Good Eats S6E7P2: Amber Waves

Join Host Alton Brown and learn everything you need to know about yeast, barley, hops and the hardware you need to bring them together to produce that most American of foods, Beer.

Recipes featured in this episode: Good Brew.

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[gigalori1]

it should be noted that Alton release a public appology for the numberous inaccuracies in this video.

[BlueCrystalGem]

amount of foam varies depend on carbonation and hops. there's no universal standard for all beers.

[mauser98k98]

wow he really has no idea what he is doing.

[MrFrostystorm]

@MrB7654321 You take notes, drink it anyways (How many people drink nasty piss beer anyways) get drunk, and try again.

I tell people all the time your first batch will probably suck, don't get discouraged.

[azncrazy247]

@WisdomIsEternal most culinary schools are bullshit

[WisdomIsEternal]

Question-did any of you who commented go to Culinary School?

[MR2Davjohn]

I know a lot of home brewers who boil their grains for 60 minutes. That's too long for me. Makes it bitter, but they are not too bad.

For better advice, download QBrew.exe.

[MR2Davjohn]

He makes 2 major mis-statements in this show.

1) In 1125 they didn't make high alcohol, long shelf-life beer. Beer was brewed with rainwater or filtered river water. The yeast was lambic or baking yeast. It was barreled, bottled and drunk fairly quickly and as a result, 3.2 beer was considered strong. 2% alcohol was about the average.

2) He said yeast can't eat Sucrose. This is false. Many homebrewers use Sucrose. Honey, Dextrose, Lactose, Glucose, or Fructose are better, but Sucrose will work.

[SimuLord]

The only people I've ever known who have timed intervals more obsessively than homebrewers were nine months pregnant.

[Jodabomb24]

Wait...isn't the fermenter/bubbler a unitasker? Alton, you're disappointing me!

[Celestyal22]

Oh i bet that beer was a harsh...not to mention nasty. I wouldn't drink it for at least 1-2mths in the bottle. If ever.

[pauswa1966]

Wow, lots of errors in this video! You don't boil the grain!!! You should put it in a nylon mesh bag and remove the grains before the boil. You don't want to extract the harsh tannins from the grains when boiling. You also can't mash very much sugar out of grains in only half an hour anyway. Where did he get all his information? I wonder how his beer ended up tasting?