Idiot's Guide to Making Incredible Beer at Home

Beer is definitely going to be next on my fermentation list. I too am obsessed with fermentation. So far I've gotten kombucha, sourdough, lacto ferment veggies, and ginger beer. Now I think it's time to give beer a shot. Thank you for the inspiration!!

One critique, racking should be done with a siphon. Pouring your finished beer into the bottling bucket oxygenated the whole batch which is always bad post fermentation. Destroys hop oils and quickly leads to staling.

"I don't drink much, just 24 bottles of beer a month" xD

Visited Bitter & Esters in december 2023. Bought some stuff from them too. Great guys. One of their classes was going on while I was there. Will be visiting them again in May 2023.

Ahhh now I can crack open a home made cold one with the boys

When your 15 and can't drink, and have a research paper due, but your watching a man teach you how to brew beer...

Brewing for over a decade now. I've got a complete 1/2 BBL stainless RIMS system on a Blichmann Top Tier, but still very much enjoy watching how folks at all levels do their thing. Never done BIAB, but I may now after seeing this. Well done, my man. Very concise and easy to follow. High quality production. Took me about 2yrs before graduating to All Grain. Had to stop @ 12:30 to add my two cents though. I'd oxygenate (vigorous shake) BEFORE pitching your yeast, so those cells land in the best growth environment possible. Also might be nice to have a spray bottle with cold, distilled H2O ready for boil-overs because of the (relatively) small boil kettle. They WILL happen. This is the best "vice" ever. Brew on, brother.

I came across this video a month ago and I realised I really wanted to do it myself. After doing some research I settled on making a Saison, great if your room temp is anywhere 18-35 degees C. I'm now 95% done with batch 1 and batch 2 is in another fermenter. Thanks for inspiring me and giving me a new hobby!

I think you should use a siphon to do the bee4 transfer to the bottling bucket. Pouring the beer adds oxygen and you really don't want that. Also it's easier to avoid piking up trub from the fermenter. Just a thought

Loving this. I'll leave the brewing to you, but i'd love to taste one of those

excellent guide man iv'e been brewing 10 years this is a really good video for beginners

well done video, I'm an experienced brewer and this video provides very spot on instructions provided you only want 2 gallons, once you desire to brew 5 gallons there are additional steps, considerations and equipment needed.

You think you're better than me with your electrical thermometer gun !??!?!?!?!?

I love homebrewing. It's extremely rewarding. when you bust your ass on brewing day then the patience and discipline of waiting the suggested amount of time. not to mention if you are going to bottle it. so much work, but then when you crack it open and pour it into a glass and see this beautiful frothy healthy head on top of a colorful beer. Breath of fresh air

You can pour the trub into a clean jar, store it in the fridge and reuse the yeast for your next brew.

I've designed engines. I've reverse engineered industrial processes. I worked in the oil industry. I quit it all to go brew beer, and I don't regret a damn thing.

Im glad you included the bit where you share it with your friends. Brewing is fun and interesting but seriously the best bit of all is impressing your friends at the end.

I just realized I used to watch you and your "brother" on another channel making good cheap eats. Congrats on all the success.

My brother and I make beer on a small scale, but in the level of a microbrewery. And the one thing we’ve found is water is the key. This is the biggest and identifiable factor we’ve come across. We made the same exact beer down to the tee, with multiple waters. Which we had our water tested and changed our water profile to fit those around the world and it’s the complete game changer. Add sulfites, sodium’s, etc to change up your water to fit whether it’s NYC, Belgium, Tokyo, etc; it’s the biggest factor you can do. And one recipe can literally become an infinite supply of different tastes and textures. Def do that in my opinion once you realize you wanna homebrew. And this works with all alcohol making.

Dude. This is the best video i've seen as an intro to homebrewing. Thanks!!