroma. How could I do this without ruining the wort?
unionrdr 1 year ago
Well said Craig!
immolateus 1 year ago
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Hey Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas? Thanks Craig!
Crypticx666 1 year ago
Hey Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas? Thanks Craig!
Crypticx666 1 year ago
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Hey Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas?
Thanks Craig!
Crypticx666 1 year ago
Hey Craig!
Always good to see one of your videos. Your my number one YouTube stop for brewing advice.
I have a question for you: I have brewed a few batches of beer and i think it's been doing good, i get light carbonation, i wish for a little more but the main concern i have is I don't get good head on my beer. I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar to my 23 L batch right before priming and i pretty much have no head on my beer. I use Dextrose for priming. Any ideas?
Thanks Craig!
Crypticx666 1 year ago
Please promise us this is the last time you'll ever do a video response (or even refer) to that mental midget who clearly speaks before researching! Your videos are great and you've clearly moved well beyond that mental midget!
dcostell 1 year ago 3
@dcostell You have my promise. Cheers! :)
CraigTube 1 year ago
Craig i live 1000`s of miles away just from watching you over a few years makes me relize what a great person you are. you know your stuff your friendly.you are a great friend!
Always
T.B.
Tucker379x 1 year ago
@Tucker379x Thank you!
CraigTube 1 year ago
You may already know this, Craig, but if you don't want to reduce the keg pressure for serving, you can use a narrower beer line (3/16) between your keg and your tap. This adds resistance, reducing the foaming / fobbing, so you don't get a 3/4 glass of head.
BrewTubeUK 1 year ago
:L You can get good head. ;)
jamesrg1here 1 year ago
My Cooper home brews have a great head and lace after just 1 week in bottles (well under the conditioning time for a home brew so it goes to show it does happen).
But lets be honest, even craig will tell you its not the head, it not he lacing, its how much you enjoy your own home made beer. Its that simple.
fflipsidee 1 year ago
thanks for the help criag
2000jcr 1 year ago
Craig, be proud and make beer!
isn't that enough? I agree we are all into beer, so get along and make more!
MrGordonSean 1 year ago
Right on!
faroutadventures 1 year ago
you the man craig you helped get me started on the home brew scene, so keep on truckin
fenzau 1 year ago
I really like what you said! Cheers ^^
Wishchrono 1 year ago
about my last comment. i checked back,and the actual bashing was not by tsa. it was from a channel called nige4958!
1979timdog 1 year ago
@1979timdog Well, TSA has done his share of bashing, but he has a more sarcastic way of doing it. Nige is just an abusive ass. It's a side show. I don't pay attention to it. I did make a video about TSA, but I am waiting for the right moment to post it. I don't like posting crap on my channel, but the guy needs to be exposed.
CraigTube 1 year ago
just out of curiosity,i checked out the tsa videos. i guess they have nothing better to do than bash someone who is actually trying to help people!
1979timdog 1 year ago
@1979timdog True. And he's not helping anyone. He's just scaring people away from brewing.
CraigTube 1 year ago
You're right mate!
The good way to help people or give an advice is been polite and friendly and of course there are many ways of making homebrew. Take care and cheers!
bierdimpfe 1 year ago
ok i got my keg kit just waiting for you craig my beer is allmost ready man
lickthebubble 1 year ago
Bring on the kegging videos, I can't wait...I will be building a keezer soon to hold 3 corny kegs and will be closely listening to your advice Craig. Don't worry about that other guy that likes to stir the pot, he isn't worth it, keep helping people and you will go far. :)
Sirquack1 1 year ago
Having watched many taste tests, I enjoy the educational process represented. I'd like to see some blind "group panel" taste tests. Perhaps you can get a group of brewed beverage enthusiats together for a sampling session. Maybe you and TSA could co-chair a taste test panel. Keep up the good work!
bigmig54 1 year ago
craig do you have a craigslist in canada? i bought a year old chest freezer off of there for 50$ and made a 6 tap kegerator out of it.
moedogger21 1 year ago
@moedogger21 Yes, I've looked on there. Nothing so far. Someone offered to give me one, but I haven't heard back yet. I don't know where they live either.
CraigTube 1 year ago
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Craig - Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper's kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that - you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it o
ArchDukeBadamand 1 year ago
Craig - Home Brewing the Easy Way made me start brewing!
I make great beer with extract, but after a couple Cooper's kits I started making my own simple recipes using extract and hopping it myself. I think people would love to see a video of that - you can still do it in an apartment but you can start developing your own styles. If I send you one of my recipes maybe you could do a video and try it out :D
ArchDukeBadamand 1 year ago
Nice sound edit to accentuate Lace and Head (of which there is plenty)! I just hooked up a new sound system with subwoofers to my com- really comes through strong:) Looking foreward to watching kegging vids-recently received my keg syst and getting CO2 tommorow. Thank You so much for your vids,Craig! Lots of clicks for you!- Cheers
voldozz33 1 year ago
Anyone who says that you can't get head & lacing from a canned beer kit is, well....a moron. Been doing it for a long time. The only debate here is between priming the beer before it's kegged, or priming with CO2 after it's kegged.
spaar503 1 year ago
This is great stuff Craig !
Markmark1356 1 year ago
hey Craig great job on the help me start home brewing. i have a question for you i was wondering what home brew taste like bud light or coors light? i have brewed a canadian light brew waiting to try it. my girlfriend keeps slaping my hand telling me to wait for a while let it sit. so if you now of a kind i would be happy to here. thanks keep up the good work
babequeen14 1 year ago
@babequeen14 Munton's have an American Light kit, you may want to try that. Not really going to taste like Bud or Coors though, because they are lagers that use a bunch of corn/rice. If your shop has rice solids, that might give it more of that rice-bud flavour.
PeiHomeBrewer 1 year ago
Good on ya Craig. It is true. I made your chilli beef and still do. But guess what I make it to your recipie my way. And its still great. Cheers Rolly
RollysMad631Gster 1 year ago
Love your logic about bashing one another Craig.... CRAIGTUBE FOR U.S. PRESIDENT 2012!!...OH WAIT - HE'S IN CANADA.. HEHE CHEERS BUDD ...
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago 3
★★★★★
gerardwatson 1 year ago
nothing like good head in the basement
sausage4mash 1 year ago
I'll be awaiting your perspective on Kegging beer! I have already come to the conclusion that the small keg "Tap a Draft system" is worth a try.
bigmig54 1 year ago
Craig, Your perspective remains straight forward and sound!
bigmig54 1 year ago 2
@bigmig54 Yes indeed.
faroutadventures 1 year ago
Great video Craig. Way to take the high road, as always!
yambor44 1 year ago
I might do it as an experiment, but since I don't drive, it's too hard to drag bottles of water home all the time. I do understand your point tho. I might start mentioning it in my videos. Cheers.
CraigTube 1 year ago 2
@CraigTube Once again you have hit the nail on the head!!!!!
Gwar7 1 year ago
on your video, i couldn't agree with you more. also, i noticed that You Know Who's started (over-)using a cheering crowd sound bite. you've dropped it and gone for the deep 'bong' sound to punctuate your points. needs to be a little louder, i think. :)
mixtmeta4 1 year ago
In all the instructions that come with the wine and beer kits, when they talk about water quality, they do suggest bottled water, however they also say that if your tap water is fit to drink, you should have no problem using it for beer/wine. Our water quality is quite good. Because I don't drive, I'm not able to easily bring home large jugs of water, and we're talking about two or three a week at times. I assume that viewers can make decisions as to the quality of water and go from there.
CraigTube 1 year ago
@CraigTube Don't look at it as if there's anything wrong with using tap water but as how it affects your favorite kit. I believe you are partial to Coopers lager so brew it as usual but use distilled water. This will actually give you some common ground with your audience. If someone in Russia brews a Cooper lager using distilled water you know what they are tasting. If they are using local water it's just a guess.
yartp 1 year ago
i agree with your videos above all home brewing videos it seems to me that take some advice should take some of your advice, he seems way to new to this to try and do beer reviews, you on the other hand have been doing this for a long time and know exactly what to look for and give great reviews and advice! i love how you alow us into your home every review and make us feel like real friends to you. cheers!!
RI0Tvideos 1 year ago 3
Secondly, in your bottling videos, you show yourself dumping dry priming sugar directly into the bottle. Another poor technique. Sugar in this state is a good source of infection since beasties naturally seek it out and feed on it. A better way is to put it in solution and boil it first. I know, more time, more steps, more patience, but thats what it takes to make good beer.
78recordrepair 1 year ago
@78recordrepair As surprised as I am at your recent objections, you make some good points. Again, most people will fallow the instructions. For the amount of time the sugar is in the bottles before adding the beer (it's the last thing I do before bottling) it's no problem. Think about how long your wort sits before the yeast takes hold, or what's getting into it while bottling. The sugar thing... I disagree.
CraigTube 1 year ago
@78recordrepair (part 2) The dextrose I get sits in paper bags, not perfectly sealed, on a shelf before I buy it. Nothing has ever happened to it as long as I've been brewing. Again, I think it's a reasonable risk.
CraigTube 1 year ago
@78recordrepair
Stop Ive been brewing for years and have never had a single infection. I use coopers carbs drops craig uses dextrose whatever..it works. Batch priming is a wayste of time if done both ways a thousand times.
tnm140 1 year ago
@tnm140 I used munton tabs w/o much success due to "floaties" ....have you any same experiences with the coopers? cheers...
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
anyone? lol
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@78recordrepair (1/2) This certainly has merit so thought I would shed a different prospective. Dry sugar doesn't have the moisture content to sustain microbial growth. However, it does have the same potential as your bottles to introduce dormant microbes that will grow once they're introduced to the proper environment. This is not as much of an issue post fermentation which is why you with sanitizing everything else problems are few between.
yartp 1 year ago
@78recordrepair (2/2) One thing you have to consider is the handling of the sugar. It's easy to take for granted that when it was repackaged at the brew store it's as clean as it was out of the original bag. If you do start experiencing a problem it will be an area to investigate.
yartp 1 year ago
@78recordrepair There shouldn't be any beasties to begin with if your sanitation is up to par....
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@78recordrepair I'm on my fourth brew, and have not had any trouble bottle priming like Craig. You raise just as many issues with boiling water, adding the sugar and mixing it with the wort. Oxygen infusion, stirring, aeration, all not good. To each his own. If you get good beer, then end of story!!
faroutadventures 1 year ago
There is one thing that bugs me about your videos. Time and time again you show yourself adding water straight out of the tap into your fermenter. Maybe you have a deep well with good pure non-chlorinated mineral water coming out of it. I don't really know. But a lot of people rely on city ("shitty") water laced with chlorine and who knows what other contaminants. For a large percentage of your audience then, they are brewing with crummy water that will produce crummy beer.
78recordrepair 1 year ago
@78recordrepair It's pretty simple. If you have bad water out of the tap, buy water. If you can drink your tap water, and it tastes good, it's good to brew with.
faroutadventures 1 year ago
Craig, where did you find this clown ? I tried to watch it to see what you're talking about, but I couldnt get past the first 15 seconds, no way I could watch the other 10+ mins.
What a jerk ! He should stick with reviewing jewelry and purses.
mvoerman 1 year ago
This is for PEI as well. You don't need to defend, justify or rationalize why you brew from a can and the results you get, it's like debating over using canned beans.
As far as what TSA said about Coopers, I don't have a problem with it. If I thought it was malicious then it would be a different story. He has his whole brewing history online, it's not difficult to see how you need to take his advice. Taking time to explain is like explaining why you can't pay bills with Monopoly money.
yartp 1 year ago
@yartp Well, the problem with that is many of us are pouring these home brews and getting exactly what he says you can't get. We don't need to take anyone's advice. The advice is to try stuff and DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. In the end, you will know what the truth is. You can't rely on any one person to tell you the truth. It's up to YOU to seek it and resolve the answer. I can only help. I never force anyone into anything. Freedom of choice... ? Yea!
CraigTube 1 year ago
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yartp 1 year ago
@CraigTube Basically Coopers didn't work out for TSA. He likes to generalize everything but you can quickly pick that out. When he says you can't get head/lacing it's not too difficult to spot the over generalization and is really specific to his own limited personal experience. I'm sorry it didn't work out for him and hope his all grain expericence yields the results he's looking for. That's all that needs to be said. Now get to making some more brew videos.
yartp 1 year ago
@yartp The problem with TSA, is that he couldn't make a successful Coopers beer, so instead of taking responsibility for his mistakes , he bashes Coopers. LOL!! Really dumb.
faroutadventures 1 year ago
@ACTeslaMachineDC If you can boil spaghetti on the stove, you can boil wort on the stove. With grain you can make the batch as large or small as you need. If you want a larger batch, for the stove, you use more than one pot. There's no one holding a gun to your head saying you have to brew large batches.
78recordrepair 1 year ago
@78recordrepair no you dont need to brew large batches , but if you look at people doing the all-grain process..they use the propane burners with the huge pot
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago 3
TakeSomeAdvice is such a pain in the ass. All he does is watch other peoples videos and critique them. He does not have enough talent to come up with his own material. Damn he gets on my nerves, with his jewelery and corny ass attitude.
aldenlandscapes 1 year ago 19
Thanks for the video Craig. Keep 'em coming! Cheers!
AGoalStopper007 1 year ago
All-grain brewing can be done successfully on the kitchen stove. The main reason people use turkey fryers is to do a large batch in a single boil pot.
78recordrepair 1 year ago
@78recordrepair a lot of stoves can't heat a huge pot of water to a boil so they choose to use the turkey pot size burners . Guessing it has to be quicker too
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@ACTeslaMachineDC check out ITguru624 he has a great tutorial on this. Or if you can stand his valgarity try sayfuckalot making a beer 3 parts Great stuff
Cheers
Markmark1356 1 year ago
@Markmark1356 thanks mark....video was pretty informative...cheers!
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
I brew cooper beer, I don't keg. my beer has good head and lace.
Thanks
Nice vid. thanks Craig keep up the good work
t3m1r8 1 year ago
TSA - Soon to be like a fart in the wind :)
Markmark1356 1 year ago 4
Right on brother! CHEERS!!!
chris95069 1 year ago
I've had plenty of my Cooper's brews with plenty of head and lace, and not because they were overcarbonated or whatever. I got excellent lace and head especially from using a little dried malt extract in with my dextrose. Thumbs up!
BigMikeTheMaineyak 1 year ago
@BigMikeTheMaineyak I had nothing but success as well mix it up some dextrose, sugar,DME, honey.....works for me!
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
I'll try to talk about it in one of my brewing vids.
CraigTube 1 year ago
Can you do a video Why a beer is called a Lager Or Porter ?
scoobydog411 1 year ago
Your beer looks awsume . I drink many types of beer.
scoobydog411 1 year ago
I remember getting a Guinness at a bar and refused the beer because they poured it wrong. I mean it was bad. They didn't argue so I assume they knew I was right.
teamhex 1 year ago
Great video's Craig. Personally, I don't like that TakeSomeAdvice guy. I think he's a loser... Think most people will agree?
JackDooner 1 year ago 10
Nice video Craig. I am getting pretty sick of TakeSomeAdvice. He pretends like he's an expert and claims to know what a "good" beer is, when he hasn't been brewing beer for more than 6 months and hasn't even done all grain yet (which he claims is the only way to make good beer...HOW WOULD HE KNOW!??!) I'm very close to unsubscribing to him. Keep up your great informative videos man! Unlike TakeSomeAdvice, you actually teach your viewers, instead of just trying to brag about drinking a GOOD beer
yeahyeah1821 1 year ago 7
I get great head and lacing on my Mr. Beer kits.. even if I don't steep grains, they still come out great. Craig is right, if you don't clean your glasses properly, you won't get much head... this is true with store bought beers, extract beers and indeed with all grain beers.
Also boiling for extract brewing is really just to heat the water so the wort can hydrate back into the water easily. Hot water from a kettle works as well. (unless of course you're boiling extra hops)
eyepatchinc 1 year ago
I can't wait for the kegging video. I really want to start kegging. Great videos.
CFHpantera 1 year ago
craig i'm closer to home brewing now. all this competition and putting people down for brewing from a can makes me take my time about it though.
i understand your position...we need more guys like you who just do it because its neat, fun and you have your own beer at the end!
i'm going to start very simple with the inmate brew with your vid playing step by step and your sanitizing video. thanks for being honest and showing us the fun it all! and to each their own!
nonstop000ricochet 1 year ago
Screw head and lacing, Ive had amazing beers that have had not much of either. Not sure why it is so important.
pizzaman123 1 year ago
Epic Pwnage Craig!
PeiHomeBrewer 1 year ago
Craig, PLEEEASE don't make a video with that douchebag Takesomeadvice. He's suuuuuuch a douche
aksamwise 1 year ago 22
Great stuff man.'Takesomeadvice' should check out my videos of kit brewed beer and see the head produced! He obviously has never brewed from a can OR he had a bad experience with a kit brew..
sbbinahee 1 year ago
Thats for another great video. Thanks Man! I wish I was as diplomatic as you. I quit several homebrew clubs due to the ridicule between the members. Late fall I finally joined one that is dedicated to only constructive comments and they must be qualified comments. Many people like certain beers and not others but as you say this not a qualified reason to bash others for liking something different. Anyway, great discusion!
Cheers!
JD
REGreenTeam 1 year ago
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HEY!! I think you got that head becuase they beer was WARM!! Mine are cold.. less head that way. I got head with Coopers.. but it never lasted. No lacing.
Also that head and lacing is not typical of a Cooper's kit. It seems to be the C02 doing that.
I saw your from a day or two ago where you are drinking a beer in the background and there was no head and lacing.
Head and lacing is important because it tells the story of what went into the beer when it was made.
TakeSomeAdvice 1 year ago
@TakeSomeAdvice Blimey, imagine if you poured a warm beer.
jsm1 1 year ago
@TakeSomeAdvice Hey TSA. If you watch the video where I drink a beer while camping, you can see the H&L. That's a bottled Cooper's Lager. You're right tho, I have had beers with no head, but those are the ones where I added too much dextrose. I've since cut down on that AND the amount of water added. I do 4.5 Gallons now. That has made a huge dif. I still have a bottled Dark Ale awaiting a test. Already did the kegged version in a video. NOTE: this video was not meant to be condescending.Cheers!
CraigTube 1 year ago
@CraigTube Hey craig.. this was a question I asked a while back and you did say the same thing...either cut back on sugar/dextrose, or to add less water....I havent tried the dextrose and water at the same time though..you added less than the traditional kg of dextrose? what was the beer's name that turned out well using 4.5 gals and less dextrose? thanks man, CHEERS!
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@ACTeslaMachineDC I used the same dextrose, less water, and the high malt glucose. The beer was a Cooper's Dark Ale. Cheers.
CraigTube 1 year ago
@TakeSomeAdvice You get head and lacing cause you pour beer like a bitch. Warm, cold, whatever you do not know how to pour beer. Plain and simple. Everyone in your last video TSA told you so.
AGoalStopper007 1 year ago
@AGoalStopper007 I agree, and I am one of those that has told him before. If you just chuck your beer straight down in the glass it stirs up the CO2 and releases it quicker, causing most of it to be removed form the beer. It ends up flat and with larger bubbles, and of course, you get no fine bubbles and therefore no lacing. If he learnt to pour a beer properly he might get lacing. I'm glad he is not a barman!
hoopztube 1 year ago
hey man please help i just brewed an american light beer and i bottled it on the 4th day because the directions said 4-6 days or when you see no more bubbles i didnt so i bottled and 3 days after i opend 1 to make sure every thing was going good and to taste it and it has a strong taste kinda like it taste like a budwieser mixed with how the wort smells when your boiling it with a little bitterness to it aswell i realy dont want to throw it out
lickthebubble 1 year ago
@lickthebubble - you probably bottled way too soon and there is alot of fermentable sugar left. I suppose you could pour it all back into a sanitized fermenter if you really wanted to.
If there is too much sugar in the bottles you run the risk of bottle bombs.
Your airlock is a sign of fermentation, but it is not the best sign, get a hydrometer and use it.
cheers
OPE08 1 year ago
@lickthebubble OPE is right. I'd keep an eye on them. You might be OK and with time the strong yeast flavour will go away. If you did decide to pour them back into a sanitized fermenter, be really careful not to splash the beer around at all. If it were me, I'd just open the odd one and make sure it's not over carbed. If so, open all the beers and re-cap.
CraigTube 1 year ago
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ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@CraigTube I never used glass, but question: would the bottle cap show signs of "bellying" before they popped?
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
@ACTeslaMachineDC No, the bottle just breaks, the neck flies off, beer everywhere. I had much success with glass. It's pretty durable. I just hated capping it.
CraigTube 1 year ago
@CraigTube Well you have solved that issue, you got kegs now. Send your bottles back to the recycling centre where they belong!!
hoopztube 1 year ago
@lickthebubble Im not sure if your did a hydrometer reading or not, but me personally, if I were to use glass, I would definitely make it a point to get a hydrom. reading... I use PET bottles and get Hydrom. readings when I believe brew is done...just to be on safe side...good luck.
ACTeslaMachineDC 1 year ago
When TakeSomeAdvice talks about a beer he can only identify lacing thats why he has said it several times in his video. He can't identify IBU, SRM, ABV, base malts, specialty malts, hop classification or style guidelines.
BrewingWithMikeK 1 year ago
OK, now the next criticism will be that the head on that beer wasn't "persistent". For the life of me, I don't know how a persistent head is a sign of a good beer. Of course, I still can't get my head around the lacing thing either. The only beer I know that truly keeps a significant head the whole way down is Guiness draft, but that's probably due to the nitro.
jturie 1 year ago
Were you drunk,Craig,just curious.
jakeanddar 1 year ago
@jakeanddar No. Probably had about 1 glass before that.
CraigTube 1 year ago
Great video Craig. Why is lacing such an important thing? I have had several high quality, award winning beers, that had very little lacing. As a matter of fact "Lacing" is not even a major criteria in the judging of beers. I think someone has made "lacing" an important aspect of his own judging criteria, but I, and I am sure several other brewers, don't find lacing to be that important to either the taste or the body and even the overall feel of our beers. Thanks Craig, I am in your corner.
hoppinglion01 1 year ago
Another great video. I love the Coopers kits. I get the same head with bottle conditioned home brew. Keep the beer making videos coming... you have a loyal following.. thanks.
gerardwatson 1 year ago
dont take the haters so seriously just have fun love your vids and you seem like a good guy dont let whoever get you down cuz thats just what they want. you should see out kegorator heh its the ugliest thing ever constructed ill send ya a pic if you want.
coldlogic1 1 year ago
@coldlogic1 Oh, believe me, it doesn't get me down. It just makes me try harder. It's a great motivator. The messages I send in these rant videos are not out of frustration, but out of interest in keeping it real and down to earth. I seek peace amongst the home brewers. Most of us want that. Those who don't can take a hike. :)
CraigTube 1 year ago 7
Love this vid. Coopers are great kits indeed. Thanks Craig
VitiokasMozart 1 year ago
wow
l3luel3ubble 1 year ago
Another great vid while I am drunk =)
pizzaman123 1 year ago