Solid advice Dave. As a more casual brewer, I have neither the time nor inclination to produce much in the way of 'experimental' batches. I'm always grateful to have solid recipes to use as springboards that I can tweak to suit my own tastes. A bit of due diligence goes a long way. Lots of product placement being passed off as legit HB resources these days.
Great to hear Gene and yes, way too many of the homebrewing channels on UA-cam and super sponsored. I have said no everytime and will continue to do so.
Great tips as always! I’m definitely someone who uses old ingredients often as I don’t get to brew as often as I’d like. No seriously adverse effects yet but you raise a good point that it really only comes down to saving a few bucks.
I wish this video had existed when I first started all grain brewing. I wrote my own recipes but kept getting disappointed. I nailed three recipes I was happy with out of about forty batches. Now I'm using all grain kits from a reputable home brew store, and having success every time. I'll only start writing my own after a lot more study.
My experience is exactly the other way around. The grain kits I purchased were meh and often had impossible efficiency planed (85% total, 90% mash). I loved every recipe I made myself, although I have to say that both David and Mean Brews have been a huge help.
Yup, at $40 a batch & 5 hours of work, mistakes are very costly. I've learned to brew only Gold Award winning recipes as a result. But David your tip on smaller batches makes great sense.
Hi David, a quick question if I may. Do you know of any ill effects from too much headspace in a fermenter. I only have 2 x 23L plastic fermenters at the moment, and I wanted to brew a 10L batch? I'm really new to brewing and I'm sure I heard or read something about too much headspace in fermenters, but can't remember where. I have watched and read so much recently my head hurts 😅thanks, Ben
My Oxebar kegs have very quickly become one of my favorite small-batch fermenters. 5-6l is a good mark to fill them with to leave them with enough headspace. Unfortunately, some yeasts are still just too active, so my most recent batch had my spunding valve burping up yeast. Still, their verticality and the little feet on the bottom mean you can get quite a lot out without picking up any trub. I plan on getting a 1.6 gallon keg so that I may do a closed transfer out of them. Local competitions are the only way for me to get rid of any large volume of beer, so after getting my Anvil Foundry, I'm rapidly looking for ways of lowering my batch sizes so that I can brew more, and learn more
I brew regularly so I have a minimum stock on hand. Hops are an ingredient that I'll focus on high stability varieties and duel purpose like East Kent Golding, Nugget, Centennial. I love Saaz and Hallertau but they don't store well so I only buy what the recipe needs.
hi David, quick question with regards brew father -I notice as per some of your screen shots, it often has FG as 1.008 when the reality is based on style, mash temp eg 68 C its generally going to be around 1.012. Do you bother adjusting this in BF recipe or not worry about it? Does BF adjust FG based on mash temp?
It adjust FG, but only if you're using a single temperature step. If you have a step mash then changing time for the first step does nothing. I've also found that most of my beers don't attenuated nowhere near the predictions, which can often be in the negative.
I believe that it is important to realise that such predictions will often come in a range, rather than a single number when it comes to the variables involved. So as such the predicted FG is an average estimate.
David, I've been watching your channel for many years, but I must agree and disagree with you on this video. First, you make some valid points, although I'm afraid I disagree with the suggestion of not sharing your homebrewed beers even on the first batch or modifying recipes you find online from reputable resources. I have made many fantastic beers on the first attempt and have had other homebrewers' beers that I would easily buy by the case (the majority being the first time they brewed a particular recipe). At the same time, home brewers and even professionally brewed beers always have room for improvement. I am trying to point out that sharing your beer from the beginning can help you become a better brewer. We all know most people like free beer, but you will also find a handful who will give you great insight into what they like or dislike about your beer(s). Also, when using someone else's recipe for a beer, it can be looked at as a recipe for a meal. Most of us make minor changes to meal recipes based on our personal tastes and preferences. I see no difference with beer as I highly recommend to home brewers to try modifying recipes to tailor the recipe they find to their tastes (Make it their own). I have added things like rye, chocolate malts, and other typical and non-typical adjuncts to recipes that have made amazing beers that I adore and love to brew, drink, and share. On the flip side, I have also tried modifying a beer that I felt was already a great beer, only to be disappointed as tweaking always has the chance to go one way or the other.
Fair enough, the world would be boring if we agreed on everything. However, I do stand by my view based on the probabilities. By just sharing tried and tested the end user has a much higher chance of success. Sharing a beers evolution from batch one to the final is interesting though as an idea, if all is shared at once in my opinion. Cheers 🍻🍻🍻
Solid advice Dave. As a more casual brewer, I have neither the time nor inclination to produce much in the way of 'experimental' batches. I'm always grateful to have solid recipes to use as springboards that I can tweak to suit my own tastes. A bit of due diligence goes a long way. Lots of product placement being passed off as legit HB resources these days.
Great to hear Gene and yes, way too many of the homebrewing channels on UA-cam and super sponsored. I have said no everytime and will continue to do so.
Great tips as always! I’m definitely someone who uses old ingredients often as I don’t get to brew as often as I’d like. No seriously adverse effects yet but you raise a good point that it really only comes down to saving a few bucks.
Cheers. As long as you are taking care of the ingredients then great within a certain time frame of course. It is something to be careful with though.
Happy Birthday Another excellent video thank you :)
Cheers, many thanks Paul 🍻🍻
I wish this video had existed when I first started all grain brewing. I wrote my own recipes but kept getting disappointed. I nailed three recipes I was happy with out of about forty batches. Now I'm using all grain kits from a reputable home brew store, and having success every time. I'll only start writing my own after a lot more study.
My experience is exactly the other way around. The grain kits I purchased were meh and often had impossible efficiency planed (85% total, 90% mash). I loved every recipe I made myself, although I have to say that both David and Mean Brews have been a huge help.
Great to hear Pawel 🍻🍻🍻
Jay6x8 Yes, I can understand your frustration there.
Yup, at $40 a batch & 5 hours of work, mistakes are very costly. I've learned to brew only Gold Award winning recipes as a result. But David your tip on smaller batches makes great sense.
@superslyko123 Small batches are my main brews and I am even brewing my filmed batches as small very often now too. Too many benefits to ignore.
Thanks David! Been using Brewers Friend for years and this VID inspired me to learn BrewFather to use additional tools
Cheers, great to hear, I do not think you will look back. 🍻🍻🍻
Still happy? Can't say I'm too impressed by brewers friend. Won't be renewing.
Sure am. Brewfather is way ahead.
Thanks David, great content as usual. Really appreciate all the work you put into your videos
Cheers, much appreciated 🍻🍻
Grate work as usual 😊👍
Cheers, many thanks Allan 🍻🍻🍻
Neat video David, thank you very much 🍻
Cheers Bradley 🍻🍻🍻
Another great video ! I have update my Brewfather and i can't see RBR ? What version do you use David?
Thank you. I am using the latest public version. I believe you will need to enable RBR in the BF settings section.
@@DavidHeathHomebrew Thanks David. I missed that option in settings. It works great now. 😎
Great 🍻🍻🍻 Enjoy.
Hi David, a quick question if I may. Do you know of any ill effects from too much headspace in a fermenter. I only have 2 x 23L plastic fermenters at the moment, and I wanted to brew a 10L batch? I'm really new to brewing and I'm sure I heard or read something about too much headspace in fermenters, but can't remember where. I have watched and read so much recently my head hurts 😅thanks, Ben
Hey Ben, as long as you keep then closed then all good for normal carbonation.
@David Heath Homebrew thanks David, I'll get on to the 2 x 10L batches and experiment a little 😀 👍
Enjoy 🍻🍻🍻
Is there a link for that hop comparison site? Very useful!
If you search for “bu gu chart” you will see many examples.
What quality mill you recommend?
I really like the Monster Mill pro and the Grainfather Electric grain mill personally.
My Oxebar kegs have very quickly become one of my favorite small-batch fermenters. 5-6l is a good mark to fill them with to leave them with enough headspace. Unfortunately, some yeasts are still just too active, so my most recent batch had my spunding valve burping up yeast. Still, their verticality and the little feet on the bottom mean you can get quite a lot out without picking up any trub. I plan on getting a 1.6 gallon keg so that I may do a closed transfer out of them. Local competitions are the only way for me to get rid of any large volume of beer, so after getting my Anvil Foundry, I'm rapidly looking for ways of lowering my batch sizes so that I can brew more, and learn more
Yes, I hear of many doing this. 🍻🍻🍻
❤❤❤ from India. Happy birthday 🎉🎉
Thank you, much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
Hello
David, where can I find the grain comparison chart you inserted in the video? Thanks
There are loads of these online, searching for « grain comparison chart» will find you many.
I brew regularly so I have a minimum stock on hand. Hops are an ingredient that I'll focus on high stability varieties and duel purpose like East Kent Golding, Nugget, Centennial. I love Saaz and Hallertau but they don't store well so I only buy what the recipe needs.
Sounds good to me Mark, thanks for sharing 🍻🍻
hi David, quick question with regards brew father -I notice as per some of your screen shots, it often has FG as 1.008 when the reality is based on style, mash temp eg 68 C its generally going to be around 1.012. Do you bother adjusting this in BF recipe or not worry about it? Does BF adjust FG based on mash temp?
It adjust FG, but only if you're using a single temperature step. If you have a step mash then changing time for the first step does nothing. I've also found that most of my beers don't attenuated nowhere near the predictions, which can often be in the negative.
I believe that it is important to realise that such predictions will often come in a range, rather than a single number when it comes to the variables involved. So as such the predicted FG is an average estimate.
David, I've been watching your channel for many years, but I must agree and disagree with you on this video. First, you make some valid points, although I'm afraid I disagree with the suggestion of not sharing your homebrewed beers even on the first batch or modifying recipes you find online from reputable resources. I have made many fantastic beers on the first attempt and have had other homebrewers' beers that I would easily buy by the case (the majority being the first time they brewed a particular recipe). At the same time, home brewers and even professionally brewed beers always have room for improvement. I am trying to point out that sharing your beer from the beginning can help you become a better brewer. We all know most people like free beer, but you will also find a handful who will give you great insight into what they like or dislike about your beer(s).
Also, when using someone else's recipe for a beer, it can be looked at as a recipe for a meal. Most of us make minor changes to meal recipes based on our personal tastes and preferences. I see no difference with beer as I highly recommend to home brewers to try modifying recipes to tailor the recipe they find to their tastes (Make it their own). I have added things like rye, chocolate malts, and other typical and non-typical adjuncts to recipes that have made amazing beers that I adore and love to brew, drink, and share.
On the flip side, I have also tried modifying a beer that I felt was already a great beer, only to be disappointed as tweaking always has the chance to go one way or the other.
Fair enough, the world would be boring if we agreed on everything.
However, I do stand by my view based on the probabilities. By just sharing tried and tested the end user has a much higher chance of success. Sharing a beers evolution from batch one to the final is interesting though as an idea, if all is shared at once in my opinion.
Cheers 🍻🍻🍻
I have written over 50 recipes but brewed 12 of them and never brewed any other recipe. So am i missing out?
I would say so yes.
And the Guidelines are not what the BJCP tasters actually calibrate to since now IPAs are winning the APA category 😆
Haha crazy 😎😜🍻