The Time Is Now - reinventing the English IPA (a documentary)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- No one drinks English IPA.
In our third feature-length documentary we team up with Meantime Brewing Company to brew a Modern British IPA - one that gets people excited about British hops again against the backdrop of a declining industry; one that reminds British people of their great but complicated past; and one that offers a vision of where IPA - and indeed British brewing - should be headed. To do that, we head on an epic road trip to discover the true notion of what English IPA should be.
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Hey everyone! Thanks SO MUCH for all the kinds words about our third documentary! It's been a wonderful, wild ride to see the response. So we have finally finished finessing the homebrew recipe for NOW IPA! Check it our here: community.grainfather.com/recipes/886090
Avtar Singh Jouhl just died this month
@@oscarosullivan4513 yes David said. A real shame and loss. We were hoping to interview him for a video too.
Yes! Will be sure to link this once my video is finished! Still need to taste my version.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel It’s a shame as well. Is there an Ireland trip planned?
This was so good, I'm hunting the beer, I'm hunting the hops,I'm hunting the grain , reignited my love of brewing , well done and thank you.
Hi guys, I’m an ex Brewer from 30 years ago. I will try are in five months and plan to start my own microbrewery 30 years ago. It wasn’t any fancy boiling equipment and I used to do all my mash in a Burco boiler and a plastic bucket, so I’ve been doing some research on what beer to make and this video has just hit it right on the head. Thank you so much guys for giving me a great idea. I look forward to sharing my trials and tribulations with you in the near future.
11 months later... did you get your loicense?
The first shot of Brad wearing the lab coat next to the scientist is absolute gold
and wearing sandals. Piss funny. Great doc guys!
You can hear Jonny chuckle as he narrates it. Pure gold
He has got the CAMRA look
Pure gold
I thought it would be like the cask ale documentary, several episodes. So when I saw the show started broadcasting, I thought, this is a Friday night watch.. Great work on the show, and appreciation to all the people behind the beer and farming industry, also service industry.. Inspiring.. Thanks for your efforts on making this film..
Class, English homebrewer here living in Ireland but the talk about the East Kent hops took me back to fishing in the Medway in the hop fields of Yalding Kent. Really enjoyed that great stuff
I just had a case of this delivered. I think it's superb. All the flavours and aromas are there as described and so drinkable! Nice work.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
I can't be the only one looking forward to this but thinking 'on a Wednesday?' Followed by a guilty look at the fridge
I managed to resist temptation…barely
Unreal boys. This channel is simply one of the most important things to happen to beer drinking
Awesome job and looking forward to brewing an English style IPA next!
A fantastic and well made doc. Everything covered with such passion and dedication. Congrats.
Really good stuff. Just made my first brew using chevalier and have been very impressed with the flavour. Now keen to try some of these modern British hop varieties
Fantastic work both of you! Thoroughly enjoyed the film and have ordered some tinnies from Meantime. The channel just keeps on getting better :)
Great video here.
I loved fullers ESB and only heard stories of timothy taylor ipa and how great it is. 5% ipa doesn't work here in the states. I wish it did. But lucky you can make what you want at home. I have used lots of northdown, challenger and target in many styles. Its a great combo, fullers used to use that.
Great documentary, inspired me to try jester (only one i can get in switzerland) in my next english brew. Really appreciated the Desi part of the doc.
Finally got to watch it. Thanks fellas for crafting this type of beer documentaries. As a beer lover, I appreciate it
Great job guys! Loving your long form documentaries as always, and looking forward to brewing my own British IPAs both new and old!
What a great achievement, really fantastic work.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting video! Thanks!
Great film, very interested to have a taste and enjoyed the part on British hops- looking forward to buying/trying some in my homebrew escapades
Thank you for an amazing short film. I'd love to see this land in Australia to try this twist on the modern IPA, though sadly I doubt we will see it. Keep fighting the good fight!
Well done!
Jonny does look like an extra from the Death Star when you're in the yeast archives... Brilliant documentary.
awesome job, lads! great great documentary!
Well done! I would’ve loved to taste it. My last 6 batches of homebrew was only ESB’s and barley wines. I looked and see we have Chevalier available in South Africa. I am going to brew a beer with ts malt. Must just decide how to use it.
One of those videos that the YT algorithm despises but decent humans (and other of the not-so-decent variety like myself) thoroughly enjoy.
Great work as always lads. If you ever visit Australia make sure you tag me. I will take you lads for a tour of Australian breweries, especially those in Brisbane which is where I live and where the Olympics are being held in 10 years time.
We'd love to come over one day!
Will you publish the final recipe for this beer on a homebrew scale so maybe Americans can get a taste of modern-heritage British IPA NOW! 😁
This was awesome and I really respect how you talked about the uncomfortable history. Bringing to light our dark pasts doesn't mean we have to shun the products of them, but acknowledge the history and pay homage to those who suffered for it. Well done lads. Much love from Australia.
Thanks so much, glad it came across right.
Well done guys…I’m going to have to place an online order now!
I love everything about this!!!!
Top quality content as always, ngl there's no chance I'm buying a 6 pack but I do hope my bottle shop gets some in so I can have a go.
Well done, lads! Very enjoyable program. Question: Do you consider Fuller's Bengal Lancer IPA a traditional English IPA?
Nice work Will!
Man, I have a youtube channel, too. I do craft beer and rice wine in Korea. It's........frustrating. Some of my videos get 35 views, some get 800 views.
I def don't deserve anything, bit you lads def deserve way more than you're getting. I have a very niche market, but you have a market that SHOULD apply to most.
I love your stuff. Much love from Korea.
Hey! Given you a sub and will get round to watching some episodes. Excited to learn about craft beer in Korea - thanks for the kind words.
Great doc. Really compelling watching. Any chance of getting the recipe for homebrew? Cheers mate!
We're working on it!
Here's the recipe! community.grainfather.com/recipes/886090
quality content, bravo
Is now IPA going on sale anywhere particular outside of meantimes website? Any specific shops?
Excellent doc! Shame you didn’t cask any - that would have been great and possibly even more authentic?
If you had to choose one English hope to brew this with what would it be?
Dry Hops in at the same time as adding the yeast? Or was that just a quirk of the editing?
Not quite sure where you are talking about but hops went in the boil, whirlpool and fermenter. Obvs the whirlpool addition would be only an hour or so before the yeast.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel ah ok. Could well have been the whirlpool then
I thought Hops grew in Gardens not Farms.
Sorry but I watched until you mentioned the american Citrus flavoured hops and I do not like the citrussey flavour of american IPA.
Very well done. I wish I could taste the product, I like British IPA's and had a Proper Job IPA while watching which is one of the few good ones I can get here in Finland.
From a foreign point of view, I think one huge issue for British IPA's (and other hoppy styles as well) abroad is that since they're not that popular, the main place you find them is in supermarkets where they are usually quite close to the "best before" date since they sell so slow. Last time I checked there were beers from Wychwood, Robinson's and a couple of others, but all really old, some even past their best before. People buy these bottles, and think this is what British IPA/bitter/you name is supposed to taste like.
Eagerly waiting for the recipe so I can attempt my own batch.
1070 og, 16 ibu's of east kent goldings. a good yeast &. fuck the grapefruit peel flavour of Cascades.
Sam Smith's already makes a traditional IPA mates. Arguably (to the late Michael Jackson) "the best" example in the world!
Sure! And it's a good beer, but we didn't try to make a traditional IPA. We tried to make a modern British one!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Like all the idiots here in New fucking England! IPA's suck!
Chinook is pronounced "shin-ook"
I loved that you took the similar format from your cask ale series and put it into one bumper buster mini film.
At each section I was like "ah this is where in ends and I'm gunna have to wait till next week" and it didn't.
This was genuine quality content, something far and few between on youtube. I will attempt to get my hands on some of those cans!
Thank you as always.
Thanks so much for the kind words Ben!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Do you have an Ireland trip planned? And will you ever do a feature on Irish red ale?
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Great documentry, English hops tend to be seen as boring which is true to a certain extent. They are however reliable and go well with with more malt focused beer.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Rye River brewing co make an EIPA that is 5.6 percent ABV
@@TheCraftBeerChannel The packaging for highly hopped pale ales here in Ireland don’t use the kitschy branding.
Fantastic video. Great to promote new British hops and malts. But let's not call older English hops dull, or consign them to history. We don't call German noble hops dull and Germans are proud of them and they are used in vast quantities. I'd love to see examples of English IPA with Goldings etc on the pumps cos it's an amazing style.
Unbelievable you guys basically started as beer lovers with a home brew kit, now knocking out professional TV quality documentaries with major brewers coming to you. Fair play! The other docco about US hop history was so good too. Kudos!!!
PS - is the Glad still serving it on keg? Any idea where else it’s being poured? Meantime Brewery tap room maybe?
Thanks so much James - it's been a wild ride! And the taproom should still have it on keg. I think the Glad got through all theirs but I'll find out where else it's on tap.
This is great all around…I particularly enjoyed and appreciate the amount of history woven throughout the film… I hope you get some screenings at film festivals and beer festivals, this film definitely has all it needs to make an impact if enough people see it!
Killer idea, refocusing on locality and blending tradition with modernity. Much respect and keep up the great work!
The loss of our native hop farming at the rate its happened is absolutely frightening... After watching this I'd like to see a refocusing from our British craft breweries in terms of using native hops to fend off a complete collapse.
I always get the vibe that Brad is not super into the nerd stuff, he's just a really good mate that puts up with Johnny's nonsense. Like moste of my mates, i guess.
Absolutely loved the video! You guys keep putting out bangers. I’m an assistant brewer here in Michigan. I can’t wait to give this style a go. You guys gotta come through sometime. They don’t call it the great beer state for no reason. We have a few brewpubs here in Ann Arbor not only keeping cask alive but brewing up traditional British styles. I just brewed a mild using chevallier malt actually. And the brewery down the street’s flagship beer is a English style ipa on cask. Cheers guys! I love the content!
All being well I'll be in Chicago next year so maybe I can find an excuse to hop next door!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel That would be awesome! Michigan would be a quick trip from Chicago. I’d love to buy you guys a pint, or several!
Well done Lads this is quite a long video and I intended to watch it over a couple of sessions but... it was so good I watched it all at once! Watching the research into the malt, hops, yeast and water makes me think of just how much beer has impacted history... and let's not forget the 5th and most important ingredient.. people 😁 cheers Fellas another great doco 😎, Mike in NZ
Great to hear! And 100% people are the fifth ingredient - we had such a wonderful time once people were drinking the beer with us!
your channel is a gem. not just amazing beer information and history, but beautifully made videos.
Thanks so much!
Brilliant doumentry! You can feel the love and pasion behind it and really interesting about the hisrtory behind IPAs...Gutted I can't taste it (live aborad), but got me excited about brewing again ! thanks Lads
Brilliant film lads! I'm looking forward to trying your beer and I really hope this sparks a resurgence in British IPAs made with British malts and hops! Cheers🍻
Incredible job guys! I am going to make this for our next homebrewers meet here in South Africa. Going to use Jester and Ernest with Lallemand's London and hoping our LHBS still has Chevalier. Cheers 🍻
Great video until the serious stuff towards the end. Then doubled down when the beer was too bitter. Yes its not all beer and Skittles but we watch these videos to forget about the negative crap in free to air tv that I refuse to watch anymore. Please revert back to the positive vids that works
Brewing in the Caribbean here, been using Godiva in my Hibiscus Saison and together with Nelson Sauvin in my Blonde for some really nice grape & berry flavors. I added Jester & Harlequin to my last order. These new British hops are showing tons of promise!
Interesting can’t knock Goldings in Irish ales and porters/stouts
@@oscarosullivan4513 my house Porter is Goldings & Northern Brewer and it's easily my favorite beer I brew
@@luukgx Interesting, I suppose it depends on beer style
I'm fixing to use Godiva in an English IPA, with bittering provided by Fuggle, Nobility and Challenger hops.
@@pamellahakala5018 What is Godiva
Really great feature. A worthy concept and wonderfully put together. Fancy a beer now...so just bought myself a six pack of these!
Well done you two. If you decide to share the recipe with us homebrewers I would love to brew this for my homebrew channel some day. That is, if I can get my hands on the correct English ingredients (live on the West Coast of the USA) to pay it proper tribute. Sure hope this is only the beginning and that I get to try a British IPA in a British pub someday.
Cheers!
We'll def be sharing the recipe soon!
Here's the recipe! community.grainfather.com/recipes/886090
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Oh you are awesome! Now to see if I can get my hands on these ingredients.
At last! A film about real IPA, not mislabeled, unbalanced APAs!
Great doco but man that music on repeat that sounds like it’s glitching is jarring.
Great documentary ! really motivated me to try some modern british hops. Bit weird to talk about "potilitics" of the 19s century (india colonisation) but no mention of how Brexit has impacted british hops farming. I know that here in france, a lot of brewers stoped using british hops because because of brexit, buying british hops has been more difficult and/or more expensive.
Well done guys! Can tell you how exciting it is to see people championing local British ingredients and hops, love the thought of this being more sustainable for the planet and that it will help to sustain our brewing infrastructure and heritage. 👍 Plus it looks like a lovely pint!
Great job lads, really enjoyable and educational watch. Hope meantime hooked you up with decent stash of your brew to enjoy 👍🏻
Great video, really appreciate the amount of work going into content like this and a very worthy objective to revive the OG IPA!
Love all your videos this one was well researched great job, just wish you would pick better music ?..
Haha for everyone saying they hate the music, we get people in our emails asking to know the artist! Perhaps we need something less polarising....
You've outdone yourselves again...you're only making it more difficult for the next one
Fantastic production but where is the shot of Brad walking through the barley like Russel Crowe in Gladiator? 😂
That was an awesome documentary, made with such passion for the traditions and history.
Banger of a documentary. Loved the whole thing start to finish. Thanks guys!
Brilliant guys, loved this documentary ❤
I remember watching you guys a while ago now you come so far. Definitely could imagine a professional tv series on a major network with the quality you produce
Thanks so much! We have had many conversations with TV networks and production companies but nothing yet. Maybe one day, but we're very happy making our own stuff here!
Excellent film. Better than professional TV. Look fwd to the next one.
I'm a fan of high life. I'll pick up some Coors today to compare. It's often what I will go to if there is no high life. Remember high life costs about $5 less for 12.
In those early days, the sole reason for using hops was to preserve the beer in good condition: the bittering effect was reluctantly and gradually accepted by Englishmen over time but has now been accepted as a distinct flavouring ... not me hop association --------------- grew up in Kent 1960s as a kid would run down lanes of hop vines .. yet now not many left sadly // if near faversham shepherd neame used to be there and their Xmas Ale limited bottle was a 'killer' tasty but walking home on christmas eve in the snow after six bottles is that your road not sure whose that thats your mum hi mum get in here now .... aged 18 of course north kent ....
Absolutely fantastic documentary! Subscribed and going through your backlog. Keep it up!
Fantastic programme. One question are there no burton based brewery yeasts available. That could be used. The Spanish biochemist gave a map and mentioned London based yeasts. We’re there not similar from burton on Trent. Also if you went some of the older breweries still brewing, I’m thinking Samuel smiths , do they not have older yeast strains.
Absolut banger, just order myself a 6 pack
Such a great documentary makes me want to brew a english ipa now ...please make more docos you both do a great job...👍
Another excellent production! I love that you guys continue to champion big, audacious causes. It would be easy to say, ‘nah, too hard, no one cares, let’s focus on the next sexy beer trend.’
Yeah, this is brilliant @cbc 👌🏻🍻😎
Hi. Looking at the website. There are some interesting yeasts in the lab in Norwich. 1950s Burton ale yeast and guiness strains from the same era.
Would be an interesting programme to use these in some recipes. Cheers
You had me at reviving English IPA but then you throw in Martyn Cornell !!! This is too much for me to handle.
Excellent doc guys. Educational, thought provoking, and entertaining. I loved the honest look at the origins of the style - something that all brewers and drinkers of IPA should be aware of.
Keep up the great content. I just ordered a six-pack of the beer and can’t wait to try it ❤ 🍺
Thanks so much!
American IPAs have too many hops, and are too bitter. A traditional British style could be tolerable.
As a homebrewer, English IPA is still my favourite ale to brew and enjoy. I mean, it is the original. Before there was "x" API, it was just IPA and it's British...so this is great. Thanks for doing this
Hi. Did they give you any more details of the yeast you obtained. On their website the info is limited to British ale yeast. Cheers
Good to see a revival of proper IPAs, when I order a pint of IPA nowadays it's always sweet and citrussy 🤢
Well done CBC, superb content and a great watch. Really enjoyed it 👍
Great documentary guys, great to see you enjoyed yourselves visiting Charles Faram!
I was not expecting to watch this the whole way through, and indeed most of the time I use UA-cam as an opportunity to have a short break for fifteen minutes or so. But I was hooked on this guys. Well done. Your pride and passion came together to make something special (in the video, and I'm sure in the beer too. If I can import some to Australia let me know!). Thank you.
Thanks so much Nick!
Thank you for introducing some interesting "new" British hops!
Is there any possibility to ship now ipa to Germany? Meantime doesn’t wanna shipping.
Guys this is great and was a great afternoon filming !
Samuel Smith brewery had a contract to supply beer to India
I’m brewing a harlequin marris otter smash pale ale on Sunday 😊