I have missed your videos but this video was well worth the wait. I would say out of the hundreds of beer videos I have watched including my own rubbish ones this is the BEST I have ever watched! Just fantastic!
Dts1953 wow thanks a million for those great comments, was absolutely chuffed to read this! More new material on the horizon soon. Thanks again for the support 🍻👍
Dts1953 have to agree with you. BeardyMan has a nice pro vid feel but he gives you plenty of information in fun way. Still love the one where he and his brother in law were singing. There are only 3 channels I really look forward to on grainfather brewing. Beardyman, David Heath, and Gary James.
Scott Hayes I totally agree with you Scott, those are the three I like and enjoy the most. In fact it was watching Gary James first brew day video that made me buy a grainfather and move on from kit brewing. I have also learned so much from David Heath he really is a clever guy
Excellent video mate! Love how we get to follow you from grain to glass these days hehe. Also want to say thanks for the tips and tricks when it comes to the Grainfather.
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers let me know how it goes mate. I have almost finished the keg and it is only getting better. Will be brewing another one for sure.
Hello Japan! I've taken a break from brewing as arrival of new baby soon so fully focused on that. The videos are great fun but take a lot of time to create but I hope to start back on more episodes in the latter half of 2019 : )
hope u are spending good time with your family and saved some beer to celebrate new baby! if u don't ill send you beer from japan! ha I'm looking forward to watch your video with baby on your back. :)
great video have just got a grainfather after years of extract brewing, first brew 2moro a chilli and amarillo wheat beer, fermenting in my williamswarn pressure kegs. look forward to more of your video's
Thanks a million for watching. What do you think of the Grainfather, it's a great unit isn't it? Keep me posted, that Chilli and Amarillo Wheat Beer sounds amazing! I have the new G70 Grainfather so hopefully going making some new videos at home on it soon!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers was a good run for my first go at all grain, was looking for 1.054 but ended up with a 1.063 OG but not complaining, sample from wort was a little sweet with a smooth warming burn from the chili, let it ferment away for couple weeks then 3 days dry hop with the amarillo looking forward to the end result.
Awesome, I just brew a batch of this beer and this tastes really delicious! Thanks a lot! I don't feel that much the vanilla though... next time I'm gonna try with vanilla extract, it might be a bit stronger. Anyway thanks a lot, your channel is a gold mine!
From one bearded brewer to another...cheers! Great video and will definitely be brewing this soon! Wish it was sold in stores here in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA but have not been able to find it. Officially subscribed and look forward to more of your videos!
I am from Brazil and I have a Grainfather too. I love yours videos that are amazing...I am not sure if I can replicate this recipe here because I don't know if I can find this ingredients like lactose in Pound and this vannila, I've never seen this here. Congratulations for your fantastic Brew Day....
Many thanks Paulo Martins delighted you like my video. Perhaps you can order some of the ingredients online which is what I need to do from time to time. It's a fabulous recipe if you get the chance to brew it! Best if luck 🍻👍🍺
The BeardyMan Craft Beers I may have missed this somewhere in your videos or responses, but do you put your recipes in the grainfather recipes database or any other dB that can be downloaded for use? No biggie if you don't since you do say what your recipes are. Btw, I did purchase the pdf version of the book you recommended for this recipe. Thanks
Hey Scott, yeah I updated my profile now on brew.grainfather.com so just search 'The Beardyman Craft Beer' and I've some of my recipes saved as public including this Omnipollo clone (aka Opus 40). That book is fab, I'm gonna do a few more clones from it as I was well impressed with how this one turned out. Let me know how ya get on with it bud.
Hey! Just starting brewing myself and was thinking about going from extract and getting a grainfather. Your videos are awesome and so well made and I hope you plan to make more in the future!
Thanks so much, brilliant that you're enjoying the channel! Have had to take a couple of months off as we had a new baby but am excited to be returning soon 👍🍺
Just today stumbled across you channel and watched a few of your vids now. You do a great job at explaining everything. You've a new sub, looking forward to more great videos.
Awesome videos Beardy man! I actually made this recipe last night! I had a bit of a problem with the Grainfather(was my first use with it) I must of not placed the overflow outlet to low? I had grains in the worth🤷♂️! I managed to hook up the recirculating arm and put a strainer underneath! It served well! Anyway it’s in the conical fermenter awaiting the next step! I really enjoy your video’s and recipes! I look forward to trying out more!
Good Day Beardy man I brewed this almost 2 weeks ago. Now I have a question, my OG was 1.060 and I’ve taken a reading of my SG and it’s @ 1.018. Should I be worried? Thanks
Just brewed this! Really found the video so helpful! I have dry hopped and all my hops are sat on top of the raspberries...did you mix it at all I’m afraid it’s just sat there useless!
I use a similar pot for my sparge water, and find that i can put it on my kitchen bench on a little stool to raise it then just let the water out of the tap straight into the basket to sparge, lot less messing around than with measuring jugs. Might be difficult if you don't have litre markings inside your pot though.
vincemc Great point and I've been playing around with ideas for a while now to enable me sparge directly without a jug. To spare straight into the Grainfather I'd need to raise the pot much higher and I'm a bit cautious about that going wrong. I also have a small pump which works but I need a good sparge head. As you said, my biggest issue is knowing the volume transfer from A to B as I've no markers on the pot. My sparging technique isn't ideal but I get great results each time tho.
Awesome video, really enjoy your style of presenting. Looking to get myself a Grainfather in the New Year and upgrade my home brewing. Have hit the subscribe button, and followed on Instagram!
Fantastic video ! really well put together. sounds a cracking recipe too. Lucky you being able to drink in a bar on Good friday ! Up here in the North we cant buy an alcoholic drink until 5pm with our stupid license laws fs. Ive recently been using homebrewcompany ireland, and service has been great, grain crush being very fine sometimes only issue i have. must look into their recipe builder, havent tried that yet. cheers mate :)
Thanks so much Jakes Craft Brewing am thrilled ya enjoyed the vid! That's crazy about the Good Friday laws up north tho! HBC is brilliant for the mash kits, I tried other sites and they over complicated the process. Cheers bud 🍻👍
You earned yourself a sub with this video. I'm brewing this one next weekend (scaled down to 3 gallons) and it is a huge cost for a beer. Looking forward to it though
Great recipe! Going to use Cascade pallets, in stead of the Mosaic. I think that the fruity flavour will go nice with the raspberry. Going to make a small batch, half of the batch you made. Awesome video, really clear instructions. You'll hear from me!
Also, I'm wondering, should an vanilla extract be more noticable in the brew? Or just a couple of sticks of vanilla? How much did the sticks weight that you used?
Yeah vanilla extract would be more noticeable and irreversible if too much added so definitely less is more - I could have probably put in an extra pod but didn't want an overpowering presence 👍🍺
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Hey! So, update. I made some slight adjustments to your recipe, for practical reasons. I would've liked to use your exact formula, but since I don't have a fermentation cooler, I had to improvise for a bit. Because of the warm weather, primary fermentation was really explosive, and was done after about two and a half day. This morning I've added the raspberry, and I'm infusing water with hops to make a hoptea. This hoptea is made of two liters of water that I did take in account the brewing process. So after the boilperiod, I had a somewhat higher SG then regularly you would expect. I warmed the water up to a boil, into the brawler, and waterlocked it at 72 degrees celsius. I added the hoppallets, in hopsacks, so the expansion wouldn't all soak up all the liquid. Let this cool down naturally, and then, add to the main tank. For good measure, the hops in the brawler were aso going into the fermentationtank. This way, the dryhopping was pasteurized, highly efficient, and I had a good change to optimalise my chances of not contaminating the brew. My fermentables were as following (batchsize, 20 liter) (And I had some bits of almost empty bins that I just wanted to finish up) 2300 grams of pilsnermalt, Dingemans 750 grams of wheatmalt, Dingemans 500 grams of pale wheatmalt, Weyermann 300 grams of pale ale malt, Dingemans 400 grams of oat flakes 200 grams of wheat flakes Mashsteps: 62 degrees celcius 45 minutes 72 degrees celcius 20 minutes 78 degrees celcius 5 minutes Boiltime: 60 minutes After 5 minutes of boiling, I added 10 grams of cascade, just tot prevent an overboiling accident 10 minutes before end of the boil 23 grams of cascade. Stopped the heating of the mash. Cooled till the wort was 78 degrees. Added 60 grams of cascade malt. Whirlpool. Added 360 grams of dextrose/glucose. Added 630 grams of lactose. 1,2 kilo's of frozen raspberrys. 30 ml of vanilla extract. Dryhop: 260 grams of cascade hop pallets. Yeast strain: S-04 I hope to add the hoptea upcoming friday. Let it sit till monday afternoon. (I think 5 days is really the maximum amount of days. I'd like to dryhop for 3 days. Bottling at temperature of 22 degrees celcius. I expect a natural hazyness. Add to 20 liters 170 grams of dextrose for priming. Mashwater start: 14 liters (Now because of the hoptea, this was 12) Sparching: 9 liters. SG start: 1057 start Target end: 1011 end I'll let you know how it is when it's done!
Great one! Waiting for your new videos. You mention 2 packs of yeast but i can only see one used in the video, any reason to that? Will be brewing this beer soon so any thoughts and remarks would be much appreciated. Cheers!
Hi, Thanks for the video, Planning on second brew of your recipe next month. Maybe I'll cut down on dry hopping this time. I little to strong imo. Do you plan a new video soon? Have you tweaked your recipe since may? Best regards
Hey Bruno, many thanks! Yeah there is a massive load of hops in that recipe! I am planning a new video just not sure what to brew, I need beer for Xmas! I've not been able to do much with brewing since our baby daughter arrived 2 months back but I do plan to make a comeback soon. Thanks for watching and let me know how your second brew goes!
Thank you very much for this video. I'm really excited to brew it. But I have a question: How can I get a color more close to the Omnipollo 4:21 one? More red, mabe could I use red X or Munich II? I will add a step in 1°c for 5 days to get a clean and bright color.
Thanks very much.Good question as my colour was a little on the pink side and I wanted it more red! I'm not sure the answer to this question tho sorry but best of luck with the brew! Let me know how it works out?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I've brewed a variation of this recipe last Saturday & I added 25g Hibiscus flower at the last 5 mins of the boil (I did a test batch of 12L to check how it will turn out). Will revert with color results in about a month :)
This will be my next beer. I have watched the video at least 3 times (will no doubt watch again), and have been listening to Mercury Rev, so I feel ready! A couple of questions though... 1. Why did you put the lactose in to the hop spider? Does it not dissolve completely? 2. Why is rehydration of the yeast so important? I have not used US-04 before, only US-05 which I usually just put in to the wort dry.
Hey Trevor Masters I only had my last bottle of this beer at the weekend and it was great! Thanks so much for watching bud! The lactose can go in anywhere, sorry that wasn't actually intentional as yes it will dissolve instantly. Directly pitching dry yeast is said to kill a large portion of the viable yeast cells, leaving those that remain stressed from the extra work they have ahead of them. Stressed yeast can create unwanted flavors and aromas during the fermentation process, so it is good practice to rehydrate dry yeast before pitching into the wort. Let me know how your beer turns out and stick on Mercury Rev during brewday too 🍺👊😎
What band and song do you get your intro music from? I can't seem to find it. I swear I've heard it before though. Can't wait for the next vid you are working on although I understand why. Cheers!
Great video, love your breakdown of cost ( don't tell the wife 😉). Have been doing extract brewing. Would you recommend the grain father for all grain brewing. Keep the videos comming, look forward to the next one.
Hey Gary, many thanks man! Before I had the Grainfather I did a lot of allgrain brewing in a DIY coolbox, very easy to setup and lots on UA-cam too. I love the Grainfather, very easy to use and the updated app is super too. Am currently working on a new video, I've been off the radar for too long now 🍻👍
Mr. BeardyMan, I'm chuffed. This is so freaking delicious beer and probably one of the best I've brewed. After primary pH was below 3.8 (before adding raspberries) so my version is a bit tart but don't care it's delish! Nice to see you upload new content. Keep it up!
Hi, I have problems to do a good Whirlpool using Grainfather because it's narrow and I didn't see you doing whirlpool. Perhaps because you are using bag. Is Your bag for malt or hops ? The bag keep all hops in the bag or you have some hops to fermenter too ? Thanks
Paulo Martins Yeah I've also had issues with whirlpool which is why I use the large hop bag. I also use the hop bag when transferring to bottles/kegs 👍🍺
G'day beardyman, great vid! Mate, the gravity needed when you add the raspberries and vanilla, is that when you reach FG or before? If it is before FG what gravity reading did you add your fruits at? It's not quite clear in the vid. Keep'em coming bud!!!!
You'll get away with one pack but many brewers recommend 2packs. I went with one and it was perfect, but make sure to rehydrate yeast. Thanks a million for watching bud 👍🍺
Absolutely, I've only used frozen raspberries as fresh raspberries here are just too expensive and not always in season. Yeap bitterness is low, I much prefer beers with late hop additions.
I think the specific gravity should be around 1.014 plus or minus a few points. But check it after 10 to 12 days fermenting. Mine was a bit on the high side.
Cheers Andrew, thanks for watching! I think Omnipollo use dextrose at the start of the boil to keep the gravity lower during the boil and helps with improved hop bitterness extraction. The lactose is added after the boil to raise the OG by 3P (about 12-13 specific gravity points). Lactose is almost completely unfermentable - it won't increase ABV but it will increase the gravity of the wort tho.
@@andrewhirrell8482 Hey Andrew, yeah one pack should be enough as its around 6% ABV - will ya let me know how it turns out for ya?.....its an outrageously good beer!
Great videos! can't wait to try this one. I have a small question, your ingredients say 2 packets of yeast but in the video you only use one. So do I use one packet or two? Thanks.
Thanks a million, this was actually one of the best beers I've made, it's unbelievable went done right! I'd say you'd be grand with one packet of yeast, remember to rehydrate your yeast 👍🍻🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Man it's a great video! You inspired me. So this weekend I'm brewing this recipe so I have nice little gifts for upcoming Christmas. My only question now is. Would you add more vanilla pods then just 2 or 3 or even more raspeberries, considering the amount of dry hop. I want a real balance so I don't want my hops overpowering vanilla and raspberries. I'm planning 27l batch so I would probably go with 2,5kg of raspberries and 4 or 5 vanilla pods. What do you reckon? Thanks mate!
@@pavelhuczala5815 Hey Pavel, it's a fabulous gift to give family/friends for Christmas. Some of my mates still talk about this brew many years on, I really must brew it again! My recommendation is that you use either the Grainfather or Brewfather app to 'Scale Up', I don't recommend a manual scale up of specific additions as it might affect the end product, especially with vanilla. However, my own brew had a light vanilla aroma/flavour which I was after so an extra vanilla pod might not rock the boat. I've learned in the past that scaling up just specific additions does impact the overall recipe which is why you should really only do a full scale up to keep the recipe in sync and balanced. Let me know how it goes man? 🤜🤛👍🍻🎄
Hey champ thanks for video very helpful however in my sleep deprived state I have added the final hops to the wort instead of when it was to be racked with raspberry vanilla. Will this affect any of my secondary ferment by not having it in at that stage.
The BeardyMan Craft Beers 236g I have about 200g left over I was thinking of tasting out of fermenter and then adding more if it needs it would add a different hop other than mosaic at this point?? Thanks for your time
Hey man, so I followed your recipe. I kegged 5L and bottles the rest. Just cracked the keg and it’s brilliant. I muslin bagged the hops which I think I made a mistake with. But it’s still great. I have a picture. But can’t add here. Do you have a Twitter ?
Excellent stuff, it's a fantastic beer isn't it! Delighted it worked out for you! Send on a few photos to thebeardymancraftbeer@gmail.com it would be great to see!
Another question but unrelated to this video, just watched your kegeratory DIY video. is there any problems when its comes to screwing holes through the actual fridge? like i was thinking that it would hit some kind of mechanism or something? or is it dependant on the fridge and stuff? thanks again man your videos are great! would love you to do a Julius - Tree House Clone
Hey Andrew, yeah you need to be very careful drilling the holes in the kegerator as many fridges, to my realisation after making that video, have the cooling wires in different places. With my fridge you could actually see them on a panel at the back of the fridge but most fridges they are hidden in the walls - I got slated for not mentioning this in my video.
Hey buddy! We are about to brew a similar beer in the near future. Never used any fruit before. How do you calculate the ABV from OG/FG when you add fruit (which i assume would add some sugar and therefor change the Gravity?) Looking forward to your response and thanks for a Great and inspiring video.
Hey Eric, many thanks for watching! Now in most cases fruit won't increase the ABV of a beer, and if you're adding fruit to a strong beer it will actually lower the final alcohol content. So I'd only work out the OG/FG as normal and just add the fruit for flavour properties. This is one of the best beers I've ever made, an amazing one for long summer evenings! Only issue is it can run out fast so make loads lol!
Cheers Richard Brown many thanks for the comments 🍻👍 The labels can be done easily on a computer with a word processor like MS Word or MS PowerPoint and then printed on a home printer. My advice tho is to Google 'craft beer labels' and note the design elements or features that you like and also try cloning some label designs too 🍻👍🍺
The BeardyMan Craft Beers I probably won't be doing much bottling since I will keg most of mine, but could see doing this on occasion. Do you think you could do a vid on your process? It seems many here love the way yours turn out although I'm sure much of it is just your design. I'm not much of a graphic designer😁
Hey! Great video mate, I’m debating myself whether to pick up a grain father or not after watching your vids😅 I just have a quick question, when it goes into the fridge in the fermentation stage, and you attach your thermostatic probe, what is the machine that you have set it up to to keep it at 18 degrees? Thanks man
Hey Chris buddy, definitely only go with the G30 if cost isn't an issue, it's amazing! So dude, what I use is the STC1000 temperature controller, it connects to the fridge and I also have a greenhouse tubular heater inside the fridge also connected to the STC1000. You get perfect temp control and the result is fantastic beer! Where ya from? Ya brewin long?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I’m from the UK Manchester to be specific! Ahh thanks a lot! Definitely something that I’d invest in as I love the concept of it keeping it at the perfect temp ha! However I’m just in two minds of whether to buy the grain father and start brewing by grain or not, as I only have ever brewed by kit.. and they don’t taste anything like your good old local “pub ales” and have a very peculiar taste, I’ve never actually tasted a brew which had been brewed by grain that’s all. In terms of brewing I’ve been on and off at it for two years now or so, definitely still learning with each batch I brew!
Watch as many videos on the Grainfather as you can, it will help with your decision. I was once like you with regards to brewing kits and when I moved onto all-grain it was a game changer. You have the ability at that stage to brew fantastic craft beer and it's a great sense of achievement. It's a big investment and I took my time over the decision as there's a few other bits you'll need too. Also check out Brewdogs Diy Dog for recipe inspiration dude 🍻👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I tend to find that’s all I’ve been doing the past couple days 😅😆, but I totally agree with you, I feel as though I am quite limited to what you can brew with the kits where as all grain you can do whichever you like (I think that’s what’s making me want one) as I watched your raspberry and vanilla IPA yesterday and I just thought “that actually looks like it’s taste amazing”😅😅! But yeah that’s another thing also, the expense obviously the grainfather is £600+ but then you need things stuff for the fermentation stage, sparging water etc. yeah I’ll have a look thanks bud! Where did you say you bought all your ingredients from again? As I was looking on eBay etc. And buying them all separate can work out quite expensive ha!
Check out www.themaltmiller.co.uk avoid places like Ebay and Amazon and just order direct from homebrew online stores in the UK. Before I purchased the Grainfather I brewed using a DIY cooler box and manifold mashtun, much much cheaper and plenty of how to videos on YT 👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers cheers bud, was just going to throw some fruits and vanilla in a muslin bag in same fermentor. Will update with results. Cheers
The benefits of secondary are a bit questionable at best; adding things to the primary fermentation vessel after fermentation has finished isn't that much different; most homebrew beers don't generally stay in the fermentor nearly long enough to start suffering from yeast autolysis or other related off flavors. Chucking things in primary may well bury them in the trub, though; limiting exposure of ingredients to the actual beer and perhaps hampering infusion. That's purely speculation on my part, though. Personally, and this is anecdotal, I've had some stellar results with clearing beer with a secondary 'fermentation'. Transfering from primary to secondary knocked a whole ton of extra yeast out of suspension without the need for additional finings. I don't know the mechanism by which this works, but it's certainly helped me produce some crystal clear beers. You can use it as another fining agent in your repertoire, if anything.
Thanks a million Tim 👍 I use Adobe InDesign but lots of free design software will give similar results. I'm a graphic designer so that helps too with the labels. 🍻
Cheers Jim, many thanks for watching! The recipes I clone are ones supplied/published by the brewery. So the masout stops all of the enzyme action (preserving your fermentable sugar profile) and makes the grain bed and wort more fluid. For most mashes with a ratio of 1.5-2 quarts of water per pound of grain, the mashout is not needed. 👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Great stuff and thanks for that. I’ve just got a Grainfather so I’m planning to do this for my first all grain brew this weekend. Only issue I’m having is that I’ve put all the numbers into Brewfather and it’s coming back with an OG of 1.064, FG 1.020, EBC 5.9 and IBU of 32. Only number that’s close is ABV at 5.8% 🤣
After fermentation I added Dextrose by boiling a cup of water, turning off the heat and adding the Dextrose to the boiled water to fully dissolve. I then opened the fermentor and poured the dissolved sugar evenly over the floating fruit - the hot water has no ill effects here btw. I then fixed a large hop net around the rim of the bucket (fermentor) before popping in my syphon and filling my bottles. I didn't show this as I covered that part in a previous video but for me its a great way of filtering only the beer into the bottles and I didn't have any bottle bombs - but of course bottle bombs can be caused by lots of other reasons too. So I left the fruit in the fermentor while syphoning from inside a hop net - it worked out really well for me but I understand people have different approaches to that part.
I have only just finished my brew. I syphoned to a 3rd bucket, primed with dextrose and bottled storing at 20degC. I couldn't help myself and tried it after just 5 days of conditioning. It was carbonated and I have been drinking it ever since :-)
@@trevormasters I've just literally done the same as you on Saturday, it tasted great out of the fermenter, looking forward to opening a bottle this week! I used 2.1kg of raspberries and 3 vanilla pods, 20l batch.
Just prepping this for my weekend brew. Putting recipe into Brewfather, I cant get the IBUs anyhere near 14. A 10 minute boil with 30g will give 17 IBU and then we have the 70g hopstand, even at 80 degrees for 20 mins that will give an additional 13, so 30 is the lowest I can get it!!! Am I missing something?
Hey Neil, yeah sounds a bit high alright, I'd need to look back over my notes on this brew if I can get my hands on them. I've heard tho that there are some differences between the GF app and Brewfather on the IBUs even after importing the BeerXML....what are the alpha acids on the hops?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers The AA is slight,y lower than yours at 12%. When I imported into Grainfather the IBU went up to 40... I think that's because the 70g of aroma hops went in at flame out, and on the Brewfather app I put them in at 80 degrees. One difference I can see is that I put the dextrose and lactose in as fermentables on Brewfather a d you put them in as extras on Grainfather. But as they increase the OG I thought that fermenrables was the right place to put them..... Anyway, I'll give it a go on Saturday and let you know how I get on. I must say, I'm really looking forward to this one. Cheers, Neil
@@neiljones641 It's difficult to calculate IBUs on anything after flameout but I don't think the increased IBUs will affect your overall beer. It's an outrageously good beer, amazing colour, fabulous aroma and the body is perfect for those long summer nights. I'm actually gonna be brewing a Mango Milkshake NEIPA very soon, using Lactose again and really excited about it. Sure keep me posted on how your brewday goes bud! All the best, Glen
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Yes, I'll keep you posted fella. Was going to leave this brew until I'd gained a bit more experience, but as it's a summertime tipple I've brought it forward. Cheers, Neil
@@neiljones641 Brilliant, make sure to have your recipe and brew sheet next to you from the start and record all details throughout in a brew notebook, I swear by it as all details can be referenced later on. I'll send ya my blank brewsheet if ya want?
+The BeardyMan Craft Beers As a fledgling home brewer with a similar setup I have really enjoyed your videos and have hit the subscribe button. Good luck with the little one and hopefully you can find time to put together some more vids.
I tried a fruit "dry hopped" beer in the past, had MASSIVE gushing problems. :( How did you completly filter out the raspberries? My hopfilter didnt work as i hoped. Thought you would put the raspies into you hopbag...
Pity to hear about that issue on your fruit beer. What I always do when filtering is just before bottling or kegging I place a large hop net into the fruit beer in the fermenter and siphon out the beer from inside the net.....works well 👍🍻
The BeardyMan Craft Beers aaaaaah. The other way round. Tried to filter the beer trough the hop net, after a few minutes there was no flow trough the hop net. ;( will try your method next time.
Yes, adding frozen raspberries works each time for me on this recipe 👍🍻 Freeze for a day or two, thaw and add straight to beer after primary. While the cold won't kill all of the bad stuff, the yeast will overcome any stray bad guys.
From your recipe at the top it states a FG of 1.012 but on your video it looks like your hydrometer reading is 1.020 as a FG. The reason i ask is that i have finally got round to brewing this and my FG appears to be 1.020 as well (has been for 3 days now). Great vidoes by the way, any plans for a new video?
Yeah well spotted, my FG wasn't too far off yours. I think mine might have been around the 1.020 mark. Thanks for watching, delighted you enjoyed. Hopefully Ill get back brewing next year as we just had a new baby recently so caught for space/time 👍🍺
Thanks for the reply. It seems a few people who have commented arrived at a similar FG so thats makes me feel better :) Congratulations on the addition to your family.
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers ok cheers, thought I'd ask the silly question 😁 I'm new to brewing (3 weeks) and found your video Inspiring. I'll be trying this recipe in a few weeks after I have a couple of brews under my belt. Cheers fella, take care.
In previous brews I only used phosphoric acid to lower PH and a half a camden tab to remove chlorine. But in an upcoming video I'll be adding minerals for a NEIPA.
Hello, I have done this recipe and tomorrow will be two weeks of fermenting. I have at least three questions:) can I write you an email? We can post our observations here afterwards. Cheers
Really good! you have a new suscriber :) I have Euan book too and made some of their recipes and I am very happy with it. Will try to brew this recipe soon, TY very much for your nice explanation of all the process. BTW if you like this style I recommend you the Milkshake IPA recipe from David Heath UA-cam channel. Sure you will enjoy it :) Cheers!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers OK...finishing now primary fermentation after 2 weeks. Wort taste is amazing! :) I cannot imagine when adding rasps, vanille and HOOOPS wow! BTW about addition of vanilla, I will apply a system that has always given me very good results: I have 2 weeks in vodka maceration 2 vanilla pods and a natural extract of vanilla to enhance the taste (obviously I like vanilla) . Normally I do not do secondary but in this case I will. I will use frozen raspberry (I have 1.9k) and I have thought to make a mashed ground with them by putting them in the crusher. Do you think it's a good idea to enhance the flavor and make better use of it? We will continue informing ;)
@@TFS6750 That's excellent man! Yeah the idea for the vanilla is good, but I don't think you need to go through much trouble mashing the raspberries, they will break down naturally in the beer. Let me know how it turns out for you..... exciting stuff!!! 👍🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers TY mate. BTW, the recipe in the book also does not specify this detail: how long should raspberries remain in secondary before adding tons of dry hop? I suppose until FG is stable. What is your experience? TY again ;)
The BeardyMan Craft Beers I'm going to start using that one even though I have no idea what it means. Also I priced this out on one of the websites I ordered from and got $75 US. I'll have to save it for my birthday.
Thanks for sharing your recipe. I enjoyed watching this video...but to be honest -- and with no intention of offending you -- the generic guitar music was quite exhausting...I couldn't watch the whole thing so I had to mute the volume and turn on the captions. You know a lot about brewing...personally I would much prefer to hear you talk more about beer and your recipes and techniques than listening to the same guitar riffs over and over. You have great camera presence and a wonderful voice. Cheers,
Thanks for watching and for the comments! Yeap point taken on the music! But stay tuned, I've some new content in the pipeline that features professional brewers, new locations, new episode format, interviews and less music! Cheers 🍻
I have missed your videos but this video was well worth the wait. I would say out of the hundreds of beer videos I have watched including my own rubbish ones this is the BEST I have ever watched! Just fantastic!
Dts1953 wow thanks a million for those great comments, was absolutely chuffed to read this! More new material on the horizon soon. Thanks again for the support 🍻👍
Dts1953 have to agree with you. BeardyMan has a nice pro vid feel but he gives you plenty of information in fun way. Still love the one where he and his brother in law were singing. There are only 3 channels I really look forward to on grainfather brewing. Beardyman, David Heath, and Gary James.
Scott Hayes I totally agree with you Scott, those are the three I like and enjoy the most. In fact it was watching Gary James first brew day video that made me buy a grainfather and move on from kit brewing. I have also learned so much from David Heath he really is a clever guy
This was the first video I saw of yours after search 4:2:1 clone. You do some great videos. please keep up the great work Beardy Man
Excellent video mate! Love how we get to follow you from grain to glass these days hehe. Also want to say thanks for the tips and tricks when it comes to the Grainfather.
Cheers Dejja Pewpew delighted you liked the video mate! 👊🍻🍺
I watched this video several times.....I am literally salivating about this beer!
Ahh cheers Houch, this beer turned out outrageously good, I gotta brew it again bro 🤜🤛🍺👍
Thanks for the recipe Beardy. Just brewed this one and it is an absolute gem. Best beer i have made yet. Cheers
That's fantastic to hear, I loved this one too and gonna brew another batch for summer and I've you to thank for that reminder, cheers 🍺👌🤜🤜
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers let me know how it goes mate. I have almost finished the keg and it is only getting better. Will be brewing another one for sure.
i need more new episode! i have to watch this episode again and again!! im making similar one(in very hot summer...)
thank you from japan!
Hello Japan! I've taken a break from brewing as arrival of new baby soon so fully focused on that. The videos are great fun but take a lot of time to create but I hope to start back on more episodes in the latter half of 2019 : )
hope u are spending good time with your family and saved some beer to celebrate new baby!
if u don't ill send you beer from japan! ha I'm looking forward to watch your video with baby on your back. :)
@@sharpieart100 Cheers! Baby due in two weeks, hopefully back doing videos in 2019 👍🍺
Another great video, thanks for sharing your brewday. I think this beer is definetly on my list to brew in the not too distant future.
Aw cheers Mark Bacon thanks for that! I've just posted the full recipe details in the description, do let me know how you get on bud!
great video have just got a grainfather after years of extract brewing, first brew 2moro a chilli and amarillo wheat beer, fermenting in my williamswarn pressure kegs. look forward to more of your video's
Thanks a million for watching. What do you think of the Grainfather, it's a great unit isn't it? Keep me posted, that Chilli and Amarillo Wheat Beer sounds amazing! I have the new G70 Grainfather so hopefully going making some new videos at home on it soon!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers was a good run for my first go at all grain, was looking for 1.054 but ended up with a 1.063 OG but not complaining, sample from wort was a little sweet with a smooth warming burn from the chili, let it ferment away for couple weeks then 3 days dry hop with the amarillo looking forward to the end result.
I stumbled across this video when watching keg videos and this is by far one of the best home brew channels I’ve ever seen. Good job man!
Thanks very much for the comments! I love making the videos and gonna be filming another brewday soon with a twist! 🍻
Awesome, I just brew a batch of this beer and this tastes really delicious! Thanks a lot! I don't feel that much the vanilla though... next time I'm gonna try with vanilla extract, it might be a bit stronger. Anyway thanks a lot, your channel is a gold mine!
great video, hope we get more of those days here in the sunny south east ! the beer looks great, I'll have to give it a go
Cheers Tom Williams yeah it's a nice beer. Sun had managed to stay around longer than expected so hopefully it continues to stick around. 👍
From one bearded brewer to another...cheers! Great video and will definitely be brewing this soon! Wish it was sold in stores here in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA but have not been able to find it. Officially subscribed and look forward to more of your videos!
Great video and a great looking beer, cheers mate
Cheers RackOff Brewing it's a fab clone and definitely worth a go... ingredients a bit on the pricey side tho 👍🍺
Made this beer. Turned out fantastic. Great flavor. Thanks for the recipe !!
Brilliant, it's a fabulous beer for sure! 🤜🤛🍻🍺👍
This is an awesome channel - very detailed brew instructions. Just need to get my grainfather now....
Many thanks for watching and for the comments! New brew content coming soon, cheers 🍻👍
Just racked over on the raspberries and vanilla pods so looking forward to trying it. Thanks for a great recipe 👍
No problem at all, let me know how you get on! 🍺🍻👍
The BeardyMan Craft Beers cracked the keg this evening that’s feckin glorious, going to be a great Christmas with 19 liters of this on tap 🤗
@@stephengarwell8386 Fabulous ya lucky thing! I wish I had some on tap, I gotta get back brewing. Have a great Christmas 🍻👍👌
I am from Brazil and I have a Grainfather too. I love yours videos that are amazing...I am not sure if I can replicate this recipe here because I don't know if I can find this ingredients like lactose in Pound and this vannila, I've never seen this here. Congratulations for your fantastic Brew Day....
Many thanks Paulo Martins delighted you like my video. Perhaps you can order some of the ingredients online which is what I need to do from time to time. It's a fabulous recipe if you get the chance to brew it! Best if luck 🍻👍🍺
Wow what an amazing sounding recipe. I’ve just priced it up at £43.45. Will have to be for a very special occasion. 🍻
Ohya I found my brewmaster... Teach me all you know sir, I'll be happy to see more! :)
Crackin' effort mate - well put-together vid, might have to give this brew a punt at some stage! Cheers
Cheers knoxovic thanks so much! Let me know how you get on if ya give it a go! 👍🍻
Glad to see you back and great vid.
Scott Hayes Cheers buddy, many thanks and delighted you liked the vid 👍🍺
The BeardyMan Craft Beers I may have missed this somewhere in your videos or responses, but do you put your recipes in the grainfather recipes database or any other dB that can be downloaded for use? No biggie if you don't since you do say what your recipes are. Btw, I did purchase the pdf version of the book you recommended for this recipe. Thanks
Hey Scott, yeah I updated my profile now on brew.grainfather.com so just search 'The Beardyman Craft Beer' and I've some of my recipes saved as public including this Omnipollo clone (aka Opus 40). That book is fab, I'm gonna do a few more clones from it as I was well impressed with how this one turned out. Let me know how ya get on with it bud.
Fantastic brewer! Im gonna brew it, from Brasil.
Great vid, looks epic that brew, cheers 🍻
Kevin Walsh Cheers bud, I just love Omnipollos beer, it was time to try out a clone 🍻👍
Another great video bud, content was spot on and very informative, the end product looked superb, will look out for this type of brew in the future...
Many thanks Gary - such a fab beer!
Hey! Just starting brewing myself and was thinking about going from extract and getting a grainfather. Your videos are awesome and so well made and I hope you plan to make more in the future!
Thanks so much, hopefully more on the way, just need to sort my s#@t out and get back brewing soon
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Fabulous! Love the current content.
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Great to hear Buddy. I'm anxiously awaiting further content myself Cheerz from Ottawa Canada.
Makes me thirsty watching this! Extremely informative!
Cheers Angryjax Brewing many thanks for the comments 👍🍻
That looked amazing! I have to try that someday. Lots of hops but maybe its worth it.
It was a fabulous beer thanks, the hop amounts were well worth it! 🍺
Quality brew, thank you for sharing.
subscribed, well made video and although you did a great job you present it in an accessible way. Cheers mate!
Thanks so much, brilliant that you're enjoying the channel! Have had to take a couple of months off as we had a new baby but am excited to be returning soon 👍🍺
Just today stumbled across you channel and watched a few of your vids now. You do a great job at explaining everything. You've a new sub, looking forward to more great videos.
Thanks a million for watching and subscribing, more new material soon, cheers 🍻👍
Cracking brew cant wait to try keep an coming:)
Cheers Joe Trembath let me know what you give it a go 👍🍻
Fantastic video learn a lot from it and will us it here in Island :)
Need more videos!! Good job on this one.
Ahh many thanks, baby due in two weeks so gonna being taking a few months off brewing. Hope to get back doing the videos next year : )
The BeardyMan Craft Beers that’s awesome, congrats!
Awesome videos Beardy man! I actually made this recipe last night! I had a bit of a problem with the Grainfather(was my first use with it) I must of not placed the overflow outlet to low? I had grains in the worth🤷♂️! I managed to hook up the recirculating arm and put a strainer underneath! It served well!
Anyway it’s in the conical fermenter awaiting the next step!
I really enjoy your video’s and recipes! I look forward to trying out more!
Good Day Beardy man
I brewed this almost 2 weeks ago.
Now I have a question, my OG was 1.060 and I’ve taken a reading of my SG and it’s @ 1.018. Should I be worried? Thanks
Great brew, but this beer of this caliber deserves to be in a keg! Good stuff! Subbed!
Just brewed this! Really found the video so helpful! I have dry hopped and all my hops are sat on top of the raspberries...did you mix it at all I’m afraid it’s just sat there useless!
I use a similar pot for my sparge water, and find that i can put it on my kitchen bench on a little stool to raise it then just let the water out of the tap straight into the basket to sparge, lot less messing around than with measuring jugs. Might be difficult if you don't have litre markings inside your pot though.
vincemc Great point and I've been playing around with ideas for a while now to enable me sparge directly without a jug. To spare straight into the Grainfather I'd need to raise the pot much higher and I'm a bit cautious about that going wrong. I also have a small pump which works but I need a good sparge head. As you said, my biggest issue is knowing the volume transfer from A to B as I've no markers on the pot. My sparging technique isn't ideal but I get great results each time tho.
vincemc BTW do have markers on your pot, how do you control sparge volume?
really nice recipe!)
Cheers and thanks Stas Korablev yeah lovely recipe 🍻👍
Wow.... that's one clean GF! Respect
Rob Crossland Ha ha doesn't always look that clean. I use a food safe stainless steel spray, works wonders 🍻👍
I've spent an evening "passivating" - whatever that is! :-) Great vid
Awesome video, really enjoy your style of presenting. Looking to get myself a Grainfather in the New Year and upgrade my home brewing. Have hit the subscribe button, and followed on Instagram!
Thanks very much for watching and subscribing! I'm hoping to do more videos in the new year 👍Grainfather is excellent!
Top Job!!! Any chance you could do a quick video on setting up the fermentation fridge?
Cheers mate, many thanks! Absolutely, the fermentation fridge video is something I'd been considering for a while. 👍🍺
Fantastic video ! really well put together. sounds a cracking recipe too. Lucky you being able to drink in a bar on Good friday ! Up here in the North we cant buy an alcoholic drink until 5pm with our stupid license laws fs. Ive recently been using homebrewcompany ireland, and service has been great, grain crush being very fine sometimes only issue i have. must look into their recipe builder, havent tried that yet. cheers mate :)
Thanks so much Jakes Craft Brewing am thrilled ya enjoyed the vid! That's crazy about the Good Friday laws up north tho! HBC is brilliant for the mash kits, I tried other sites and they over complicated the process. Cheers bud 🍻👍
`Oh, oh, oh... Oh yeah!`, says it all 🙌😁✌🏻
You earned yourself a sub with this video. I'm brewing this one next weekend (scaled down to 3 gallons) and it is a huge cost for a beer. Looking forward to it though
Brilliant, let me know how it goes! Send on some brewday photos to thebeardymancraftbeer@gmail.com 🍻🤜
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Will do - Should have some up on instagram @brownstbrewingco
Love it mate!
Cheers man, thanks for watching 🍻👍
Use a pocket/desk fan to stop the foam rising at the start of the boil.
Great recipe! Going to use Cascade pallets, in stead of the Mosaic. I think that the fruity flavour will go nice with the raspberry. Going to make a small batch, half of the batch you made. Awesome video, really clear instructions. You'll hear from me!
Cheers Rob, this is a cracking beer for summer and I think using Cascade could work too! Keep me posted on how it works out bud 👍🍺🍺
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Will do! Might make a short youtubevideo about it!
Also, I'm wondering, should an vanilla extract be more noticable in the brew? Or just a couple of sticks of vanilla? How much did the sticks weight that you used?
Yeah vanilla extract would be more noticeable and irreversible if too much added so definitely less is more - I could have probably put in an extra pod but didn't want an overpowering presence 👍🍺
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Hey! So, update. I made some slight adjustments to your recipe, for practical reasons. I would've liked to use your exact formula, but since I don't have a fermentation cooler, I had to improvise for a bit. Because of the warm weather, primary fermentation was really explosive, and was done after about two and a half day. This morning I've added the raspberry, and I'm infusing water with hops to make a hoptea. This hoptea is made of two liters of water that I did take in account the brewing process. So after the boilperiod, I had a somewhat higher SG then regularly you would expect. I warmed the water up to a boil, into the brawler, and waterlocked it at 72 degrees celsius. I added the hoppallets, in hopsacks, so the expansion wouldn't all soak up all the liquid. Let this cool down naturally, and then, add to the main tank. For good measure, the hops in the brawler were aso going into the fermentationtank.
This way, the dryhopping was pasteurized, highly efficient, and I had a good change to optimalise my chances of not contaminating the brew.
My fermentables were as following (batchsize, 20 liter) (And I had some bits of almost empty bins that I just wanted to finish up)
2300 grams of pilsnermalt, Dingemans
750 grams of wheatmalt, Dingemans
500 grams of pale wheatmalt, Weyermann
300 grams of pale ale malt, Dingemans
400 grams of oat flakes
200 grams of wheat flakes
Mashsteps:
62 degrees celcius 45 minutes
72 degrees celcius 20 minutes
78 degrees celcius 5 minutes
Boiltime:
60 minutes
After 5 minutes of boiling, I added 10 grams of cascade, just tot prevent an overboiling accident
10 minutes before end of the boil 23 grams of cascade.
Stopped the heating of the mash. Cooled till the wort was 78 degrees. Added 60 grams of cascade malt.
Whirlpool.
Added 360 grams of dextrose/glucose. Added 630 grams of lactose.
1,2 kilo's of frozen raspberrys.
30 ml of vanilla extract.
Dryhop: 260 grams of cascade hop pallets.
Yeast strain: S-04
I hope to add the hoptea upcoming friday.
Let it sit till monday afternoon. (I think 5 days is really the maximum amount of days. I'd like to dryhop for 3 days.
Bottling at temperature of 22 degrees celcius. I expect a natural hazyness.
Add to 20 liters 170 grams of dextrose for priming.
Mashwater start: 14 liters (Now because of the hoptea, this was 12)
Sparching: 9 liters.
SG start: 1057 start
Target end: 1011 end
I'll let you know how it is when it's done!
Great one! Waiting for your new videos. You mention 2 packs of yeast but i can only see one used in the video, any reason to that? Will be brewing this beer soon so any thoughts and remarks would be much appreciated. Cheers!
Hi, Thanks for the video, Planning on second brew of your recipe next month. Maybe I'll cut down on dry hopping this time. I little to strong imo. Do you plan a new video soon? Have you tweaked your recipe since may? Best regards
Hey Bruno, many thanks! Yeah there is a massive load of hops in that recipe! I am planning a new video just not sure what to brew, I need beer for Xmas! I've not been able to do much with brewing since our baby daughter arrived 2 months back but I do plan to make a comeback soon. Thanks for watching and let me know how your second brew goes!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Congrats!!! Makes sense now why you been busy elsewhere and for good reason.
Thank you very much for this video. I'm really excited to brew it. But I have a question: How can I get a color more close to the Omnipollo 4:21 one? More red, mabe could I use red X or Munich II?
I will add a step in 1°c for 5 days to get a clean and bright color.
Thanks very much.Good question as my colour was a little on the pink side and I wanted it more red! I'm not sure the answer to this question tho sorry but best of luck with the brew! Let me know how it works out?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I've brewed a variation of this recipe last Saturday & I added 25g Hibiscus flower at the last 5 mins of the boil (I did a test batch of 12L to check how it will turn out). Will revert with color results in about a month :)
@@thebeecher1 Brilliant, keep me posted 👍
Subbed for the beard ( and got a great recipe vid) thanks!
Awesome video
Please make more vids like this
@@luisrivera6138 Many thanks! Absolutely, hope to get back brewing and making new series in 2019 🍻👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Miss your Videos bud.
Hey Beardy, very nice video!!! wich waterprofile are you using ?
This will be my next beer. I have watched the video at least 3 times (will no doubt watch again), and have been listening to Mercury Rev, so I feel ready! A couple of questions though...
1. Why did you put the lactose in to the hop spider? Does it not dissolve completely?
2. Why is rehydration of the yeast so important? I have not used US-04 before, only US-05 which I usually just put in to the wort dry.
Hey Trevor Masters I only had my last bottle of this beer at the weekend and it was great! Thanks so much for watching bud! The lactose can go in anywhere, sorry that wasn't actually intentional as yes it will dissolve instantly. Directly pitching dry yeast is said to kill a large portion of the viable yeast cells, leaving those that remain stressed from the extra work they have ahead of them. Stressed yeast can create unwanted flavors and aromas during the fermentation process, so it is good practice to rehydrate dry yeast before pitching into the wort. Let me know how your beer turns out and stick on Mercury Rev during brewday too 🍺👊😎
I brewed tonight and my OG came out at 1.060! I have no idea what went wrong there. I could be in for a wild ride :-)
1.060 should be ok I think, my friend brewed it too at that OG and it was grand
It is all good - I hadn't included the sugars in the calcs, so 1.060 is fine.
Just got to try my brew and it is awesome! My FG was only 1.022 ending with an ABV of 5.1% - it tastes fantastic.
I too am "Feckin chuffed"!
What band and song do you get your intro music from? I can't seem to find it. I swear I've heard it before though. Can't wait for the next vid you are working on although I understand why. Cheers!
Great video, love your breakdown of cost ( don't tell the wife 😉). Have been doing extract brewing. Would you recommend the grain father for all grain brewing. Keep the videos comming, look forward to the next one.
Hey Gary, many thanks man! Before I had the Grainfather I did a lot of allgrain brewing in a DIY coolbox, very easy to setup and lots on UA-cam too. I love the Grainfather, very easy to use and the updated app is super too. Am currently working on a new video, I've been off the radar for too long now 🍻👍
Just finished brewing this one. Although I accidentally added 10min Mosaic additions at 60 minutes :D Let's see how it turns out
Mr. BeardyMan, I'm chuffed. This is so freaking delicious beer and probably one of the best I've brewed. After primary pH was below 3.8 (before adding raspberries) so my version is a bit tart but don't care it's delish! Nice to see you upload new content. Keep it up!
how long is this one good once bottled? I feel like brewing 25L but may not be able to finish in < 3 month.
Hi, I have problems to do a good Whirlpool using Grainfather because it's narrow and I didn't see you doing whirlpool. Perhaps because you are using bag.
Is Your bag for malt or hops ? The bag keep all hops in the bag or you have some hops to fermenter too ? Thanks
Paulo Martins Yeah I've also had issues with whirlpool which is why I use the large hop bag. I also use the hop bag when transferring to bottles/kegs 👍🍺
G'day beardyman, great vid!
Mate, the gravity needed when you add the raspberries and vanilla, is that when you reach FG or before? If it is before FG what gravity reading did you add your fruits at? It's not quite clear in the vid.
Keep'em coming bud!!!!
Many thanks for watching 🍻 Yes I'm almost sure fermentation needs to be completed fully before adding those raspberries 👍
is the 2 packets of fermentis safale s-04 in the grainfather recepie correct ?
Thanks for awesome videos +The BeardyMan Craft Beers
nvm, i need to learn how to read :p
You'll get away with one pack but many brewers recommend 2packs. I went with one and it was perfect, but make sure to rehydrate yeast. Thanks a million for watching bud 👍🍺
Frozen raspberries are also cheaper so win win.
Guessing also this beer will be low on bitterness from the late hop additions?
Absolutely, I've only used frozen raspberries as fresh raspberries here are just too expensive and not always in season. Yeap bitterness is low, I much prefer beers with late hop additions.
Do you know what the SG was when racking? I have not used US-04 before and it has stopped bubbling after just 5 days. SG is 1.026.
I think the specific gravity should be around 1.014 plus or minus a few points. But check it after 10 to 12 days fermenting. Mine was a bit on the high side.
On the video, the FG after secondary fermentation was 1.018 by the look of it. I was just curious what it was before the raspberries went in.
Hey man, great video. just a quick one...
1.what was the purpose in using the dextrose?
2. How long into the boil did you add your lactose?
Cheers Andrew, thanks for watching! I think Omnipollo use dextrose at the start of the boil to keep the gravity lower during the boil and helps with improved hop bitterness extraction. The lactose is added after the boil to raise the OG by 3P (about 12-13 specific gravity points). Lactose is almost completely unfermentable - it won't increase ABV but it will increase the gravity of the wort tho.
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Ahh great thanks for the tip. Also, is their a reason you used two packs of yeast?do you think one would be enough
@@andrewhirrell8482 Hey Andrew, yeah one pack should be enough as its around 6% ABV - will ya let me know how it turns out for ya?.....its an outrageously good beer!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Will do man! Brewday is 29th! so will let you know how i get on! im using Brew in a bag until i purchase my grainfather!
Great videos! can't wait to try this one. I have a small question, your ingredients say 2 packets of yeast but in the video you only use one. So do I use one packet or two?
Thanks.
Thanks a million, this was actually one of the best beers I've made, it's unbelievable went done right! I'd say you'd be grand with one packet of yeast, remember to rehydrate your yeast 👍🍻🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Man it's a great video! You inspired me. So this weekend I'm brewing this recipe so I have nice little gifts for upcoming Christmas. My only question now is. Would you add more vanilla pods then just 2 or 3 or even more raspeberries, considering the amount of dry hop. I want a real balance so I don't want my hops overpowering vanilla and raspberries. I'm planning 27l batch so I would probably go with 2,5kg of raspberries and 4 or 5 vanilla pods. What do you reckon?
Thanks mate!
@@pavelhuczala5815 Hey Pavel, it's a fabulous gift to give family/friends for Christmas. Some of my mates still talk about this brew many years on, I really must brew it again! My recommendation is that you use either the Grainfather or Brewfather app to 'Scale Up', I don't recommend a manual scale up of specific additions as it might affect the end product, especially with vanilla. However, my own brew had a light vanilla aroma/flavour which I was after so an extra vanilla pod might not rock the boat. I've learned in the past that scaling up just specific additions does impact the overall recipe which is why you should really only do a full scale up to keep the recipe in sync and balanced. Let me know how it goes man? 🤜🤛👍🍻🎄
Hey champ thanks for video very helpful however in my sleep deprived state I have added the final hops to the wort instead of when it was to be racked with raspberry vanilla. Will this affect any of my secondary ferment by not having it in at that stage.
Hey @Rino Papalia that shouldn't be too much of an issue, just add more at secondary if ya have them to hand? How much did you add to the wort?🍻
The BeardyMan Craft Beers 236g I have about 200g left over I was thinking of tasting out of fermenter and then adding more if it needs it would add a different hop other than mosaic at this point?? Thanks for your time
Hey man, so I followed your recipe. I kegged 5L and bottles the rest. Just cracked the keg and it’s brilliant. I muslin bagged the hops which I think I made a mistake with. But it’s still great. I have a picture. But can’t add here. Do you have a Twitter ?
Excellent stuff, it's a fantastic beer isn't it! Delighted it worked out for you! Send on a few photos to thebeardymancraftbeer@gmail.com it would be great to see!
i'm going to start my grainfather and brew)
Stas Korablev Nice one, what's ya brewin?
The BeardyMan Craft Beers same recipe,with cascade)
Hey great video! Just wanted to know the name of the company that make those teku-like beer glasses, thanks in advance!!
Thanks so much, not sure which company makes them but they are freely available online such as Amazon etc 🍻🍺👍
This is next beer for the summer
Am gonna make it again for summer, its amazing!
The BeardyMan Craft Beers by the way , would be more easy to have the recipe on the description 👍🏻
Actually better as BeerXML files as they can be easily exported/imported and scaled 👍🍺
Another question but unrelated to this video, just watched your kegeratory DIY video. is there any problems when its comes to screwing holes through the actual fridge? like i was thinking that it would hit some kind of mechanism or something? or is it dependant on the fridge and stuff? thanks again man your videos are great! would love you to do a Julius - Tree House Clone
Hey Andrew, yeah you need to be very careful drilling the holes in the kegerator as many fridges, to my realisation after making that video, have the cooling wires in different places. With my fridge you could actually see them on a panel at the back of the fridge but most fridges they are hidden in the walls - I got slated for not mentioning this in my video.
Hey buddy!
We are about to brew a similar beer in the near future. Never used any fruit before.
How do you calculate the ABV from OG/FG when you add fruit (which i assume would add some sugar and therefor change the Gravity?)
Looking forward to your response and thanks for a Great and inspiring video.
Hey Eric, many thanks for watching! Now in most cases fruit won't increase the ABV of a beer, and if you're adding fruit to a strong beer it will actually lower the final alcohol content. So I'd only work out the OG/FG as normal and just add the fruit for flavour properties. This is one of the best beers I've ever made, an amazing one for long summer evenings! Only issue is it can run out fast so make loads lol!
Great vids, great lables too, how do you do them?
Cheers Richard Brown many thanks for the comments 🍻👍 The labels can be done easily on a computer with a word processor like MS Word or MS PowerPoint and then printed on a home printer. My advice tho is to Google 'craft beer labels' and note the design elements or features that you like and also try cloning some label designs too 🍻👍🍺
The BeardyMan Craft Beers I probably won't be doing much bottling since I will keg most of mine, but could see doing this on occasion. Do you think you could do a vid on your process? It seems many here love the way yours turn out although I'm sure much of it is just your design. I'm not much of a graphic designer😁
Hey! Great video mate, I’m debating myself whether to pick up a grain father or not after watching your vids😅 I just have a quick question, when it goes into the fridge in the fermentation stage, and you attach your thermostatic probe, what is the machine that you have set it up to to keep it at 18 degrees? Thanks man
Hey Chris buddy, definitely only go with the G30 if cost isn't an issue, it's amazing! So dude, what I use is the STC1000 temperature controller, it connects to the fridge and I also have a greenhouse tubular heater inside the fridge also connected to the STC1000. You get perfect temp control and the result is fantastic beer! Where ya from? Ya brewin long?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I’m from the UK Manchester to be specific! Ahh thanks a lot! Definitely something that I’d invest in as I love the concept of it keeping it at the perfect temp ha! However I’m just in two minds of whether to buy the grain father and start brewing by grain or not, as I only have ever brewed by kit.. and they don’t taste anything like your good old local “pub ales” and have a very peculiar taste, I’ve never actually tasted a brew which had been brewed by grain that’s all. In terms of brewing I’ve been on and off at it for two years now or so, definitely still learning with each batch I brew!
Watch as many videos on the Grainfather as you can, it will help with your decision. I was once like you with regards to brewing kits and when I moved onto all-grain it was a game changer. You have the ability at that stage to brew fantastic craft beer and it's a great sense of achievement. It's a big investment and I took my time over the decision as there's a few other bits you'll need too. Also check out Brewdogs Diy Dog for recipe inspiration dude 🍻👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I tend to find that’s all I’ve been doing the past couple days 😅😆, but I totally agree with you, I feel as though I am quite limited to what you can brew with the kits where as all grain you can do whichever you like (I think that’s what’s making me want one) as I watched your raspberry and vanilla IPA yesterday and I just thought “that actually looks like it’s taste amazing”😅😅! But yeah that’s another thing also, the expense obviously the grainfather is £600+ but then you need things stuff for the fermentation stage, sparging water etc. yeah I’ll have a look thanks bud! Where did you say you bought all your ingredients from again? As I was looking on eBay etc. And buying them all separate can work out quite expensive ha!
Check out www.themaltmiller.co.uk avoid places like Ebay and Amazon and just order direct from homebrew online stores in the UK. Before I purchased the Grainfather I brewed using a DIY cooler box and manifold mashtun, much much cheaper and plenty of how to videos on YT 👍
Looking at doing this recipe - could the raspberry's and vanilla pods just been thrown into the other fermentor what the beer was already in? cheers
They could I'm sure, but the Omnipollo clone recipe did call for second fermentation. Do let me know how it goes for you. Cheers 🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers cheers bud, was just going to throw some fruits and vanilla in a muslin bag in same fermentor. Will update with results. Cheers
The benefits of secondary are a bit questionable at best; adding things to the primary fermentation vessel after fermentation has finished isn't that much different; most homebrew beers don't generally stay in the fermentor nearly long enough to start suffering from yeast autolysis or other related off flavors. Chucking things in primary may well bury them in the trub, though; limiting exposure of ingredients to the actual beer and perhaps hampering infusion. That's purely speculation on my part, though.
Personally, and this is anecdotal, I've had some stellar results with clearing beer with a secondary 'fermentation'. Transfering from primary to secondary knocked a whole ton of extra yeast out of suspension without the need for additional finings. I don't know the mechanism by which this works, but it's certainly helped me produce some crystal clear beers. You can use it as another fining agent in your repertoire, if anything.
Love your videos, what Software do you use for your labels
Thanks a million Tim 👍 I use Adobe InDesign but lots of free design software will give similar results. I'm a graphic designer so that helps too with the labels. 🍻
Great channel. Definitely giving this a shot. As a beginner can I ask why no "mash out"?
Cheers Jim, many thanks for watching! The recipes I clone are ones supplied/published by the brewery. So the masout stops all of the enzyme action (preserving your fermentable sugar profile) and makes the grain bed and wort more fluid. For most mashes with a ratio of 1.5-2 quarts of water per pound of grain, the mashout is not needed. 👍
Great video and the beer looks awesome. The 24 litre batch size, is that kettle or fermenter?
Thanks a million! I work out the batch size on the GF app and that's for the fermenter (give or take a liter or two sometimes). 👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Great stuff and thanks for that. I’ve just got a Grainfather so I’m planning to do this for my first all grain brew this weekend. Only issue I’m having is that I’ve put all the numbers into Brewfather and it’s coming back with an OG of 1.064, FG 1.020, EBC 5.9 and IBU of 32. Only number that’s close is ABV at 5.8% 🤣
Hello mate, Scotland here and I'm just getting into home brewing. Just a quick question, would you recommend lagering this brew?
The recipe from Omnipollo didn't call for it and the yeast I used didn't require a lagering profile. Have you brewed this one Andrew?
The BeardyMan Craft Beers No I haven’t but I will. It sounds delicious lol
Hey, Did you batch prime this for bottling or just use the residual sugars from the fruit? And how did it carb over time?
Yeah batch primed and it turned out fabulous thanks!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers did you syphon into a 3rd container and filter the fruit off to prime? I don't want bottle bombs 😁
After fermentation I added Dextrose by boiling a cup of water, turning off the heat and adding the Dextrose to the boiled water to fully dissolve. I then opened the fermentor and poured the dissolved sugar evenly over the floating fruit - the hot water has no ill effects here btw. I then fixed a large hop net around the rim of the bucket (fermentor) before popping in my syphon and filling my bottles. I didn't show this as I covered that part in a previous video but for me its a great way of filtering only the beer into the bottles and I didn't have any bottle bombs - but of course bottle bombs can be caused by lots of other reasons too. So I left the fruit in the fermentor while syphoning from inside a hop net - it worked out really well for me but I understand people have different approaches to that part.
I have only just finished my brew. I syphoned to a 3rd bucket, primed with dextrose and bottled storing at 20degC. I couldn't help myself and tried it after just 5 days of conditioning. It was carbonated and I have been drinking it ever since :-)
@@trevormasters I've just literally done the same as you on Saturday, it tasted great out of the fermenter, looking forward to opening a bottle this week! I used 2.1kg of raspberries and 3 vanilla pods, 20l batch.
Just prepping this for my weekend brew. Putting recipe into Brewfather, I cant get the IBUs anyhere near 14. A 10 minute boil with 30g will give 17 IBU and then we have the 70g hopstand, even at 80 degrees for 20 mins that will give an additional 13, so 30 is the lowest I can get it!!! Am I missing something?
Hey Neil, yeah sounds a bit high alright, I'd need to look back over my notes on this brew if I can get my hands on them. I've heard tho that there are some differences between the GF app and Brewfather on the IBUs even after importing the BeerXML....what are the alpha acids on the hops?
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers The AA is slight,y lower than yours at 12%. When I imported into Grainfather the IBU went up to 40... I think that's because the 70g of aroma hops went in at flame out, and on the Brewfather app I put them in at 80 degrees. One difference I can see is that I put the dextrose and lactose in as fermentables on Brewfather a d you put them in as extras on Grainfather. But as they increase the OG I thought that fermenrables was the right place to put them..... Anyway, I'll give it a go on Saturday and let you know how I get on. I must say, I'm really looking forward to this one. Cheers, Neil
@@neiljones641 It's difficult to calculate IBUs on anything after flameout but I don't think the increased IBUs will affect your overall beer. It's an outrageously good beer, amazing colour, fabulous aroma and the body is perfect for those long summer nights. I'm actually gonna be brewing a Mango Milkshake NEIPA very soon, using Lactose again and really excited about it. Sure keep me posted on how your brewday goes bud! All the best, Glen
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers Yes, I'll keep you posted fella. Was going to leave this brew until I'd gained a bit more experience, but as it's a summertime tipple I've brought it forward. Cheers, Neil
@@neiljones641 Brilliant, make sure to have your recipe and brew sheet next to you from the start and record all details throughout in a brew notebook, I swear by it as all details can be referenced later on. I'll send ya my blank brewsheet if ya want?
+The BeardyMan Craft Beers As a fledgling home brewer with a similar setup I have really enjoyed your videos and have hit the subscribe button. Good luck with the little one and hopefully you can find time to put together some more vids.
Many thanks TheTrouchaser! Can't wait for the new arrival and am already thinking about do some more brewing videos soon hopefully 👍
I tried a fruit "dry hopped" beer in the past, had MASSIVE gushing problems. :( How did you completly filter out the raspberries? My hopfilter didnt work as i hoped. Thought you would put the raspies into you hopbag...
Pity to hear about that issue on your fruit beer. What I always do when filtering is just before bottling or kegging I place a large hop net into the fruit beer in the fermenter and siphon out the beer from inside the net.....works well 👍🍻
The BeardyMan Craft Beers aaaaaah. The other way round. Tried to filter the beer trough the hop net, after a few minutes there was no flow trough the hop net. ;( will try your method next time.
Hey buddy what is the song you have at the beginning and end of this video? Even with shazam I cant find it
Yeah buddy it was purchased from Audiojungle, it's called 'Lets Go Rock' from Manny Music 👍🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers thanks, cheers!
doesnt adding fruit require sanitize it? Adding frozen strawberies strait in ok?
Yes, adding frozen raspberries works each time for me on this recipe 👍🍻 Freeze for a day or two, thaw and add straight to beer after primary. While the cold won't kill all of the bad stuff, the yeast will overcome any stray bad guys.
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers thank yor for the info! Will sure try this recipe out !
From your recipe at the top it states a FG of 1.012 but on your video it looks like your hydrometer reading is 1.020 as a FG. The reason i ask is that i have finally got round to brewing this and my FG appears to be 1.020 as well (has been for 3 days now). Great vidoes by the way, any plans for a new video?
Yeah well spotted, my FG wasn't too far off yours. I think mine might have been around the 1.020 mark. Thanks for watching, delighted you enjoyed. Hopefully Ill get back brewing next year as we just had a new baby recently so caught for space/time 👍🍺
Thanks for the reply. It seems a few people who have commented arrived at a similar FG so thats makes me feel better :) Congratulations on the addition to your family.
@@markbacon1090 Know this is a few months late but mine is exactly the same, wonder why this is?
@@poorpossumpug I think i made some notes when i made this beer. I think i came to a conclusion about the FG. I will try and find them later.
Mark Bacon awesome! Would help so much, I’m just debating whether to bottle it or not as it’s at 1.020 not changing.
So for this recipe it says you use 2 packs of yeast ?
You'd be grand with one pack 👍
Hi me again. Just wanted to know if you tweaked your recipe since?
Hey there, I haven't tweaked it as it worked out so well the last time..... great beer!
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers indeed. Will maybe add the whole 2kg raspberries this time. Can't hurt.
@@brunobe3083 Absolutely...now ya got me thinking, I might brew it again soon 👍 BTW I'm working on a new video as we speak 🤘🍻🍻
No mash out?
Not on this one, the Omnipollo recipe didn't call for it so I left it as is 👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers ok cheers, thought I'd ask the silly question 😁 I'm new to brewing (3 weeks) and found your video Inspiring. I'll be trying this recipe in a few weeks after I have a couple of brews under my belt. Cheers fella, take care.
IBU's seem low?
Darren Whittington Yeap agreed, both BeerSmith and Grainfather software were presenting low IBUs but from the resulting beer IBUs are higher for sure.
What if I use cherry instead of raspberry??
I wouldn't know, Im not a fan of cherries, it would be a completely different beer
Hello anyone convert this to lbs and oz.When i convert the numbers come all off.
david cubero Ha Ha! This is exactly the same nightmare we get converting from imperial into metric.
Where is the video on how you treat your water?
In previous brews I only used phosphoric acid to lower PH and a half a camden tab to remove chlorine. But in an upcoming video I'll be adding minerals for a NEIPA.
Do you have the link to the recipe in the grainfather app?
Yes the recipe link is brew.grainfather.com/recipes/69143
Hello, I have done this recipe and tomorrow will be two weeks of fermenting. I have at least three questions:) can I write you an email? We can post our observations here afterwards.
Cheers
How did it work out, yeah send me an DM 👍🍻
The BeardyMan Craft Beers how do I direct message you? sorry for ignorance
@@mastrofunokluger1556 Actually UA-cam have disabled DM. Please send to thebeardymancraftbeer@gmail.com
Really good! you have a new suscriber :)
I have Euan book too and made some of their recipes and I am very happy with it.
Will try to brew this recipe soon, TY very much for your nice explanation of all the process.
BTW if you like this style I recommend you the Milkshake IPA recipe from David Heath UA-cam channel. Sure you will enjoy it :)
Cheers!
Many thanks for watching, yes it's a great book! I watch Davids channel a lot, very informative 👍
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers OK...finishing now primary fermentation after 2 weeks. Wort taste is amazing! :)
I cannot imagine when adding rasps, vanille and HOOOPS wow!
BTW about addition of vanilla, I will apply a system that has always given me very good results: I have 2 weeks in vodka maceration 2 vanilla pods and a natural extract of vanilla to enhance the taste (obviously I like vanilla) .
Normally I do not do secondary but in this case I will.
I will use frozen raspberry (I have 1.9k) and I have thought to make a mashed ground with them by putting them in the crusher.
Do you think it's a good idea to enhance the flavor and make better use of it?
We will continue informing ;)
@@TFS6750 That's excellent man! Yeah the idea for the vanilla is good, but I don't think you need to go through much trouble mashing the raspberries, they will break down naturally in the beer. Let me know how it turns out for you..... exciting stuff!!! 👍🍻
@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers TY mate. BTW, the recipe in the book also does not specify this detail: how long should raspberries remain in secondary before adding tons of dry hop? I suppose until FG is stable.
What is your experience? TY again ;)
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The BeardyMan Craft Beers I'm going to start using that one even though I have no idea what it means. Also I priced this out on one of the websites I ordered from and got $75 US. I'll have to save it for my birthday.
Thanks for sharing your recipe. I enjoyed watching this video...but to be honest -- and with no intention of offending you -- the generic guitar music was quite exhausting...I couldn't watch the whole thing so I had to mute the volume and turn on the captions. You know a lot about brewing...personally I would much prefer to hear you talk more about beer and your recipes and techniques than listening to the same guitar riffs over and over. You have great camera presence and a wonderful voice. Cheers,
Thanks for watching and for the comments! Yeap point taken on the music! But stay tuned, I've some new content in the pipeline that features professional brewers, new locations, new episode format, interviews and less music! Cheers 🍻
how many ph ?
5.5 ph
Expensive but still only 81p a pint.
Yeah it's an expensive brew alright but the real thing is fairly pricey too....lots of sensational hops!