Making Beer! (Episode 1)

Just a quick glimpse at me and Heidi making some home brew.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• beer
• home
• brew

[wjvaldez]

Beer is made with GRAINS. not cans of extracts. Sorry, but I'm totally dissapointed with this.

[eighthourlunch]

@wjvaldez Fair enough. If you've got the time for creating your own mash/malt, more power to you. A bit tricky for a beginner, though.

[koornbread]

You didn't boil the wort with that bag of steeping grains in there did you?

You shouldn't do that. The grain husks contain tannins that are extracted at temps over 180 deg. F. This will give your beer an unpleasant astringency.

[eighthourlunch]

It's been a while since I made this video. Actually I try to keep the temp at around 155 when I'm steeping the grains.

[eighthourlunch]

Which reminds me, I've got an oatmeal stout that ought to be ready to taste tonight. :)

[MadLuplin]

Sanitation is rule number one.

You should have sanitized the wine thief after you touched the bottom of it. Do not add your hydro sample back to the fermenter! Take your sample, pitch yeast, and seal it up. Then check your O.G. Use Star San, its expensive but the best sanitizer. Your on the right track. SANITATION #1 rule no joke. You have to be anal about it. Brew Strong

[eighthourlunch]

I hear you. I had just washed my hands actually, so I wasn't too worried. We use LD Carlson sanitizer and have been very happy with it. Generally we keep our area and equipment clean enough for surgery.

[oxman0313]

That is what I did and it was almost ready to pitch the yeast as soon as I dumped it. Great video

[aidanxfriesen]

hey, Nice video. overall was it was good. to make it cool faster, mix all your grains and malts in a one gallon brewpot with two litres in it, and put four gallons of cool (not freezing cold) water in your fermenter or alepale, and then just pour the boil into the fermenter and stir it up. veiterzain=)

[ripped2645]

if you want it to cool quicker a good way is to put salt in with the ice water as it will cool it quicker

[dsr0116]

Need to add one more post because of the character limit. Couple points about the wort. Usually, you take your grain bag out before you boil your fermentable malt sugars. I also didn't see any boiling or aroma hops being added, so I assume you used hopped malt extract. Might be a good point with beginners that if your extract is not hopped, you generally add 1oz of hop pellets while you boil your malt, and then 1 more oz 5 minutes before the end of boil.

[dsr0116]

Thanks for starting this discussion for budding homebrewers! I've got a couple points to add:

#1: Everyone starting homebrewing NEEDS, "The Complete Joy of Home Brewing", Charlie Papazian (founder of the Association of Brewers). It's the bible for beginer or novice.

2: I notice there's discussion on cooling the wart. I agree that the easiest method is to pour it directly on ice. My fridge uses filtered water. If you use bottled water, you can put one of your jugs in the freezer.