Beer Making, Part 5: Putting it to Bed

[405OklahomaBrewing]

Your supposed to put a cap on the airlocks just to let you know

[JohnRockwell]

@405OklahomaBrewing I'm allowed to do whatever I want! Caps on airlocks aren't that important if there's vodka in the airlocks! Where's the cap at a brewery when the ferm tank is blowing off into an open bucket of iodophor water?

[Joo823]

Rum in the airlocks and vodka in a spray bottle - love it!

[Fillarikaista]

Thanks for a great video's, I really like your approach to brewing. Actually you got me into home brewing a few years ago after I saw these videos :)

I noticed a big difference in my brews when I started to whirlpool the wort and not putting all the "ugly stuff" into the fermenter as you do in this video. I lose about ½-litre of wort though, but the beer tastes a lot better, at least the lagers that I'm into.

Cheers!

[someguy99]

Man, you are the Bob Ross of brewing! I much enjoyed your narration, well done sir!

[Drakeshade9]

Nice vid man :)

I been homebrewing for about a year now and you really capture the Charlie Papazian approach and attitude which is very important

"Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew!"

Cheers

[billman1037]

Great videos! Just wondering what do you use to clean/santize all of your equipment?

[jewsh666]

I love your brewing vids! Rock on.

[oxman0313]

using rum in the air locks and vodka in the spray bottle is great. I will be using that.

[brettmoret]

Very Cool! :)

[cringlstetter]

Hey your beer making videos kick ass. Make more of them ASAP!! Take care brother.

[NTmAdAtg]

what did you use as your wort starter?

[jackpublic]

thanks for the videos - I love the non-maniacal approach to brewing. It makes it much more accessible.

I've got a few questions:

I didn't see you strain the hops from brew kettle - did you, or is there a false-bottom in there? What do you feel about using a mesh bag?

Your sparge water is in a standard, uninsulated bucket. Do you put it in there at 170 ? or higher?

Do you use bleach-water to sanitize the tubing used to fill your fermenters as well?

thanks much again.

[JohnRockwell]

1. Mesh bags are good for whole hops. For pellets, I don't bother straining.

2. Yes, I heat the sparge water to 170 first.

3. The tubing I use to transfer the cooled wort into the fermenter has been sanitized in bleach.

[rhino7777777]

What the reason for rum versus water?

[JohnRockwell]

Because I have this superstitious belief that the vodka will kill germs coming in, whereas water is more likely to allow bacteria to thrive.

[tf8252]

Rum you mean?

[hartblh]

Nice videos, I learned a few things now that I am starting to brew all grain.

[ambysick]

Beer, vodka, rum.. I'm coming to your house!

[ncgallagher]

this is great series thanks.

I'm really excited to try.

yeast are faculatively anaerobic, fermentation and o2 respiration, as you pointed out. but not everything uses o2 for respiration. bacteria in soil, sewage, deep sea vents use other electron acceptors. O2 is deadly poison to all cells. we have enzymes to manage O2 damage, so we can utilize it.

[iamtheomega]

Awesome series-should make a dvd and sell on eBay...also, go to the next level and explore making ethanol, maybe test run in your vehicle..

[JohnRockwell]

I sense the irony... they aren't the best vids for "instruction", but they show the process.

[NGclutz]

I think they are great. Keep it up!

[nelgreen]

Just getting started (Hefeweizen and Light Ale in fermenters)...videos gave me some ideas to incorporate into my procedure. Thanks

[CuzenicLionel]

;-)