Brewing my own beer from start to finish

A kit beer only.... I'm new to this game, but this turned out to be by far the best beer I've made to date. I'm now up to my tenth brew!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• milestone
• ipa
• homebrew
• home
• brewing
• beer
• kit

[ponyproject1]

Hi i really like your home made brewery beer , i live in Thailand and not quite understand all those ingredients that you have shown on the VDO , could you please list all the ingredients for me ? appreciate your help thanks chalit9999@gmail.com

[mgutkowski]

@ponyproject1 Which ingredients? Spray Malt, Hops and am all-malt kit bought from The Home Brew Shop (google it - for some reason I can't post a link)

[wrecksdart]

Great vid! It was informative to watch your process, especially since I'm looking to brew an IPA next. I've got a question for you: where'd you get that widemouth carboy you use for fermenting?

[mgutkowski]

@wrecksdart My fermenter is from the old Coopers starter kit. Getting the lid off at the end is a bit of a pain and you can't disassemble the tap to properly clean it.

[ahjaysusno]

Wow really great and encouraging video. Very enjoyable to watch.

Can't wait to get my first kit.

Cheers.

[mgutkowski]

@ahjaysusno Thanks! I was inspired by craigtube - highly recommend his videos, far more professional than mine!

[wrecksdart]

@mgutkowski Hmm--I've been trying to find a similar setup: keg-style HDPE vessel with a wide mouth to allow for easy cleaning, clear screw-on lid with airlock plug and some sort of handles. That's too bad to hear about the tap, but maybe you could ease the lid issue by glue-gunning ridges on it for extra grip?

[mgutkowski]

@familymack It was between 4.5 and 5%, I forget. The calculation is as follows:

(final reading - initial reading) / 7.45

Then add 0.5% if priming for carbonation

[familymack]

Great video, what did you work out the alcohol level to be? And how do you work it out? Subtract your second reading from your first?