My first homebrew, part 1: brewing (20 November 2011)

After three years of amateur to semi-professional beer reviewing, I thought it was about time I try making some beer of my own. I've helped out my friend Chad once (I'll have to re-post that video sometime), but I've never done it myself. Since it was a Sunday afternoon with absolutely no football games worth watching my friend Shaun spent most of the day helping me out.

First we went to Hammersmith Homebrew Supply in Latham and I dropped almost $200 on all the essential equipment. Then we went to Walmart to get bottled water and ice to chill the wort in the sink. Then we homebrewed on my electric range. I was actually surprised I could effectively make the beer on an an electric stove. I just hope we did everything right, especially with sanitizing the fermenting bucket.

Next Sunday we'll transfer the beer to a carboy for secondary fermentation. Then the Sunday after that we'll bottle it. How will it turn out? I dunno, so keep watching this channel to see what happens next!

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[tfs2006]

great vid but never bring your grains to a boil it can release unwanted tannins in the brew. always good to see another home brewer though!! cheers!!

[Chad9976]

@tfs2006 The directions say to leave the grains in there until you reach 100 degree centigrade - then pull them out and put in the LME

[TheBeeraholic]

Great video Chad. I've been wanting to do a home brew for some time as well. How long did this initial process take the two of you?

[Chad9976]

@TheBeeraholic well, from the time we left the house to go to the beer store and the time I put the bucket in the basement was probably 5 hours, but the brew time is only about 2 -3 hours tops.

[epicbeerdude]

nice work chad! REMEMBER when using LME, STIR STIR STIR the bottom of the pot, LME goes straight to the bottom so to avoid scortching & caramelization that creates off flavors from burning the LME, stir stir stir! good work!

[Chad9976]

@epicbeerdude lol yeah, it actually did burn ot the bottom of the pot in the exact image of the electric burners. So if this batch doesn't turn out good we'll know why.

[AntoniustheGreat]

This is awesome you guys rule!

[jjrudy41]

cool video.

[TheLimon96]

Next time you try a homebrew do a all grain verzion and compare the difference

[weirdbeer]

You'll do fine. Don't let all the nay sayers get you down. You'll still have beer.

[weirdbeer]

Nice!

[epicbeerdude]

@Chad9976 also i'm not sure if you did before you poured the extract in .. but when using LME (liquid malt extract) you should ALWAYS flame-out .. this way when it does hit the bottom it doesn't immediately burn .. you have a couple of seconds to stir it out .. if the flame is on, it's almost impossible to avoid this. when using DME (dry malt) you won't have this problem and don't need to flameout because the dry malt extract stays afloat. but again, great job on your first brew day!

[TheBeebopper]

@tfs2006 Tannins are good in aiding clarity and crispness of flavour at the end of fermentation, only an excess of tannin is bad for taste. As this only a part grain brew, I assume the boil is required to get sufficient tanin in this recipe else the beer may suffer with a flat taste. Tannins are not essential but are a useful component of the flavour profile.