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American Strong Ale All-Grain Recipe
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Determining the Best pH Measurement Tool
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
In this video i compare 5 different pH Measurement tools to determine which one is best for homebrewers. This video is sponsored by Erickhill. You can purchase this meter with the link and discount codes provided below. Erickhill: 10% off code: TS8XHXOD $15 coupon: Apply on product page (Save 10% plus $15 in total) Date of expiry: 2024-7-5 Buy from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHMHT4VJ Vinters B...
English Old Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.4 месяца назад
Learn how to brew your best Old Ale! I've collected data from 28 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: bacchus-and-barleycorn.myshopify.com/products/mean-brews-old-ale-recipe-5-...
Award Winning American Lager All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Learn how to brew your best American Lager! I've collected data from 25 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: TBD If you have winning recipes you would like to share to include ...
Gose All Grain Recipe
Просмотров 2 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Learn how to brew your best Gose! I've collected data from 18 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: TBD If you have winning recipes you would like to share to include in our dat...
English Barleywine All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Learn how to brew your best English Barleywine! I've collected data from 48 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: TBD If you have winning recipes you would like to share to incl...
English PorterAll-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Learn how to brew your best English Porter! I've collected data from 48 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: TBD If you have winning recipes you would like to share to include ...
Wheatwine All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 2 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Learn how to brew your best Wheatwine! I've collected data from 20 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: TBD If you have winning recipes you would like to share to include in ou...
Kentucky Common All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3 тыс.Год назад
Learn how to brew your best Kentucky Common! I've collected data from 16 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchase this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: bacchus-and-barleycorn.myshopify.com/products/mean-brews-kentucky-...
Award Winning Dark Weizenbock All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.Год назад
I've been challenged by @TheBrulosophyShow to see if I can best AI in developing a better recipe for a Dark Weizenbock. I've collected data from 30 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! UPDATE: I strongly encourage adjusting Alpha mash...
Award Winning Ordinary Bitter All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
Learn how to brew your best Ordinary Bitter! I've collected data from 19 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Here's the detail on the adjuncts: Flaked/torrified wheat - 11% of recipes used at an average of 6.5% of the grist with a mi...
Czech Dark Lager, Part 2
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.Год назад
Learn how to brew your best Czech Dark Lager! I've collected data from 27 Award Winning recipes and analyzed them for you to develop your best homebrew. Lots of good info on the style in here so watch till the end. If you brew this recipe, tell me about it in the comments! Please subscribe! Purchast this Meanbrews Recipe Kit now: bacchus-and-barleycorn.myshopify.com/products/mean-brews-dark-cze...
Czech Dark Lager, Part 1
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.Год назад
Czech Dark Lager, Part 1
Award Winning German Helles Exportbier All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.Год назад
Award Winning German Helles Exportbier All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning British Brown Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.Год назад
Award Winning British Brown Ale All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning Dunkels Bock All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.Год назад
Award Winning Dunkels Bock All-Grain Recipe
American Amber Ale All Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.Год назад
American Amber Ale All Grain Recipe
American Cream Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
American Cream Ale All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning Belgian Dubbel All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.Год назад
Award Winning Belgian Dubbel All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning Tropical Stout All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.Год назад
Award Winning Tropical Stout All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning Trappist Single All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 4 тыс.2 года назад
Award Winning Trappist Single All-Grain Recipe
Award Winning American Blonde Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 года назад
Award Winning American Blonde Ale All-Grain Recipe
English IPA All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 года назад
English IPA All-Grain Recipe
Irish Red Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 года назад
Irish Red Ale All-Grain Recipe
Belgian Blond Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 года назад
Belgian Blond Ale All-Grain Recipe
Schwarzbier All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.2 года назад
Schwarzbier All-Grain Recipe
British Golden Ale All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.2 года назад
British Golden Ale All-Grain Recipe
Double IPA All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.2 года назад
Double IPA All-Grain Recipe
Black IPA All Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 года назад
Black IPA All Grain Recipe
Award Winning Helles Bock All-Grain Recipe
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.2 года назад
Award Winning Helles Bock All-Grain Recipe

Комментарии

  • @hismikeness4840
    @hismikeness4840 День назад

    Wow man... Talk about doing your homework...I'm damned impressed. My next self-brewed glass will be raised for you.

  • @DavidTowles
    @DavidTowles 3 дня назад

    How did the last three competitions do?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 дня назад

      I think it got 2 more medals

  • @MrBrianmuz
    @MrBrianmuz 4 дня назад

    Just checking. Your Brewfather recipe has a 60 min boil but you recommend a 90 min here on RUclips. Was this an intentional change?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 дня назад

      Go with the video. The brewfather is likely an error

  • @bobcavagnaro4142
    @bobcavagnaro4142 18 дней назад

    I second the Belgian Pale Ale.

  • @bandofbrommers5900
    @bandofbrommers5900 19 дней назад

    Is there any data on lager temperatures?

  •  19 дней назад

    I brewed this recipe and it was awesome! Then brewed another batch with different peels, great again. Have you tried St.Bernardus Wit? I recently tried it and found to be really nice and a somewhat different than this recipe or Hoegaarden. Trying to make a similar recipe to that, looking for a way to get that sweet honey note.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 19 дней назад

      yep tried them all! Glad you liked the recipe. Its very good.

  •  21 день назад

    Fantastic job

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 20 дней назад

      Thank you! Cheers!

    •  18 дней назад

      @@MeanBrews I making again my Imperial Stout based on your analysis (longer recipe since I'm still playing), the first one was in top 5 bears I had! P.S. is it correct that (almost) none of the analyzed recipes used melanoidin? Thanks Matthew

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 18 дней назад

      Correct

  • @marklpaulick
    @marklpaulick 22 дня назад

    Dang I just bought the Kegland version of the beverage dr. Wish I got that erikhill

  • @marklpaulick
    @marklpaulick 22 дня назад

    Man great work. 👍🏻. I’d love to see this for hydrometers, easy dens, SmartRef, refractometers

  • @seanrowland1670
    @seanrowland1670 23 дня назад

    Just made one using Idaho 7 hops, 7.8% ABV, IBU ~ 60. . Came out good. Used some C90 for color. I will definitely try this one.Thanks for the video!

  • @jeremyhill6319
    @jeremyhill6319 24 дня назад

    Hi just wondering if you think this recipe will work without the sugar addition. I make 10 gallon batches so try to keep abv around 5% so they are enjoyably without getting too tipsy. Love your recipes and approach. Thanks

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 20 дней назад

      It will still make a great beer. Might try the trappist single recipe for lower gravity and same proile .

    • @jeremyhill6319
      @jeremyhill6319 12 дней назад

      Thank you so much, love your work👌

  • @tgbruiser
    @tgbruiser 25 дней назад

    West Coast Pilsner

  • @mikekoehler9551
    @mikekoehler9551 26 дней назад

    Another great video, Matt! Still looking for that Mexican Lager!

  • @kingquesoIV
    @kingquesoIV 27 дней назад

    This is interesting recipe. Its a lot darker than other dubbel recipes I've seen. This seems more akin to a quad.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 26 дней назад

      yes. but not near quad in strength

    • @kingquesoIV
      @kingquesoIV 26 дней назад

      Cool. I’m gonna try my next double like this. I need to start doing the protein rest

  • @jwilkes3000
    @jwilkes3000 27 дней назад

    Belgian Pale Ale

  • @fangfang-6596
    @fangfang-6596 27 дней назад

    What is that program

  • @tkthebrewer6339
    @tkthebrewer6339 27 дней назад

    Dude these videos are awesome

  • @oldcrispiboi
    @oldcrispiboi 27 дней назад

    loved this video! Appreciate the time you spent! I would like to see american stout in the next chapter🤲🏼

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 27 дней назад

      Whoever gets the mot votes I'll cover next!

  • @BazzTime
    @BazzTime 27 дней назад

    Great video as always!

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 27 дней назад

      I appreciate that

  • @rchain0214
    @rchain0214 27 дней назад

    That’s an impressive amount of data. I’ve personally spent a considerable amount of time trying to track down award winning American strongs and only got a couple. 👏 keep up the good work

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 27 дней назад

      yeah theres VERY little data out there so I had to reach out to brewers I saw had won competitions personally and luckily they shared their recipes with me!

  • @jplarkey
    @jplarkey Месяц назад

    I used your recipe with a couple of tweaks. Aged it for 10 months. Just won 3rd place best in show over the weekend! Cheers!

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews Месяц назад

      Awesome! What tweaks did you make and what competition did you win?

  • @gavrgavrilik5189
    @gavrgavrilik5189 Месяц назад

    Hello, maybe it could be good to put dextrose in bottles for carbonisation? not to keg. Could be more yeast on beer.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 26 дней назад

      yes this would work

    • @gavrgavrilik5189
      @gavrgavrilik5189 11 дней назад

      @@MeanBrews I will try to use, Honey for carbonisation. It could be even better.

  • @roman9509
    @roman9509 Месяц назад

    What about American rye?

  • @roman9509
    @roman9509 Месяц назад

    How long is it aged before starting to win?

  • @petargeneralic3254
    @petargeneralic3254 Месяц назад

    Hello from Croatia!!! Great video, I enjoyed watching it and learned a lot of things that helped me in brewing excellent Witbier. I just have one question. How much yeast (gram/liter) should be added in the beer to be properly carbonized and to get additional character from the yeast? Thank you very much for the answer.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews Месяц назад

      Not sure. I just sprinkled some in each bottle

  • @BrewingWithBrandon
    @BrewingWithBrandon Месяц назад

    Hey Matthew just wanted to say I've brewed this recipe twice now and cannot believe how incredibly delicious it is. I've had friends and family say "did you really brew this??" a few times now. Highly recommend this recipe for anyone

  • @galzoli
    @galzoli Месяц назад

    Thnx for your work, keep up the good job! I got a few questions regarding the recipe (the one at Brewfather): Mash Water: 6.62 gal, Sparge Water: 1.28 gal / 7.8 gal HLT water, Total Water: 14.42 gal, Boil Volume: 7 gal. I do not understand the Sparge Water quantities . You had prepared 7.8 gal of sparge water, but used only 1.28 gal ? How did you end up with 14.42 gal total water? Could you elaborate, please? You are using Phosphoric Acid 85% in this recipe. You are using this acid most of the time or depends on the beer style? After adding the hops at the end of the boil, for how long do you keep them at that near by boiling temperature, before starting to cool down the wort?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews Месяц назад

      I expect you would adjust these for your system. I use phosphoric mostly based upon guidance from others (our taste buds are accustomed to phosphoric due to all the soda drinking we do) I cool down almost immediately

    • @galzoli
      @galzoli Месяц назад

      @@MeanBrews Acid: interesting. I become curios about the type of acid used in award winning beers, couple of weeks ago, after I visited a craft-breweery and the from the guide's words, it turned out that they use different type of acid for different type of beers. I find it interesting. Palmer's book says citric or lactic acid may change the flavor profile of the beer, but many youtubers disagree it ...hmmm....Regarding the hops@ 0 min: if the wort is cooled down almost immediattelly, that last hop addition is more or less like a dry hope (if it was not filtered). Interesting. Thank you for the answers!

  • @glauinger
    @glauinger 2 месяца назад

    What's the FG for this beer (Award Winning Version)? Also I'm assuming it's normal for bulk fermentation to be done in a day. It was going nuts and slowed down after 1.5 days.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      You should get mid to high '7 0s attenuation with an FG around 1.012. Yes it should ferment like crazy very quickly if you do this at room temperature or higher

  • @MKrebs-kl7ud
    @MKrebs-kl7ud 2 месяца назад

    The best info yet on Hefe’s. A statistical look at the best of NHC, Gold medalist, etc. -Super helpful!

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @jontew3870
    @jontew3870 2 месяца назад

    Brewing this today but a bit lower abv, cheers mate 🇦🇺

  • @CascadesHomebrew
    @CascadesHomebrew 2 месяца назад

    I have been using an older Dr Meter, which is the same as the Beverage Meter one. I have been curious how it would compare to some of the often recommended $120 range meters.

  • @josephkirby1621
    @josephkirby1621 2 месяца назад

    Appreciate your work. Looking to buy one of your kits soon. I bought into the pH meter thing. Bought an erikhill. Managed three brew days. Had to calibrate twice. Bought after market buffer solution, now it no longer calibrates. Must need a new sensor. More money, for nothing. Went back to my strips from Morebeer. Range 4 through 7. For home brew I'm pleased.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      Great feedback. its definitely hard to test longevity without waiting months and years to test for that. I'll report back how mine fares.

  • @ScientificGlassblowing
    @ScientificGlassblowing 2 месяца назад

    Blue litmus paper is all you need! 😀

  • @joshyjoshakin
    @joshyjoshakin 2 месяца назад

    Nice work! Love Project Farm as well, he would certainly approve of your methodology.

  • @williammahley4876
    @williammahley4876 2 месяца назад

    Please do more testing. There are more pH meters of course but SG/Plato meters to test as well.

  • @gregs3247
    @gregs3247 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for the video! I like the test strips for water, i.e. for my fish tank, but find them impossible to check mash pH say 15 minutes in, especially on dark beers. I've been using a cheaper meter (Apera) and been pretty happy with it. I do make sure to have a supply of 4.00 and 7.00 solutions on hand to be sure the calibration is holding, or at least holding close enough for my intents. The Erickhill looks like a good option if the Apera ever breaks on me.

  • @JohnnyReverse
    @JohnnyReverse 2 месяца назад

    I switched from the beverage doctor to the inkbird because of way too much bouncing. I've been happy with the inkbird product.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      I should of tested the inkbird too. My budget is limited though. I don't know how project farm spends the thousands each video to test those products. I would have to have them donated

  • @jcbrews4fun
    @jcbrews4fun 2 месяца назад

    great video, perfect analysis of all aspects of the beer. do you have the specific poundage for each of the grains for this brew. maybe I missed them in the video.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      Nope. My recipes use percentages so you can tailor to your system

  • @peterolsson8857
    @peterolsson8857 2 месяца назад

    So this is the second mean brews recipe i brew in my tiny apartment with nova lager and without temp control and I am so impressed. I think I will just brew mean brews recipes from now on. Such an easy drinking smooth lager. The hops works great and give a herbal punch to it.

  • @suwirwong
    @suwirwong 2 месяца назад

    What brand of malt is your favorite?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      For this beer dingemans

  • @tylerhaas14
    @tylerhaas14 3 месяца назад

    What are your thoughts on sugar additions in the boil? I’ve seen lots of people using cane sugar molasses, Demerara, etc. did you see many examples of that?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      It's been done and wins. Only about 30% of the recipes used simple sugars. Follow the % of adjuncts in the video, 4-10%

  • @KaffeBanan1
    @KaffeBanan1 3 месяца назад

    This is good stuff man!

  • @user-vt3fj9wm5j
    @user-vt3fj9wm5j 3 месяца назад

    Would be great if you could show us waht salts you add to acheive your water. We all have different sitauations but always helpful to see the tools used,.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 дня назад

      I use kosher salt, gypsum, calcium chloride, baking soda, and Epsom salt. Sometimes slaked like and chalk

  • @oldcrispiboi
    @oldcrispiboi 3 месяца назад

    I brew this beer for competition, same stats: 1.073 og 26 IBU. 6.8% abv 3 months lager and didn’t pass the first round. Judges said that everything was great except the caramel profile was too high. I brew exact the same % grain bill… Hmm any suggestion?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 месяца назад

      I would suggest that you enter in a minimum of three competitions before you start tweaking the recipe. If you get the same comments then I would probably adjust the Caramunich to a lower percentage of the grain bill. The recipe as is has done very very well in american-based competitions

    • @oldcrispiboi
      @oldcrispiboi 3 месяца назад

      @@MeanBrews Thank You Matt!

  • @lauriecharlton4437
    @lauriecharlton4437 3 месяца назад

    Recipe looks great. I assume the dark grains are mashed for the whole time?

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 2 месяца назад

      Yes they are!

  • @michaelepstein7172
    @michaelepstein7172 3 месяца назад

    Love your content. Always reference your videos before designing a recipe. Curious about the increasing trend in sodium here. Wonder if this could be the result of ppl using baking soda to balance the ph 🤔

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 месяца назад

      could totally be.

  • @peterolsson8857
    @peterolsson8857 3 месяца назад

    I had to adapt a bit as i live and brew in a tiny apartment so no decoction and fermented with novalager in room temp but damn, that is a toasty, tasty clean beer.

    • @MeanBrews
      @MeanBrews 3 месяца назад

      Awesome! Keep Brewing!