Brewing Beer with Kevin and Sarah

August 8, 2007. Extra Special Bitter

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Beer
• Brewing
• ESB
• drinking
• homebrewing

[racer868]

Do NOT ever filter your home brew! Use a siphon and keep it near the surface of the brew.

[robg2251]

It's not called "filtering" it's called aerating, and, yes, you should do it. Aerating adds oxygen to the wort, which the yeast need to assist with fermentation. Siphoning comes later, after the beer is fermented.

[ADPhotoshop]

the first beer brewing video that was entertaining, funny and understandable. well done. but say--how do you test the strength of the beer, and what strength was this beer? how do you know if its larger or ale or beer or whatever? and last question, what was the song? lol

anybody feel free to answer my questions please

cheers ;)

[robg2251]

Lot's of questions.

- Alcohol level in beer is tested using a hydrometer. You take a reading before you add the yeast and after it's done fermenting.

- Lager beer is made with a special yeast and needs to ferment at a specific (cooler) temperature. If you get recipes from your homebrew store, they'll tell you which is which. Most homebrewers stick to ales, as they are way easier to brew and are done quick.

- Song - some clip art tune I picked up for free on the net somewhere :)

[robg2251]

It's really personal preference. Powdered can be a little more messy than liquid, it clumps up and has to be stirred constantly. Some people say powdered is better, others say liquid is better, I'd have to say both work the same (for me anyhow). If you use liquid, take the pot off the burner and stir it in - if not you take the chance of scorching it on the bottom. I did it once, it didn't make a difference in the beer, but I'm sure it could have.

[CondemnedPatriot]

so i got 2 questions, whats the average alcohol % of this specific beer recipe, and what is the cost of that heat stand, pot, wart cooler, and ingredients for one batch?

[robg2251]

A lot of basic extract batches can range from 4 to 6% abv's.

The heat stand is just a basic turkey deep fry kit from Lowes or, wherever you see the kits at. Kevin has a stainless steel one - I use an aluminum one. They cost around $50-$75.

Wort chillers cost from $50-$100, depending on the size. You can get them used on craigs list, there's always someone selling equipment on there. Ingredients or a batch can range from $40-$60, depending on the amount of hops, grains and yeast.

[turtleboy3737]

did you just strain the hops out of the wort then dump them in anyway? what was the point of that?

[nowyouareazombie]

is that Wisconsin I hear?

[klause222]

Wow; Stoners making beer. 

But for the grace of God....

[VidFeed1]

This guy is hammered. I think they both are

[HDiGITTY]

Still one of my favorite brewing videos! I remember when I first got into brewing, I watched this when around that time. Cheers!

[mrcantthinkofone]

red sox sux!!!

[fireball1552]

you always sparge!!!!!!!

[dchtm]

Fantastic job guys!

You managed to show 99% of the process in under 10 minutes, without going into technicalities/recipes/prepara­tions - just what you would do when you actually brew it. Awesome, very relaxing and fun!

This will definitely inspire people to think about brewing at home and hopefully starting!

Cheers!

[westcoach41]

Very good video. Question, why not add another gallon of water to bring the wort to 5 gallons? Seems like you were just under 5.

[TruthBeKnown2]

@luv2bbq My Problem is always getting the glass Clean really well any suggestions?