Great comparison! Love the blending of the beers at the end. Similar to our findings on Nectaron. Well edited video, good lighting choices and use of B-roll. Keep grinding and the subs will come. Cheers! -Mike
Bravo! I watched a couple of your videos so far, and you have great content. I especially enjoyed this split batch concept. I regularly watch several homebrew channels and have added you to my list. Keep up the great work! The tip about lowering pH is huge for IPAs. It took me a long time to figure this out and it is super impactful. Would love to see more on your processes, but I'm sure you'll be getting to that. Thanks for what you're doing and great work!
Hugely appreciated, thank you! I actually measured my final pH on these beers and it was 4.6, which is higher then I wanted, but who cares because they taste great. Thinking back, I never acidified my sparge water, so that's probably why it crept up beyond the usual 4.5ish. Just curious, what part of the process are you most interested in?
Sure thing. I agree that not treating the sparge water would have that impact. Probably not a big deal though since pH was still within range. I think viewers would be interested in all aspects of your process, but mostly the cold side (fermentation/DH). Do you plan on continuing the split batch videos? With an endless variety of hops you'd have eternal content. :)
@@jondieter1603 yes! I want to do a few split batches right off the bat. I want to experiment with Citra and Simcoe from different providers (Bell's vs YVH), split Riwaka vs HBC 630 hops and blend them both with Nelson, try different vanillas in stouts among others. If you have any fun ideas, I'm all ears!
@@secretlevel5951 There are so many experimental hops that would make for great informative videos. I was impressed with HBC 586, but haven't explored more than that. Would love to see reviews on hops like HBC 1019, YQH 1320, HBC 431, & HBC 472. Newer varieties like Vista, Talus, and Loral could be cool too. The idea of comparing different suppliers is good, as well as the vanilla beans. Comparing yeasts is a whole other rabbit hole. The options are pretty unlimited. I look forward to seeing what you decide to explore next!
Been hearing a lot about this Nectaron hop as of late. Cool to see it compared against Galaxy. Always love a good hop comparison. :) Great video as always my friend.
The Nectaron batch has a peach-like aroma...perhaps even...nectarine? (I assume that's where the name of the hops comes from) I'm liking your videos, man. Thanks! I appreciate some homebrew videos that replicate the kinds of commercial beers I like to drink.
You were adding positive pressure into the kegs when you opened them, correct? Do you add ascorbic to your water pre-mash? 3-5 grams pre-mash will resolve any chance of oxidation in your NEIPAs as long as your process is as oxygen free as possible.
That's right! Then purge a few times after I seal the keg. I do remember Genus recommending Ascorbic a while back and I have yet to give it a shot. I use lactic acid to lower pH currently. I haven't had too many issues as long as the transfers have gone well, but I'll have to try some next time.
@@secretlevel5951 yep, I got it from Genus as well. I use 5 grams in every single heavily hopped IPA or NEIPA - it's easy insurance, with no drawbacks.
Very cool. Might need to try nectron, i really enjoy the melon, peach more then the tropical fruit flavors. The Aldc enzyme has a dosage rate of one full dropper per 5 gallons not sure one drop would do much in 3 gallons
Good point! I totally misread the instructions as a "drop" rather than "dropper", thanks for pointing that out! For what it's worth, I didn't get any hop creep/diacetyl in this batch, thankfully. Nectaron is totally worth a shot - Peacharine is another new one from NZ, would be cool to try that too if you can find it!
Mad my current ferment is a split 10 gal batch. Pilsner lager with saaz in the boil but then in the fermenter it's a dry hop split. Nelson/Galaxy in one and Simcoe in the other prob 1.5oz total hops in each. Should hopefully make some good youtube content :) I wonder is the nectaron was tasting sweeter was because it looked slightly darker. Numbers of hops looked on the higher end of where I'd like to go. Normally find the hop burn is just the hop material not quite settled out yet.
Great comparison! Love the blending of the beers at the end. Similar to our findings on Nectaron. Well edited video, good lighting choices and use of B-roll. Keep grinding and the subs will come. Cheers! -Mike
Got some Nectaron in the freezer, excited to try it out soon!!!!! Cheers!!!
Bravo! I watched a couple of your videos so far, and you have great content. I especially enjoyed this split batch concept. I regularly watch several homebrew channels and have added you to my list. Keep up the great work! The tip about lowering pH is huge for IPAs. It took me a long time to figure this out and it is super impactful. Would love to see more on your processes, but I'm sure you'll be getting to that. Thanks for what you're doing and great work!
Hugely appreciated, thank you! I actually measured my final pH on these beers and it was 4.6, which is higher then I wanted, but who cares because they taste great. Thinking back, I never acidified my sparge water, so that's probably why it crept up beyond the usual 4.5ish.
Just curious, what part of the process are you most interested in?
Sure thing. I agree that not treating the sparge water would have that impact. Probably not a big deal though since pH was still within range. I think viewers would be interested in all aspects of your process, but mostly the cold side (fermentation/DH). Do you plan on continuing the split batch videos? With an endless variety of hops you'd have eternal content. :)
@@jondieter1603 yes! I want to do a few split batches right off the bat. I want to experiment with Citra and Simcoe from different providers (Bell's vs YVH), split Riwaka vs HBC 630 hops and blend them both with Nelson, try different vanillas in stouts among others. If you have any fun ideas, I'm all ears!
@@secretlevel5951 There are so many experimental hops that would make for great informative videos. I was impressed with HBC 586, but haven't explored more than that. Would love to see reviews on hops like HBC 1019, YQH 1320, HBC 431, & HBC 472. Newer varieties like Vista, Talus, and Loral could be cool too. The idea of comparing different suppliers is good, as well as the vanilla beans. Comparing yeasts is a whole other rabbit hole. The options are pretty unlimited. I look forward to seeing what you decide to explore next!
Nice. You make great videoes with interesting content.
Great split-batch concept!
Been hearing a lot about this Nectaron hop as of late.
Cool to see it compared against Galaxy. Always love a good hop comparison. :)
Great video as always my friend.
The Nectaron batch has a peach-like aroma...perhaps even...nectarine?
(I assume that's where the name of the hops comes from)
I'm liking your videos, man. Thanks! I appreciate some homebrew videos that replicate the kinds of commercial beers I like to drink.
Great video!
You were adding positive pressure into the kegs when you opened them, correct?
Do you add ascorbic to your water pre-mash? 3-5 grams pre-mash will resolve any chance of oxidation in your NEIPAs as long as your process is as oxygen free as possible.
That's right! Then purge a few times after I seal the keg. I do remember Genus recommending Ascorbic a while back and I have yet to give it a shot. I use lactic acid to lower pH currently. I haven't had too many issues as long as the transfers have gone well, but I'll have to try some next time.
@@secretlevel5951 yep, I got it from Genus as well. I use 5 grams in every single heavily hopped IPA or NEIPA - it's easy insurance, with no drawbacks.
Galaxy , enigma combo is my favorite. Nice work I see you on homebrewtalk as well.👍🏽
That sounds cool! What's Enigma like?
Very similar to Nelson with the white wine notes.
Hopefully you were able to down these before they got too oxidized. Good stuff as always
Very cool. Might need to try nectron, i really enjoy the melon, peach more then the tropical fruit flavors. The Aldc enzyme has a dosage rate of one full dropper per 5 gallons not sure one drop would do much in 3 gallons
Good point! I totally misread the instructions as a "drop" rather than "dropper", thanks for pointing that out! For what it's worth, I didn't get any hop creep/diacetyl in this batch, thankfully.
Nectaron is totally worth a shot - Peacharine is another new one from NZ, would be cool to try that too if you can find it!
@@secretlevel5951 cool i will have to look for that as well, maybe a Nectaron and Peacharine combo would be good 🤔
I really like your videos you should get deeper into your setup and techniques!
subbed, more splitsies content please, even if you have to do smaller batches :)
Yes! I just brewed another batch yesterday!
Mad my current ferment is a split 10 gal batch. Pilsner lager with saaz in the boil but then in the fermenter it's a dry hop split. Nelson/Galaxy in one and Simcoe in the other prob 1.5oz total hops in each. Should hopefully make some good youtube content :) I wonder is the nectaron was tasting sweeter was because it looked slightly darker. Numbers of hops looked on the higher end of where I'd like to go. Normally find the hop burn is just the hop material not quite settled out yet.
Ohh some west coast pilsners, eh?! Those sound amazing - really curious to see how those come out and what your Galaxy experience is like.