Thanks everyone for watching, but I want to give a special shout out to "that guy" that gives us a downthumb in the first 30 seconds of every video going live! Thanks so much! KZread loves interaction so by clicking anything on our videos you are helping us far more than simply ignoring it. So... thanks! This is not to say that we WANT downthumbs, not by any means, just wanted to talk a bit about it. I really don't think the Downthumb is a good thing for KZread!

@ryancollyard3851

5 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome good video

@tillerintoxicated6917

5 жыл бұрын

I say we keep it... How else do we tell KZread the rewind didn't fool anyone... Also it's a good way to spot "thumb bots"

@roningt7175

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😂 Not a KZread vid if you don’t have a downvote. Dunno why anyone would wanna for that though. 🤷‍♂️

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

All beer is kind of sweet. If you go for a 160f mash temp that will help.

@tillerintoxicated6917

5 жыл бұрын

He is talking sweet like a wine...

I know it's NOT really your thing, but I wish you did more beer brewing videos, because it's informative, compared to the brewing elite that insist you need to spend gazillions of dollars on the brewing set ups. I LOVE you guys becuse you keep things simple and appreciable for a HOBBIEST brewer

@CitySteadingBrews

Жыл бұрын

In truth, most of our audience prefers mead and cider, then wine. Beer is the least watched type of content, by a huge margin.

@nerdydrew6818

2 ай бұрын

I feel the sentiment here. I recently watched a "first beer for begginners" video by a huge beer making channel and the "set-up" that they recommended was about $1,500 USD 😅

When making small batches you can put the pot in a preheated oven to keep proper mash temp

@justinestell2333

4 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea but you can also take the water and put it in a cooler

I have been hooked on all your guys videos this week. You make everything so simple and straight forward I love it! Keep up the good work can’t wait to see and learn more

This was a very tight video. Best of both of you. Love watching you guys develop your style. I think you're just about there. Good mix of music, quick pace for new comers, community feel for those that have been here a while -- great stuff. Love you guys.

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Whew, thanks! We had a lot of difficulties on this one! A camera went down, the other was set up badly.... mic went wonky at one point.... yeah... the life of a KZreadr!

Thanks for another informative video. You convinced me to try making mead a long time ago so I think its finally time to look into brewing beer.

I want to thank you for teaching me so much. I have done this beer recipe step by step, and it was delicious. There is allot more to making beer verses mead. I have made allot of different kinds of meads. The Capsicumel was amazing, and it has been one of my favorites. Thanks again. Please continue making your videos. They have taught me so much.

I used to live in newcastle upon tyne right next to the newcastle brown ale brewery, the smell was incredible. Sadly they demolished the old brewery and moved production to gateshead, south of the river so they could build a bigger brewery for more exports.

Very comprehensive video, thanks for making this!

Y’all are so awesome thank you for all your knowledge

@CitySteadingBrews

9 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

I love making an all grain beer smells so good when cooking it!

I'm not much of a beer kind of guy, but this made me want to try it lol... Great vid and as always a pleasure to watch.. You two rock!!

@MikeP350

5 жыл бұрын

Try a 1 gal extract batch, if you can make mac n cheese, you can make beer! Lol

Good video and thank you for your expertise.

Finaly. A beer video! Thank you for making it easy to understand. I have wanted to make beer for a while, but people always make it seem difficult to brew your own...

@MikeP350

5 жыл бұрын

Anybody can make beer, it's an easy, very robust process that people have been doing for centuries. Making truly delicious award winning beer on the other hand, yea, difficulty increases.

Hi just wanted to say thanks for explaining all the stuff I already knew but didn't understand about brewing! You gave me the confidence to finally start full grain brewing and I’ve made lots of good brews since. Geetings from the Netherlands!

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I really enjoy your videos,even thou I don’t have room to use all grain, but I have picked up loads of tips,in other. Aspects of home brewing,keep the vids coming, from across the pond. I in the UK,appreciate cheers.

Love the brewing videos!

Watching this video reminded me why I originally decided not to start brewing several years ago. I'm glad I eventually figured out how much less prep there is for wines and meads. I will continue to enjoy the work of others when it comes to beer.

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, beer is a lot more work.

I love watching you two on youtube. Thank you for making this video CHEERS!!!

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Man...I bet your house smelled amazing! I love that sweet/malty boiling wort scent!

Good job and well explained as with all your videos double thumbs up.

Damn you with your faisable recipes and smaller quantities that are perfect for an unequipped beginner like I am! I love brown ale so I think I’m gonna try this myself. With your mead and beer techniques you might just be forging my future, or what’s left of it, I’ll be 49 in 20 days !!!

I can’t wait to see the final part. I love brown ale!

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Just a couple weeks, beer doesn't take long to ferment.

Thanks for all the info

O yes I'm going to try this for sure

If your beer mash comes out to a lower gravity then you want add honey to bring it to where you want it, plus the HONEY added to the ale brings out a WONDERFUL flavor.

You two are the best

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Aww, you're makin' me blush. :)

I’ve learned so much from these videos. So much that my friends beg me to make my “potions”

I made this once and really liked the flavor and how simple it is. Tomorrow I'll make a double batch and fermenting it in pumpkins for a pumpkin pie ale. I'm going to be splitting the batch between 2 pumpkins, 1 will get the S-04 yeast and the other will be a wild ferment. I haven't tried to ferment in pumpkins but it'll be an interesting experiment.

@bigboi9856

Жыл бұрын

how did that go? i cant imagine the pumpkins lasted very long before rotting/disintegrating

Hey guys I love your channel love your videos. I’ve learned so much about making mead. Have you ever made a Belgian witbier? I would love to se how to make one specifically Sam Addams cold snap

Brown ale! Being from Newcastle, this is right up my street. Haven’t gotten round to trying a beer brew yet, could be this is what I need to get started. Thanks! 😁👍

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Beer is easy to make, just takes time!

@roningt7175

5 жыл бұрын

City Steading oh I’m definitely playing the patient game with the mead and ciders I’ve done so far. They’re locked away safely hehe.

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

I meant beer just takes time to assemble. It ferments quickly though!

@roningt7175

5 жыл бұрын

City Steading ah fair enough then. Good thing I’m patient.... ish. 🙄😜

Love your shirt Brian

I have never tried making beer, since I have always heard it is much more complicated than mead, but it seems like it isnt too complicated after all! Might have to give it a shot with the boys here soon!

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

It’s not so hard, just a few more steps. As with meadmaking, there are those that want to tell you how complicated it is. You can make it complex, but at the core, it’s pretty easy.

Barley , funny you should say that . Just Planted 30 Acres of Barley , Yesterday , two different types, and it Rained 🌧️☔ on it tonight , still raining . Timing is everything . 🤠

The quality of the water (at least with beer) has a significant influence on the taste (a lot / few / other minerals). If you feel like it, you can experiment with different waters.

Awesome videos!!! Would love to see some DnD vids :D

Love your videos and have brewed your most of your recipes and was hoping you might try one of mine. Try a candycane mead for Christmas. It looks pretty cool because not all of the sugar crystals will dissolve and be little sparkly bits in the mead. I like my mead sweet and use 20 candycanes for one gallon hope you give it a try.

I finally found a beer vid from y'all 😅

finally found one of your beer videos

@CitySteadingBrews

Жыл бұрын

Just search the channel page. We have 22 beer videos currently. Beer is a minor focus on this channel though as they are absolutely the lowest watched content we have. Mead, wine and cider are vastly more popular with our audience.

So you guys play Magic, role-playing games, and brew beer! Amazing considering I came to your channel to learn about Meads. 1. Can you leave the heating element on low so the temp remains the same for the mash hour? I see videos of folks using insulated coolers and such, is that needed? 2. Also, if you had done a bag mash could you have put the bag in a pot and poured the sparge water over it for the sparge? ( I ask because of a 5-gallon all-grain brew) 3. Love the explanation of the reason for the timing of the hops. Watched about 20 beer vids and never heard the reason.

2 row, 60L Crystal, Cascade, I'm SOLD! I might try some Wyeast 1968, though. Yes, liquid yeast is expensive, the first time. I propagate from the smack-pack, and have enough for 8 or 10 batches. My 3 favorite yeasts, 1056, 1968, and 3068. 1056, a good American Ale, 1968, London ESB, 3068, Weihenstephan Hefeweisen. I have some White Labs Wlp-300, but I don't think it is as good as Wyeast. I am REAL glad to see someone else that is NOT riding the IPA rail. I, too , prefer malty, to hoppy. (I wish I had the grain bill for a beer I made in Hawaii. Macadamia Nut Brown Ale.) Made it at Ali'i Brewery, in 15 barrel (about 500 gallons) batch. steve

Hola greetings from Chile! Im a viking who lives and brews in chile and i really enjoy watching your videos! Really nice dynamics between you too, a lot of love, that shows :) Keep it up! I would like to see you doing a braggot? :)

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Did one a couple weeks ago!

@muberio

5 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews nice! will check it out if there is a video about it!

I came, I saw, I now make beer. First batch tasted like UK Newcastle brown ale [ish], I cut the crystal malt by half and made up with pale malt on next batch and got a really nice amber beer, you guessed it a bit like Newcastle Amber [no longer made] Big thanks

Pounds and gallons are straight forward enough, but i'm lost when it comes to Fahrenheit or ounces , metric for the win! also do you speak Gaelic?? would make a gass video haha, greetings from Éire!

Hi Brian & Derica - what if you made your own malt ?? Malt is made of sprouted (grain soaked in water & allowed to sprout a small root) barley grains, which are them roasted just as coffee . You can capture smokey peat turf flavours (which are admired in whiskey, which is the same as beer, except the hops in beer) when roasting the barley. Once roasted it is added to water in a large pot & boiled for 3 >4 hours to extract sugar's & flavours - remove grain & boil down to a syrup. YOU HAVE MALT ! No need to put "cracked" grain in your must !

Never mind that guy....your videos are awesome.

Thanks for putting up with me , just wanted to say that before the Phone cuts off . Hot Battery . 🤠

Liked your video..but I'm new at all this. To advanced for me at this point, making Meade at this point. I gotta learn to crawl before I walk into doing beer.

sweet just watch the vid from way back when b-rye had the long beard yesterday... rocking those shorts and hating the sun outside!

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@michaela.segarra461

5 жыл бұрын

21:30 whoa that threw me hard... I watch your vids with headphones on and having brian shift sides on me while standing in his spot unchanged really took me by surprise! On that note when is the city steading ASMR video coming? P.s. not enough cat in this video gotta take it down and add more cat(s)... =D

I would love to see you making some kind of ale or something out of rice. I know there are Asian wines made from rice: that would be cool too. I've seen a brand of ale called "Red Rice Ale" and it would be interesting to see you make a copy-cat recipe of that. (Because it's so hard to find beer type products that are gluten free)

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

I can try it sometime!

I brew all grain all the time but other than bird seed I have never found a use for the large amounts of spent grain. Really looking forward to ideas.

@paulatwood9794

5 жыл бұрын

If you had access to a pelletizer, you can make pellets for a pellet heat stove.

@andrewlutton4684

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. Just googled this. I'm afraid when I said I make all grain all the time, I mean 12/15 lbs per month. They sound ideal however. Unfortunately I have no access. I wonder whether there is anything on a small scale that could press the grain sufficiently to dry it out and compress into blocks, eg car jack?

@paulatwood9794

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlutton4684 make a 4 x 4 frame out of them end fashion screen wire beneath it. Support the screen also to keep from pulling the screen away from the two by fours. Set wish upon 2 saw horses in the sun to dry. If you have a log splitter or access to one you can use that to press the grain together. It would be better to squeeze it while it is wet to eliminate as much moisture as possible.

@paulatwood9794

5 жыл бұрын

By the way using fresh blocks of green for car jacks is a dangerous thing to do. They cannot withstand the weight of an automobile.

Hooray Beer!

I was wondering if you want to make a cheap beer can you just use bread instead of buying the grains, as for say in pineapple beer? Been watching your videos for a while now during my studies and I made my first mead it turned out to be sweet and would make it more often.

At the 25 minute boil point the voice audio cuts to just the left channel. Weird.

Nice brew!!! I enjoy watching all of your videos. You call it what it is; your method. When making beer skim off the hot break as it forms and continue to remove it until it stops forming or drastically reduces before adding hops. The wort will be cleaner and less hops are needed. To reduce hot break; when the bottom of the wort boiler is covered with extract stop adding extract and start to boil the extract in the boiler. When the extract starts to boil add a small amount of hops or a handful of crushed black malt and very slowly add extract without stopping the boil. Skim off hot break as it forms. Hops and black malt reduces surface tension. That's about all there is about first wort hops. It's a trick from way back. Less worry about boil over and the boiler can be filled higher. High temperature mashing doesn't necessarily create body and mouthfeel, it's a misconception. However, on a rare occasion amylose contains a 1-6 link and when that happens dextrinization occurs when Alpha is active. Amylopectin is the complex starch that contains tasteless, nonfermenting types of complex sugar responsible for body and mouthfeel. Amylopectin makes up the tips of grain and it is the richest starch in malt. The starch is heat resistant and infusion brewing method temperatures aren't high enough to cause the starch to burst. Mash has to be boiled to take advantage of the starch. Alpha liquefies amylopectin and releases limit dextrin during dextrinization and at the same time the mash jells up during gelatinization due to pectin. The starch looks like small white particles in the spent mash. At least you aren't using the spent mash for compost. When the steps are left out beer lacks richness and dries and thins out during fermentation and conditioning. Try boiling a small portion of the mash, it makes beer richer. Makes the brewery smell nice, too. Skim off the hot break as it forms. Use the boiling mash to raise the temperature of the main mash instead of using the hot plate to reach a rest temperature. It's better to hit temperatures quickly. The hot plate may be good for maintaining temperature. Better yet, soak the mash over night at 55F in 1lt boiled and cooled water/1kg malt. Alpha will soften the starch. Then, crank up the temperature to activate whatever enzyme needs to be activated. Try making small batches of ale and lager using the decoction method. It kinda goes along with making Mead, a time warp. From the way the brewery is decorated it appears that when you get into collecting things you have a tendency to take it to the limit. Very good. Too much is not quite enough. Try out Weyermann light and dark floor malt for base malt in ale and lager. The malt is under modified and low in protein. Under modified means the malt is rich in enzyme content and low protein means the malt is high in sugar content. About Beta amylase and conversion. Although, mash temperature was low it was in the range of Beta amylase and conversion should have occurred. Glucose released by Alpha would have been converted into fermentable, complex types of sugar. The low temperature favored conversion. Here's the thing, modern, high modified malt doesn't necessarily contain Beta amylase and for that reason the conversion rest is omitted from recipes. Although, the malt probably didn't contain Beta, Alpha was active at the low temperature releasing highly fermentable glucose and not much sweet tasting, nonfermenting types of sugar. Yeast rips through glucose during primary fermentation cranking up ABV. When conversion occurs secondary fermentation takes place, and during conditioning the beer naturally carbonates. Priming sugar and CO2 aren't needed. During secondary fermentation yeast absorbs maltose and converts it into glucose. Gravity drops close to expected FG and malt character develops. When the beer is conditioning yeast converts maltotriose into glucose and the CO2 expelled naturally carbonates the beer. Sometimes, when wort darkens it is due to hot side oxidation. Mash darkens during saccharification and Maillard. Use iodine to check for starch because when a thick mash and low temperatures are used it takes longer for Alpha to liquefy starch. Avoid starch carry over. Looking forward to more vids.

Hi Brian & Derica, I enjoyed this older video very much. I am curious if you both still brew beer batches or if you have changed over to wine & mead only. Thank you for the video.

@CitySteadingBrews

Жыл бұрын

We do beer occasionally. There are several videos on our channel.

Hey Guys, Love your videos. I am new to brewing and your videos are very helpful. I was wondering; where do you get your 1 gallon bottles?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Bought some from Amazon (links in our store and most video descriptions) and some came with various juices.

Hey have you guys ever made a scottish heavy ale? If so any advise on it? Oh also free idea for another video ;) . could even call it the Wallace special .

I found your channel a few days ago and watched a few of your videos, you guys are amazing, I've learnt so much so thanks for that, but the problem I have is I live in a place that drinking alcohol is illegal (yes I'm serious) so everything that is related to making alcohol like yeast or airlocks or even that racking tube thingy are not available here and we don't have access to amazon, The only yeast available here is bread yeast and wild yeast so I would like to know your opinion on making beer with bread yeast and or wild yeast and how to do it. I would really appreciate your response and thanks in advance.

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

Sure you can use bread yeast for beer. We've done it. Wild yeast would be more difficult.

@ramizrock8017

3 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews Thanks for the quick reply, you guys are great...

Thanks!

@raymondwall8187

Жыл бұрын

got more space and a little time, and wanted to try beer again with better equipment. Its great to have videos like this to return to for a refresher.

@CitySteadingBrews

Жыл бұрын

Been a while. Good to hear from you!

If you had the grain contained in a brew bag, thoughts on using a sous vide to maintain that 155 degree temp for the hour?

BEER!!!1! Beer gud...just sayin. I'm starting to work on a Porter Braggot recipe based on a Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter...my absolute favorite beer...I might have had one or 6 tonight. BUT? I'd love a bit sweeter, more malt-forward, and less than 30 IBU porter. More like 20, as little as 15. Braggot? Yes! Beer Mead...how could this be wrong? Once upon a time a co-working wanted to sell me his mash-tun setup...really wish I had bought it. Instead I ended up with 4 five-gallon carboys....pretty happy with that all the same. I will be sending you a link both on YT and Patreon soon for a video making my Makgeolli (Korean rice wine) experiment. 2 varieties....traditional, and toasted rice with vanilla. = )

I remember when I tried to make beer at home. Yeesh..

Oh du sprichst deutsch, schön :)

O Derica (Sorry if I spelled your name wrong) speaks German?! I know a little German, but not much. I also know a little Spanish, but not much. I prefer German over Spanish though. It's easier for me. Anyways, I love me some Stout so this helps me out a little with how to make it. It's basically similar in some ways to making Whiskey/Whisky. I was gonna ask if you two were gonna feed the spent grains to the Chickens, but you already answered that. Looks good though! Can't see to see if you like it. Prost! (Derica will get that I'm sure, not sure if Brian will though lol)

I tried your beer recipe and loved it!!! But I would like to add honey notes. If I prime the bottles with honey would that be enough or should I add it during brewing?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Probably during brewing if you want honey notes. Just FYI, if you use 50% or more honey as the main fermentable, it's now called a braggot. Still just beer and honey, but something interesting to know.

I'm new to your channels. I couldn't find a video whereby Darica does something with the leftover grains from making beer. Could you direct me with a link? Thanks.

I always use step warming for my bear is this needed for flavors or am i just making just more work for my self. Usly i do 40 min at 62c 20 min 72c 10 min 82c

I'm gonna try this one guys. Thanks to both of you I have 15 bottles of Mead in my basement and its all good. On the whole metric/Imperial thing I don't see how it matters which you use. I dealt with both in school from the beginning (Irish education system in the late 70's confuse those kids must have been the thinking). Here in France where I've spent the last few years its all about metric so I use metric. Use Imperial its what people in the states use and for all the metric heads well, thats why they invented Google right? Great videos BTW ;)

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

That rant came from a few comments on the channel to the effect of, "Why don't you use metric like the rest of the world?", and "When is the US going to wake up?". Honestly, I sort of agree with them, but... as I said in the video, what's the point in being the only one using metric in a country of Imperialists? :)

Did you guys ever finish this brew? I’d love to see the end result!

As a homebrewer (from all grain) for about a year: i realy enjoyed that video, i just have a few questions: you rince the grain with cold water directly ? usualy what i do is just pass the whole batch into the grain ( to use the grain as a filter ) in general 2 times (i do batches of 23L so... i take 3 buckets to split it ), and then i rince with water at 78C (excuse my metric system xD), oh and i totaly don't understand WHY peoples are giving you downthumb... seriously i take an average of 4 to 5 hours just to make the beer ! i can't even think how much extra time it take to capture it and explain it ! Anyway THANK YOU, this is not the method i use to make beer (for example i don't put the grain in cold water at the beging so i can heat the water (FULL POWEERRRR) without being scared of baving the bottom burned) but that's EXCATLY why i'm looking at your videos ! to see others ways to do it and finding inspiration :)

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

There are SOOOO many ways to make beer, lol.

I'm pondering if the background music is distracting. Probably just me and I will probably get use to it. Great video though!

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Smartass response: if you’re pondering it, it cannot be that bad. Actual response: this particular song’s beat is a wee bit louder than others we’ve used!

Ah! I know why it's must for wine and wort for beer. Because, the term "must" comes from the Latin "Vinum mustum" meaning "young/unfermented wine." It's called "wort" for beer, because the Old English word for plant was "wyrt." Since we make beer from a plant (malted cereal grains, in this case), the term just stuck around. But in both cases it's basically referring to a solution that contains fermentable sugars before yeast is added. So it's kinda like a distinction without a difference, in my opinion.

Bitterness is actually one of the reasons I'm not a big beer fan. If I wanted to make a less bitter beer, could I just do the boil for 35 minutes instead of an hour? Would that make the beer more likely to spoil?

Hey, props for making beer. Beer is all I make anymore, I've done lots of experimenting with wines meads and ciders, but it's just not for me, I am a beer guy 100%. I know you guys are the opposite and dont really care for beer, so I thought this vid was cool.

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do like brown ales and darker beers btw, I just drink whiskey more often.

Where can I get that Mug in your screen shot? I Love it having Celtic roots.

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Well... it was the only one of it's kind at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in 2018, so.... no idea if you can get them at all!

Got a question about the 3 "staging" of the hops. I get that first "stage" is bitterness, second is flavor, third is aroma but how do they work across the hour boil? Does the bitterness come from staying in the boil for the whole hour or do the hops do their job after a certain amount of time and are just a soggy mess waiting for cool down to be removed? Why does the second stage add flavor but not bitterness? (I'm sure some bitterness is added in "stage" 2 but it isn't its primary purpose). Sorry if this has been answered in one of ya'lls videos, I'm watching as fast as I can. :-)

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

It's all about how long they are boiled. The longer you boil the hops, the more bitter they become.

Making sure everything gets upvoted...

Brian: I dont DARE put any more in there. *1 second later* Brian: I can put a little more in there

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called being greedy!

@Schmootzidootz

3 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews hey you aint wrong!

I’m pretty new to this, but did you remove the heat when you wrapped the pot?

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

So, for my MASH, should I use Colonel Potter, or stick with Colonel Blake? Also, should I go with Trapper John for a hearty New England thing, or switch to BJ Hunnicutt for a lighter Pacific Coast note?

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

I get all the references, but... have no idea how to answer this!

@shannoncraig509

5 жыл бұрын

You could make a Sherman T. Porter, or "Hot Lips" Blonde Ale

@jasonl9084

5 жыл бұрын

I suggest you make a Klinger Lambic

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Lambics only come from Belgium though.....

@jasonl9084

5 жыл бұрын

It seems to best fit the character though.

Source recommendations for barley, malt? Also, what type of thermometer are you using?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Either a local brew shop or Amazon is how we do it. Malted Barley: amzn.to/3fIRQqs

Is it possible to enhance/change the flavor of the brew by lightly toasting your grains in the oven before boiling? Or would that ruin the grains as well as the sugars in it? Just a thought.

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that's essentially what the adjunct grains are. Most are roasted to bring out various flavors. I suppose you could roast them yourself, but... I like the consistency I get by purchasing them that way.

Can you explain what 2 row barley is? Is the a difference in 2 row barley from the barley you can get at wal-mart

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a type of barley, a very common kind for brewing. I have no idea what they have at Walmart, but you need malted barley for beer.

Love Brian so dramatic

Question, since the grain is so cheap anyway...could you just up the weight of them and skip out on the messy sparging process?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

It’s wasteful but yes. I don’t sparge often tbh.

LOL!!!! Bolling hops smell like SWEATY SOCKS!!!! hahahahahaha!! While i'm watching this i am having a pint of my home brew of SCOTTISH ALE!!!! All the best , HIC!! Karl.

Do you have a recommended resource for understanding beer flavors and yeast esters? Making simple Hefeweizen and Brown ales are awesome but i realized i honestly had no idea why the guy at the brew store looked at me crazily when i said i didn’t want to buy the Hefeweizen yeast(its expensive)… i now understand why: the banana and clove esters. A video from you on how to add chocolate flavors to beer would be excellent or one simply covering the esters and how to find the best yeast for your brew based on the esters would be super helpful (or a link to an online resource would work). I’ve received a request to try and make a chocolate banana hefeweizen…

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

We aren’t beer specialists, sorry. There are way better sources for that out there though. Wish I could be more helpful.

@theflashhobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews any favorite resources you respect for doing a great job? You’ve made a great point about most other resources for mead making not telling you why or giving the needed details and i think you would recognize a good resource better then i would.

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, but, in truth we're just pretty simple beer makers. I mostly learn by experimenting. Sadly, I don't have any recommended sources for beer. I have found the beer community to be quite diverse though, and offer simplistic through very complex. Your local HBS might be the best place to start tbh. Again, sorry I can't help more, but beer is kind of the red-headed stepchild on our channel. We don't do much, and even when we do, it's simpler stuff.

@theflashhobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews Not a problem, I'm going to start experimenting myself and see what happens. I prefer the simple and so I'm basically going to start with a hefeweisen and add the chocolate grains that I find in chocolate stouts. Might do some test brews in a half gallon bottle but I haven't decided.

@CS Brews I'm planning on making this, sorry, I may have missed it, but how much Cascade hops did you put in this please? tia

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

It's in the description (now, lol), but it's .3 ounces.

@vlogbag9863

4 жыл бұрын

@@CitySteadingBrews LOL thanks! :)

When doing process math, metric is best, but imperial (the stuff you are used to) makes sense from a physical perspective because it is based on real world measurements.

@CitySteadingBrews

3 жыл бұрын

I use metric for my baking and cooking in general, but our fermenters, honey, and everything else is inperial so that's what we are stuck using.

Can you use malted barely flour instead of 2 row cracked malted barely?

@CitySteadingBrews

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe so. The cracked grain is really inexpensive though.

alright frugal get you an induction burner you will love it.set temp and go.

Finally!😁😁

Sounds and looks delicious. Now onto my question. Bahaha I am a total noob at making mead and I am pretty sure I have done something wrong. When I was first measuring the potential the hydrometer read at a 13%. After almost four weeks I tested it and the hydrometer just sunk. When I tasted it it tastes very strongly of alcohol. Is there something I am doing wrong? It is the Vikings blood mix. Is there anyway for me to save it? Lol

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t use the potential reading, use specific gravity, more reliable. I am thinking you make alcohol which was the intent right?

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Rack it, let it sit a month then bottle it. Age it for a few months, then try it again.

@austinwilliams6040

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you. And yeah I was definitely wanting alcohol. Haha. I will remember specific gravity next time.

What happens if you don't add hops? Is it ruined, flavorless or does it just not taste bitter? Thanks!!!

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Just doesn’t have bittering so it will taste different.

I am learning Gaelic... Again. Again because knew it as a child from my Irish grandmother. After she passed I never used it, so I forgot 90% of it. I am learning it again, and I drive my family and friends nuts cause I talk to them in Gaelic but they have no clue what I am talking about. My wife is learning slowly, but the majority of the time they are like "what did he say?" Then I say it again in a different innotation, and then they get upset. To really make them mad, if I remember the proper words, I'll say it in Spanish and they get really mad at my.

I’m my 3 gallon batch I misheard the amount of hops. You said .3 oz. total. I thought you said .3 oz per addition. So I added .9 oz. per addition in 3 gallons. Do you think I ruined it or just made an IPA?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

Ehh, I've put that much in a 1 gallon. Should be alright.

If I put the grains in a bag can I leave the water an grains on the stovetop while the wort is stewing, just cut the heat? Or do I need to wrap it in a towel watching the temperature so carefully like y’all did?

@CitySteadingBrews

4 жыл бұрын

You want to maintain temperature as best you can.

@wescrockett3915

4 жыл бұрын

CS Brews excellent. I thought you removed it from the burner for an hour to keep the loose grain from scorching. In a bag it shouldn’t matter much right?

For all the beer brewers out there, HOORAY! B&D get into beer!

@patrickwilliams3108

5 жыл бұрын

And don't get rid of the trub! Wash it and feed it to the chickens. It's hydrolized protein.

Where did you get the Odins Brewery T shirt from?

@CitySteadingBrews

5 жыл бұрын

Amazon. It’s in our store! Link in description!