Excellent video. I may have to watch it 100 times. There is so much great info here it's hard to digest it all in one sitting. Just bought BeerSmith this week and am really pleased with all the extra info like these video's. Watched the BIAB segment last night with the dude from Northern Brewer. So so informative! Thank you. I'm hooked.
This was extremely helpful. So many topics I could relate to. I now have a better understanding of how to create my own recipe. Plus the yeast segment was awsome. Thanks a million.
I really do love all the books they mention. Don't try and understand all of it, just read though them and gather what you can. You'd be surprised at what will come back to you that you read, now you understand it and when you first read it you didn't.
This was very informative. Thankyou very much! I am getting into brewing as a hobby now that i have retired. This in depth view shows just how much of a hobby it can be with multiple ways to fine tune your brew. How exciting. Time to head to the brewery!
Old vid new comment. The analogy on yeast vitality starters "its like giving em breakfast before the main course" love Johns way of explaining things to us noobs.
When I am doing an extract batch, I use 3 gallons for the boil and freeze the other two gallons. That way, when I am done with the boil and everything is transferred to the fermentor, I add the 2 frozen gallons of water and the temperature hits 70 degrees in five or six minutes. Pitch your yeast, and your laughing.
So, listening to John, here - if I use extract kits, then RO water is fine? A brew shop I go to says I have to adjust my water. Will the beer get improvements by tweaking the water settings or should plain RO get the best results, please?
Water quality reports just don’t reflect accurately, or provide a range like “ph from 6.0 to 8.5.” Even reports of bottled water are the same. I assumed a bottled water I used was soft, their report said it was soft, I tested the GH and KH and it was very hard. I’m going the distilled and RO route, adding what I need per style.
I,m 55 years old and single mother of three from south Chicago. I am interested in brewing at home right at me garage. My question is how much money I need to start brewing and where i could buy the ingredients.
cavanfamily12345 to find a place to buy ingredients, i would do a google search like "home brew shop near (zip code)". I would start with doing a partial mash/extract beer. There are lots of youtube videos on how to do partial mash/ extract beer. The bare minimum equipment needed to start would be 1. brew pot that is 5 gallons or more. 2. a food safe bucket- found at home brew store 3. a Bottling bucket. All of the things can be found at the local home brew store(LHBS) talk to them they are very knowledgeable and will help you out. A 5 gallon(2 cases worth of) beer can be produced for ~$35.
Brew and Grow in Chicago is a good resource for ingredients and equipment. They also do classes, Basic $20, or Advanced $30. I did both and are very good value. You can start with basic kit for around $100, or cheaper if you go on Craigs List or Ebay to look for a used kit.
In growing field of home brewing, there are a few who go on to greatness as makers of fine beers at home. Well i think so every one can have that skills if simply log on www.homebrewtips.net you may find a lot of variety in brewing. So in this place you commonly see the finest of home brewing being produced and the beers that consistently win prizes at home brewing contests that are held each year.
Its amazing how quickly information about brewing becomes dated and then has the opposite effect of making the process harder instead of easier. Case in point, "you need to rehydrate dried yeast", which is no longer recommended by yeast makers. And then theres the straight up misinformation like "if you cant taste an adjunct it shouldnt be in your beer", what about body enhancers? Or grains added purely for their added colour? Or acidulated malt to change mash ph? Look i know these guys dont set out to make things harder but youtube is full of old out dated and just plain wrong information and people should revisit their videos to make sure they are (still)correct or relevant
cholrus69 I started home brewing at 20 as well, started working in a brewery at 21, and at 22 I'm brewing on a 30 bbl system. If you want to get into the industry don't be afraid to start low and work your way up! Keep learning, work hard, and show interest!
Excellent video. I may have to watch it 100 times. There is so much great info here it's hard to digest it all in one sitting. Just bought BeerSmith this week and am really pleased with all the extra info like these video's. Watched the BIAB segment last night with the dude from Northern Brewer. So so informative! Thank you. I'm hooked.
This was extremely helpful. So many topics I could relate to. I now have a better understanding of how to create my own recipe. Plus the yeast segment was awsome. Thanks a million.
Just watch this, love the way john Palmer explains things. Tho I do like my mustard!
makes me smile when he mentioned a beer from my hometown Dortmund :)
I really do love all the books they mention. Don't try and understand all of it, just read though them and gather what you can. You'd be surprised at what will come back to you that you read, now you understand it and when you first read it you didn't.
This was very informative. Thankyou very much! I am getting into brewing as a hobby now that i have retired. This in depth view shows just how much of a hobby it can be with multiple ways to fine tune your brew. How exciting. Time to head to the brewery!
John - when you speak of pH levels, are you talking about pH measured during mash?
Adage was the word you were looking for, very informative. Researching my water supply now. Thank you
Old vid new comment. The analogy on yeast vitality starters "its like giving em breakfast before the main course" love Johns way of explaining things to us noobs.
Very nice interview, very informative. Cheers.
great episode! very helpful
When I am doing an extract batch, I use 3 gallons for the boil and freeze the other two gallons. That way, when I am done with the boil and everything is transferred to the fermentor, I add the 2 frozen gallons of water and the temperature hits 70 degrees in five or six minutes. Pitch your yeast, and your laughing.
So, listening to John, here - if I use extract kits, then RO water is fine? A brew shop I go to says I have to adjust my water. Will the beer get improvements by tweaking the water settings or should plain RO get the best results, please?
Water quality reports just don’t reflect accurately, or provide a range like “ph from 6.0 to 8.5.” Even reports of bottled water are the same. I assumed a bottled water I used was soft, their report said it was soft, I tested the GH and KH and it was very hard. I’m going the distilled and RO route, adding what I need per style.
I’ve always used one-step as my sanitizer, never had a contaminated batch..why is it not mentioned..?
I,m 55 years old and single mother of three from south Chicago. I am interested in brewing at home right at me garage. My question is how much money I need to start brewing and where i could buy the ingredients.
cavanfamily12345 I brewed my first batch with exactly $100 with an Essential brewing kit, that comes with all you need and with extract ingredients.
cavanfamily12345 to find a place to buy ingredients, i would do a google search like "home brew shop near (zip code)". I would start with doing a partial mash/extract beer. There are lots of youtube videos on how to do partial mash/ extract beer. The bare minimum equipment needed to start would be
1. brew pot that is 5 gallons or more.
2. a food safe bucket- found at home brew store
3. a Bottling bucket.
All of the things can be found at the local home brew store(LHBS) talk to them they are very knowledgeable and will help you out. A 5 gallon(2 cases worth of) beer can be produced for ~$35.
Brew and Grow in Chicago is a good resource for ingredients and equipment. They also do classes, Basic $20, or Advanced $30. I did both and are very good value. You can start with basic kit for around $100, or cheaper if you go on Craigs List or Ebay to look for a used kit.
great tips :)
In growing field of home brewing, there are a few who go on to greatness as makers of fine beers at home. Well i think so every one can have that skills if simply log on www.homebrewtips.net you may find a lot of variety in brewing. So in this place you commonly see the finest of home brewing being produced and the beers that consistently win prizes at home brewing contests that are held each year.
Nice name.
Cold and Flu bacteria?
Its amazing how quickly information about brewing becomes dated and then has the opposite effect of making the process harder instead of easier. Case in point, "you need to rehydrate dried yeast", which is no longer recommended by yeast makers. And then theres the straight up misinformation like "if you cant taste an adjunct it shouldnt be in your beer", what about body enhancers? Or grains added purely for their added colour? Or acidulated malt to change mash ph? Look i know these guys dont set out to make things harder but youtube is full of old out dated and just plain wrong information and people should revisit their videos to make sure they are (still)correct or relevant
I'm so glad I started brewing at age 20, hopefully I'll be a pro by the time I'm much older
+cholrus69 duude that's awesome same here!
cholrus69 I started home brewing at 20 as well, started working in a brewery at 21, and at 22 I'm brewing on a 30 bbl system. If you want to get into the industry don't be afraid to start low and work your way up! Keep learning, work hard, and show interest!