The dishwasher tip was LIFE CHANGING

I have an addendum to that dishwasher hack. I have a relatively small house that doesn't have a lot of storage/counter space, and recently when I was de-labeling bottles I realized that I could dry and even store them by throwing them on the bottom rack in my dishwasher. I mostly wash dishes by hand, so I don't really use the dishwasher that much to begin with, but this was a super handy tip that I think other people might find useful.

OMG, I had a client who never failed to clog his dishwasher drain/strainer with the most horrible gooey stuff 2 or 3 times a year. I talked to him and found he was an avid wine/beer maker and this mess was caused by old labels from cleaning his bottles.

Love the sonic and knuckles mug

I never realized my dishwasher has a sanatize setting till now. Epic af!

Thank for the poly carbonate tip,!

That dishwasher hack!

Excited to see what you have for us this time.... My brain says feed me with your master mead making skills 💯👍🏼

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

Love it!!!

I got a 12 litre food grade bucket (with a lid) from work for free originally used to hold oil. I cleaned out the bulk of the oil by hand and then threw it in the dishwasher

Thanks for all the tips and tricks bud! Got turned on to your channel from MMM. cheers!

Bonus tip for the polycarbonate hydrometer - check the calibration on it. The first one I got was a whole 17 points off. The brew shop I ordered it from said they checked a couple of the others in stock and they all read the same way so they thought "that's just how the polycarbonate ones are". The subreddit discord disagreed, so I figured that shop had a bad batch, and ordered another polycarbonate hydrometer from a different shop. Polycarbonate hydrometer #2 was properly calibrated and it's been smooth-sailing since ALSO - I could not find a remotely reasonably priced polycarbonate hydrometer on Amazon to save my life. Had to order from actual homebrew shops

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

One of the first things I did was put it in distilled room temp water and then check it against my glass one (on the advice of someone who reached out about doing so). Good tip!

@julietardos5044

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know. I was thinking I'd wait until my glass hydrometer broke to buy a poly one, but I'll need the glass one to double check the poly one.

2:40 WHOOOA WHO'S DRIVING THIS THING?!

I put my bottles with labels in my leftover starsan in my sanitize bucket. One last use before I pour it down the drain. Does the job quickly.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

I particularly like the tincture and dishwasher tips. Super cool

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Tinctures are great for more than brewing too. We have been using home made cinnamon extract in everything for a couple of years now!

@SSmith-en5wq

3 жыл бұрын

Mint tincture in my home.

I can't wait ! Kiss from France. ^^

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I have a bunch of the little 5 gallon yellow/black totes, I segregate all my supplies into them. 1 with stabilizers, 1 with clarifiers, 1 with yeast and nutrients, etc makes finding my supplies easier

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Anna was just saying yesterday that I need to get some containers to start separating all of my spooky chemicals with!

Great tips! That’s the first I’ve heard about polycarbonate hydrometers. I have yet to break one, but now that I’ve said that...

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Now you’re doomed! Haha

The dish washer tip is brilliant. I'm also really excited to try the oxiclean trick.

Do you have a link to your favorite Hydrometer? Really enjoying your videos! Just starting out.

#7 Jam for fruiting try apple butter omg it's amazing

Can you add pectic enzyme in secondary?

Good video. Flocculation is an underrated yeast characteristic if you ask me. It makes clearing so much easier. Compare an EC1118 batch to a K1V and you'll see what I mean. Shudder.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It’s amazing how big of a difference it can make in your process!

If it's not pure juice in the UK it's usually called "juice drink" and not just "juice"... Like blueberry juice or blueberry juice drink (which is a blend or watered down juice, sometimes with added flavourings and preservatives)

I'm planning to make four melomels in the near future, 3 are juice based, one is jam based. No preservatives and all pasturized. Do you recommend adding yeast nutrient since pasturized juice and jam doesn't have as many nutrients as fruit does?

@JaxMerrick

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to always use a little nutrient in my batches, but I also tend to bloom yeast with a little bit of the must in with the warm water to avoid shocking the yeast in the pitch.

I would be careful about that second one. I picked up a cherry juice just to look at it today because I was curious, and it turned out to be mostly apple and grape juice when I looked at the ingredients. If you're trying to make a brew with a specific juice in it, you may not want other random fruits banging around in there.

@SA12String

Жыл бұрын

I find a lot of 100% juice that is made using pear and apple as filler. I'm just glad they have to reveal it on the label here in the U.S.

One thing to also be aware of regarding 100% juice. Even though it says 100% juice you should not assume that it is the same as "100% juice". Confused? :) What I mean is that it is a common ploy to label it as 100% juice and list the juice as being from concentrate. Why? Because it is reconstituted at a higher water level/lower sugar. For example. 4 gallons of apple juice is concentrated and reconstituted to 5 gallons for retail sale. Now we have 5 gallons of juice to sell instead of 4 and the consumer is the chump. It is still 100% juice but it will throw off your recipe if your not measuring SG and expecting the same sugar content as a non reconstituted juice.

hi!!! I love your channel!!! I just started homebrewing, and I got to a point where I´m completely lost...LOL...one of my brews got stuck...I added a little bit of more yeast, and got it running again...but now...I have no idea on how to calculate the ABV...HELP!!!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a hydrometer? If so, what was the starting reading?

@dahnehernadez1474

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Yes, it was 1.094, and when it got at 1.044, then added more yeast (and sugar ...oops) and got up to 1.98 again, and ended in 1.010

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@dahnehernadez1474 Oh my! I am not a math person, but you should be able to calculate this. Running that through a brew ABV calc, I'm getting 18.11% at that final gravity! www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/

@dahnehernadez1474

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost thanks!!! I didn´t know if I should add the difference between 1.044 and 1.98 to the first reading, and then subtract 1.010...LOL...now I know why we so happy after the first glass!!! LOL!!! Thank you!!!

@julietardos5044

3 жыл бұрын

@@dahnehernadez1474 ((1.094-1.044)+(1.098-1.010)) x 132.5 = 18.285 ((OG1-FG1) + (OG2-FG2)) x 132.5

Just take that greatest hit collection..

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Playlist incoming haha

Hey we live in about the same area. Where do you get your Honey?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Most of ours we buy online - however WinCo is a good source for bulk honey around here. You can have them fill you a 40-pound pail, even!

I thought u were being bias in your choice of water quality location in the last ten hacks vid cuz the superfun sites there. Lol, now i see

Goo Gone can help get those tricky labels off

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

I would replace the hydrometer with a refractrometer if it wasn't for the fact that it's only good for initial gravity

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

Great 👍video ......cough prunes cough

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta recipe test right? 😉

How can there possibly be 2 thumbs down!?! What is wrong with people!?!

100% juice (contain less than 10% juice)

Of course the ONE time I don't wear my headphones you decide to bang something on wood and freak out my dogs, making them think someone is knocking on the front door. Sigh...

Why don't I see brewers use latex gloves like cooks use?

Having bought over a million bbls of crude oil I cringed seeing you tap that hydrometer