Hi mate gteat video, a quality English bitter is certainly on my list to try and brew soon, i used EKG hop recently in my winter stout. One idea i keep coming back to is brewing a Boddingtons style bitter but of course with a bit more flavour and care than the commercial version gets these days 🍻 cheers
Looks and sounds like a great pint. One of my favourite styles. Nothing can beat a quaffable English Bitter. I heard once the reason pubs stopped serving pints in heavy barrel glasses was because they can be a dangerous weapon if a fight broke out. Probably aprocryphal but a good yarn. Well done with the beer.
@@MrScotchpie Yes, you are probably right there. Shame the scrappers have caused the demise of the dimple jug! Anyway, this bitter tastes great from mine. Cheers!🍻
Nice job on that one. Hard to beat an English Bitter. I love EKG. My favorite local brewery (East End) has one called Brittsburgh. I'm in love with this beer. It turned out hazy by mistake but is super smooth and super quaffable and has a big EKG presence that balances quite well with the malt. Got some recipe pointers so I may be brewing my version one day. Cheers🍺
Thanks for your comments, Skid - love your insights! Brittsburg sounds like a lovely drop. This EKG bitter is certainly hitting the spot for me. Cheers for now!
Brand new to your channel. Great video and I didn't know EKG had a PGI PDO, so not only entertaining educational as well! Gonna flick through your back catalogue now. Cheers. 🍻🍻
@@White_Rose_Al yeah I’d definitely do it again. I was expecting the first few pints to be cloudy but it wasn’t too bad at all. Also a good way of carbing it if you already have gas on other kegs.
@@BrewabitRick thanks mate. Yes very happy with it and it’s definitely quaffable! The keg priming turned out really good and will definitely do it again if not in a rush to drink it. Cheers!🍻
Looks like a great result. I love the idea of being able to use local ingredients like you were able to do with EKG. I don’t know much about English bitters as it’s not a style we see a lot of in Australia, so I was wondering if it’s common practice to use wheat. Cheers!
Thanks mate. Yes wheat is often used in bitters, but more often than not it's a fairly simple grist of pale ale malt and crystal. It's a lovely beer and worth brewing if you are curious.
Great video as always, cheers. The bitter looks excellent. BTW, based on your recommendation I bought the James Morton book on Amazon for the princely sum of 73p (+£2 P&P). I feel almost guilty.
Thanks for the video, very informative. You mentioned using no pressure during the fermentation. Do you mind me asking how you control that with the Fermzilla? Do you use a spunding valve, or is there a way to fit a standard airlock? I'm thinking of getting a Fermzilla, but want to use zero pressure ferments for ales. Keep up the good work - you've gained a new subscriber 🙂
@@jason3289 thanks for the sub and commenting. The fermzilla actually comes with a grommet attachment so a regular bubble trap can be fitted. Due to space constraints in my ferm fridge I have a bit of silicon tube connected to a disconnect connected to the gas post and I just drop the opposite end into a bottle of sanitiser. Hope that helps.
Hi very nice to see your new Brewzilla, I'm using the gen 3 next time you make this Bitter, I would recommend you try a brew enhancer kit from Dark Rock, it adds better mouth feel and body, love east Kent Golding's, myself keep up the videos 👍🍺
Nice experiment with the priming sugar, I'd say you'd need to keep topping up with gas no matter how much sugar you put in, very interesting though. Did you end up pulling a lot of crap through in the first pint? Ive been loving making bitters this year, usually one a year for me but this time Im on about 5 so far. EKG definitely the best, can only get better with some Fuggles in there too.
@@BigBananaBrewing there wasn’t actually much crap to pull through surprisingly. I’ve got some Fuggles and Minstrel for my next bitter which I’m looking forward to. May add a bit of amber malt to next one as well. Cheers!
The beers looks lovely and I have that book so may well try the recipe. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a video of yours and in that time you’ve gone from BIAB to a Brewzilla. Would you recommend the switch or is the difference negligible?
@@garethllewellyn6368 The BZ is a nice bit of kit and has certainly improved my efficiency. There's some really cool features, like being able to load profiles and operate remotely/automatically. I still love the simplicity of BIAB though and the cleaning up is sooo much easier! From the beers I've brewed so far (and I'm still getting the hang of things), I'd say the quality of the final product is comparable though.
Hi mate gteat video, a quality English bitter is certainly on my list to try and brew soon, i used EKG hop recently in my winter stout. One idea i keep coming back to is brewing a Boddingtons style bitter but of course with a bit more flavour and care than the commercial version gets these days 🍻 cheers
A cracking brew mate. You can not beat the classic English Bitter. Thanks for sharing. Cheers 🍻
Looks and sounds like a great pint. One of my favourite styles. Nothing can beat a quaffable English Bitter. I heard once the reason pubs stopped serving pints in heavy barrel glasses was because they can be a dangerous weapon if a fight broke out. Probably aprocryphal but a good yarn. Well done with the beer.
@@MrScotchpie Yes, you are probably right there. Shame the scrappers have caused the demise of the dimple jug! Anyway, this bitter tastes great from mine. Cheers!🍻
Nice job on that one. Hard to beat an English Bitter. I love EKG. My favorite local brewery (East End) has one called Brittsburgh. I'm in love with this beer. It turned out hazy by mistake but is super smooth and super quaffable and has a big EKG presence that balances quite well with the malt. Got some recipe pointers so I may be brewing my version one day. Cheers🍺
Thanks for your comments, Skid - love your insights! Brittsburg sounds like a lovely drop. This EKG bitter is certainly hitting the spot for me. Cheers for now!
I’m Kent based too, new subscriber, I use a 3 vessel system. Love the vids. Great work.
Thanks for the sub. Cheers!
This is a beer I brew every year bloody love a English bitter
Brand new to your channel. Great video and I didn't know EKG had a PGI PDO, so not only entertaining educational as well!
Gonna flick through your back catalogue now.
Cheers. 🍻🍻
Thanks for sub. Cheers!
Looks brilliant matey, fascinating watching the keg carbonation from sugar. With the price of Co2 it might be a way forward for many of us 🍺
@@White_Rose_Al yeah I’d definitely do it again. I was expecting the first few pints to be cloudy but it wasn’t too bad at all. Also a good way of carbing it if you already have gas on other kegs.
My goodness that looks absolutely stunning beautiful. Love the idea of naturally carbonating not done that before. Another great video cheers 👍🍻
@@BrewabitRick thanks mate. Yes very happy with it and it’s definitely quaffable! The keg priming turned out really good and will definitely do it again if not in a rush to drink it. Cheers!🍻
Looks like a great result. I love the idea of being able to use local ingredients like you were able to do with EKG. I don’t know much about English bitters as it’s not a style we see a lot of in Australia, so I was wondering if it’s common practice to use wheat. Cheers!
Thanks mate. Yes wheat is often used in bitters, but more often than not it's a fairly simple grist of pale ale malt and crystal. It's a lovely beer and worth brewing if you are curious.
Great video as always, cheers. The bitter looks excellent. BTW, based on your recommendation I bought the James Morton book on Amazon for the princely sum of 73p (+£2 P&P). I feel almost guilty.
@@bazmcmul wow what a bargain! Cheers!🍻
Thanks for the video, very informative. You mentioned using no pressure during the fermentation. Do you mind me asking how you control that with the Fermzilla? Do you use a spunding valve, or is there a way to fit a standard airlock? I'm thinking of getting a Fermzilla, but want to use zero pressure ferments for ales. Keep up the good work - you've gained a new subscriber 🙂
@@jason3289 thanks for the sub and commenting. The fermzilla actually comes with a grommet attachment so a regular bubble trap can be fitted. Due to space constraints in my ferm fridge I have a bit of silicon tube connected to a disconnect connected to the gas post and I just drop the opposite end into a bottle of sanitiser. Hope that helps.
Hi very nice to see your new Brewzilla, I'm using the gen 3 next time you make this Bitter, I would recommend you try a brew enhancer kit from Dark Rock, it adds better mouth feel and body, love east Kent Golding's, myself keep up the videos 👍🍺
@@stephenturton5397 isn’t the brew enhancer a mix of malt extract and dextrose? Maybe better in extract brews?
Nice experiment with the priming sugar, I'd say you'd need to keep topping up with gas no matter how much sugar you put in, very interesting though. Did you end up pulling a lot of crap through in the first pint?
Ive been loving making bitters this year, usually one a year for me but this time Im on about 5 so far. EKG definitely the best, can only get better with some Fuggles in there too.
@@BigBananaBrewing there wasn’t actually much crap to pull through surprisingly. I’ve got some
Fuggles and Minstrel for my next bitter which I’m looking forward to. May add a bit of amber malt to next one as well. Cheers!
The beers looks lovely and I have that book so may well try the recipe. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a video of yours and in that time you’ve gone from BIAB to a Brewzilla. Would you recommend the switch or is the difference negligible?
@@garethllewellyn6368 The BZ is a nice bit of kit and has certainly improved my efficiency. There's some really cool features, like being able to load profiles and operate remotely/automatically. I still love the simplicity of BIAB though and the cleaning up is sooo much easier! From the beers I've brewed so far (and I'm still getting the hang of things), I'd say the quality of the final product is comparable though.
Looks like a cracking pint mate 🍻 another brilliant video! Can you drop us an email when you get chance mate? Would love to send you a kit out 🍻