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I Make Beer
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I’ll show you how “I” make beer. Brewing classic beers, while throwing in a modern beer once and awhile. The basic home brewing shown from start to tasting.
Review equipment and recipes. Make some mistakes and have some fun!
Cheers
Review equipment and recipes. Make some mistakes and have some fun!
Cheers
BlackBerry Berliner Weisse
Discover the refreshing tartness and fruity delight of our Blackberry Berliner Weisse as we walk you through the brewing process and share our tasting experience!
00:00 - Start
01:03 - Intro
01:26 - Recipe
03:44 - Mash In
05:16 - 1st Boil
05:56 - Start Sour
06:43 - 2nd Boil
07:20 - Fill Fermenter
07:49 - BlackBerry Addition
08:39 - Kegging
09:27 - Tasting
15:12 - Outro
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Recipe 5 Gal.
6.86 gal Distilled Water
3 lbs 8.1 oz Pilsner Malt
3 lbs 8.1 oz Wheat Malt
2.0 pkg SafAle German Ale (DCL/Fermentis #K-97)
1.0 pkg Lactobacillus Blend (Omega #OYL-605)
4.00 lb Blackberry Puree
Saccharification 150.0 F 60 min
Mash Out 168.0 F 10 min
After 15 minute Boil adjust PH to 5.0.
Chill to 95 degrees and add Lactobacillus and keep at 91 degrees for 24 Hours and check until PH is 3.4 (may take 48 Hours).
Once PH is right, boil for 15 minutes. At start of boil add hops.
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MERCH STORE: my-store-ebd168.creator-spring.com/
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MY BREWING GEAR
CLAWHAMMER BREWING SYSTEM: www.clawhammersupply.com/?aff=5
pH meter: a.co/d/bngLwB6
Hydrometer: www.morebeer.com/products/brewing-refractometer-dual-scale.html
Fermenter: www.morebeer.com/products/fermzilla-triconical-fermenter-gen-3-27l-71g.html
Wireless hydrometer: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Brewery Cleaner: a.co/d/35y9HBC
Thermometer: a.co/d/9ivJ7sO
Whisk: a.co/d/eJwb3Jl
Stir Plate: a.co/d/gpJ5GS3
Flask: a.co/d/gpJ5GS3
Grain Storage: a.co/d/6bEwYAF
Spunding Valve: a.co/d/2Ks3suI
Temperature Control: a.co/d/2Ks3suI
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MY VIDEO GEAR
Main camera: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Lapel Microphone: a.co/d/bM12nUn
Lights: a.co/d/8eZ6hnC
Memory Card: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Tripod: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
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Instagram: @IMake_Beer
FaceBook: @I.make.beer.2023
Join me while we make some exciting beers.
Created by: Steven Luther
Business inquiries: Imakebeer.video@gmail.com
00:00 - Start
01:03 - Intro
01:26 - Recipe
03:44 - Mash In
05:16 - 1st Boil
05:56 - Start Sour
06:43 - 2nd Boil
07:20 - Fill Fermenter
07:49 - BlackBerry Addition
08:39 - Kegging
09:27 - Tasting
15:12 - Outro
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Recipe 5 Gal.
6.86 gal Distilled Water
3 lbs 8.1 oz Pilsner Malt
3 lbs 8.1 oz Wheat Malt
2.0 pkg SafAle German Ale (DCL/Fermentis #K-97)
1.0 pkg Lactobacillus Blend (Omega #OYL-605)
4.00 lb Blackberry Puree
Saccharification 150.0 F 60 min
Mash Out 168.0 F 10 min
After 15 minute Boil adjust PH to 5.0.
Chill to 95 degrees and add Lactobacillus and keep at 91 degrees for 24 Hours and check until PH is 3.4 (may take 48 Hours).
Once PH is right, boil for 15 minutes. At start of boil add hops.
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MERCH STORE: my-store-ebd168.creator-spring.com/
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MY BREWING GEAR
CLAWHAMMER BREWING SYSTEM: www.clawhammersupply.com/?aff=5
pH meter: a.co/d/bngLwB6
Hydrometer: www.morebeer.com/products/brewing-refractometer-dual-scale.html
Fermenter: www.morebeer.com/products/fermzilla-triconical-fermenter-gen-3-27l-71g.html
Wireless hydrometer: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Brewery Cleaner: a.co/d/35y9HBC
Thermometer: a.co/d/9ivJ7sO
Whisk: a.co/d/eJwb3Jl
Stir Plate: a.co/d/gpJ5GS3
Flask: a.co/d/gpJ5GS3
Grain Storage: a.co/d/6bEwYAF
Spunding Valve: a.co/d/2Ks3suI
Temperature Control: a.co/d/2Ks3suI
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MY VIDEO GEAR
Main camera: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Lapel Microphone: a.co/d/bM12nUn
Lights: a.co/d/8eZ6hnC
Memory Card: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
Tripod: a.co/d/4kyJ6LP
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Instagram: @IMake_Beer
FaceBook: @I.make.beer.2023
Join me while we make some exciting beers.
Created by: Steven Luther
Business inquiries: Imakebeer.video@gmail.com
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The beer looks fantastic. I wish I can master my homebrewing to this level. I see you you fermenter->keg transfer. It is one of the challenging operations to me. @IMakeBeer could you please share more know-how about this process? What to pay attention for, how to avoid oxidation and contamination, some other unobvious knowledge that might be useful for beginning homebrewer.
I just started doing closed transfers in the last year and a half to two years. It’s not hard just think it through. If you already keg then it just easier. I have two co2 tanks and two regulators. So one tank is dedicated to closed transfers and purging kegs. I’m thinking of doing a video on collecting co2 during fermentation so I’ll go into closed transfers as well. Thanks for watching.
Sorry for the luck. I just brewed a Kentucky common 2 weeks ago, and had a terrible experience as well. My filter clogged from the flaked corn immediately, I had a stuck mash and stuck sparge. My pump also clogged after the sparge. Turned out to be a 12 hour brew day. I also had a crazy active fermentation for about 24 hours. We will see how it turns out. Cheers
Well good luck!! If it doesn’t end up on the floor you’re doing good.
Germans add raspberry syrup to Berliner Weisse, so I think blackberries would be about as delicious.
Oh it’s good!!
Another great video love the stronger beers scottish and Belgians make great strong ales
I love my Belgian beers.
Looks like a proper wee heavy you made great work im from the scottish Highlands and wee heavy is my favourite beer and im going to start trying to make it soon have you got any tips? I make whisky right now but never tryed making beer. Also how do you get the ale carbonated once you bottle it? Cheers 🍻 🏴
If you’re making whiskey now, I assume you’re going to be doing an all grain beer. Try to make it simple, go online or CZcams and find a recipe you think you could make easily. If you’re going to bottle, then you’re going to either put sugar tabs in each bottle before filling them or sugar in a bottling bucket with your entire beer and then bottle from there.
@IMakeBeer thanks very much, yeah it's going to be all grain of course iv got 5 different grains atm caramel, ottis pale malt, choclate malt, roasted barley and crystal malt plus two different hops that most recipes online seem to agree is good for wee heavy. If I was to keep it in a keg would it still have some fizz or would it go flat?
Will you keg condition or use co2. As long as it’s sealed and kept cold.
@IMakeBeer nah no co2 just ale type bubbles I'm looking for
Either way it will stay carbonated in the keg. You may need co2 to push it when serving.
You lost me at Yankees...🤣🥰🥰.
I thought that might have been the channels downfall. ⚾️🏟️
Thats very impressive, congrats! I love the idea of the duo-tite manifold /regulator set up.How is it working out for you? Seems like the ideal way to go.
I love it. Hard to get the pressure set perfect. Takes a few tries to get it dialed in. But after that it’s great.
Happy Cinco!
Cheers
"Mo-too-ekk-ah" brother
Yea, I was having a hard time with that and it’s not that hard to say.
you'd really benefit from writing a script, my guy.
Nice explanation
Thanks.
Did this come out the way you wanted in terms of color? Looks darker than most. Nor sure if it's lighting or actual color of the beer.
The SRM was 13.5, it should have been between 5-10, so a little darker. Used Crystal 120 had I used a lighter Crystal Malt it would have been lighter.
This is the next home brew on our channel. Love the shirt, also. Lost a very close friend to ALS.
Good luck. Love Belgians. Lost my dad to ALS, I do what I can.
I believe you can do the same with modes and routines on android.
I’m sure there a lot of ways to do it. I’d like to see others.
The color is from the rest, same murky results if you do a protein rest
Yea found that out. Thanks.
As a Baltic person i see a paradox. I like white beer more 😀
I like almost all beer 😉
I have a Helles Laggering right now. I did mine pressure ferment (15PSI) @ room temp. Left it go for 2 weeks before dropping down 5F a day. Before starting to drop the temp, taste to make sure no Sulphur, going to be transferring tonight to the final keg and lager for a couple more weeks.
Good luck. Sounds like it will be a good one.
Looks great. What IBU did you shoot for? What was the O.G.? Looks like a tasty one for this Summers rotation. Thanks
The OG was 1.045 and FG was 1.010
It's been a long time since I made a Helles. May put it into my rotation. Looks great ! I bet his is using a saison yeast?
I would have to ask him. I don't know.
Good timing, I brewed my first helles last month. Fermented at 19c under 12psi for 3 weeks using 2 packs of Mangrove Jacks M76 yeast, currently sitting in my keg waiting to clear up fully but from the few samples I've had it's turned out lovely. Yours looks great too, cheers!
Thanks. It did turn out great. Hopefully yours will also.
And that's it, who Did you say that you can't make quality beer with old hops? Congratulations on the brewing. Hugs from Brazil.
I dont think I said that. I'll use older hops as long as they have been taken care of. Fridge or Freezer.
Question for you... in your fermentation process do you use only one fermenter or do you decant into a second? I'm about 50% into getting back into the hobby.
I use one fermenter (I have 3). They all have conicals so the trub drops down. My Fermzilla has a collection jar which you can remove and dump the trub during fermentation.
Happy St. Patricks day to you. I've just made a RED and its on tap now carbonating. Hopped with Willamette and EKG to 18 IBU. Tastes good, has a light vanilla aftertaste which is nice. Very easy drinking. 4.2% ABV
Sounds good. I put mine in a compitition and it scored a 33. Couple flaws in flavor from Guidelines, but good response from the Judges.
Congrats! That's very good score.@@IMakeBeer
Great video! I liked the format a little better, but you may want to intersperse some commentary as well as voice over if possible. Love the channel, brings me back to the good old days of brewing! Also, you said you used distilled water in the mash... what happened to the water you added the salts to? Would be cool to show some charts of the brew and process... How you hit your numbers, or variances, etc...i remember always loving to see how I did versus my complicated spreadsheet. lol
I added the salts to the distilled water. With the Brew in a Bag method there is no sparge, so i only need to add salts to the mash water. The channel is still a work in progress, but appreciate your comments.
How does brew in a bag method differ in efficiency from a traditional sparge? Seems like it is a lot easier vs what I use to do with double coolers and cpvc manifolds 😂
@user-nn4jw3wb2q it is easier. My efficiency is around 68-73%.
I’m not a hundred percent sure but I think BIAB method efficiency Is lower. I’m around 68-70%
Great video, keep doing what your doing! Great intro and great info.
Thanks, I like the intro as well. Thanks for watching.
That looks tasty. I'll brew this for my next IPA, probably try Lutra Kveik as the yeast since I have a dry pack around. Thanks for the video!
I havent used Kveik yet, should provide some more citrus. Let me kmow how it turns out.
I like your new format. Straight and to the point. Well done. Your white point on your camera/software is blueish. May want either different lighting or color correction.
Thanks. Yea the sun kept going behind clouds so kept changing the color on video.
I love black ipas great 👍video and channel subscribed cheers 🍺
Thanks I appreciate that.
So what yeast you used? Video showed us05 but description says wlp2124 bohemian lager.
Thanks for that call out! It was US-05. Must have been when I pasted over an old description. I’ll fix it. Thanks again.
good video cheers
Thanks
Good video. Can you show the fermentation next video? Miss brewing beer!
I’ll try if I remember.
Love your channel, but did you considerm how much bread you can bakeed for the amount of graine, you put in that hot water?
What's better, bread or beer?
Do you know how long will it last in solution? I make 2.5 gallons at a time use it for around 6 months. Have never had a bad batch of beer.
As long as the pH is fine, it's fine. I do the same, I keep a pale of it around all the time. Knock on wood, I have not had a contaminated beer.
Brother, amazing job. Keep up the quality vids
Thanks I appreciate it. Keep watching.
Hilton Head. $$$$$
Must’ve seen the shirt I was wearing.
Your logo is awesome!
Thanks!
FG 1.024, not too sweet for your taste? Looks great. Thanks for the video,
Doesn't taste as sweet as the FG says. Came out so good. Probably be my Porter I make when I want a Porter.
Baltic porters are generally a fair bit sweeter than an english porter. Try a Saku Porter or a A le Coq Porter, both very popular porters in Estonia at least. Saku beeing the sweetest, little less roasted than the A le Coq, but both fairly sweet. They both make Christmas speciality porters which has higher ABV and even sweeter.
Looks great, makes me want to brew one.
I'd do it. I'll be sad when the kegs gone....
Love your videos, I’m new to Jamestown , is there any good home brew shops in the area or Buffalo area?
I only know of the Hydroponic store in Rochester that sells home brew ingredients. Don't know about Buffalo.
Thanks for this series
Glad you enjoy it!
Once she sits for awhile she will shine. Well done.
Its a good idea. Notes on production of the video: * you used a ~50s unrelated intro which i basically skipped over. Its far too long and will turn away audirnces. Cut the skit and consider shortening the logo. * Your main point was done at 6:00 and at that point you had told us what the next part of the video will be. Instead dont tell us what is up next (leave it at "we'll let it run a few minutes") and then very briefly describe the water rinse and starsan rinse. I do gotta commend you on the thumbnail though. Top notch
Thanks for the info.
Love your videos, but may I ask, where did the photos come from at the introduction of the video? I love them and would like to get my hands on a few of them!!!
AI. I use Dalle3 and then put it into Canva.
Man I must commend you on the idea!!!!! I will be getting that setup for my keezer for sure!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Not a problem. Pretty cheap and easy....
@@IMakeBeer I have been brewing for about 20 years. I brew on a Spike Trio 20 Gallon Double Batch. I have watched several of you videos, and admire your attention to detail!!! Keep the channel alive…you are spot on regarding process and info!!! Good job, enjoy your videos!! Where are you located…if I may ask?
Rochester NY.
@@IMakeBeerI live in Martinsburg WV. I am about 75 Southwest of Washington DC. It’s called the Eastern Panhandle of WV. We are essentially a suburb of the DC area. Most definitely the only thing that identifies our area to WV…is the name. Go 12 miles South your in VA and 12 miles North it’s Maryland, now, when I come back it’s like I stepped into a time machine and went back 20 years.
This is the first video I saw from you, but I'll try to watch some of the full-length videos later. Absolutely love your thumbnails.(Wish mine were half as creative. Amazing Skill!)
Thanks. I’ll check yours out.
I’m a sucker for buffalo chicken. Where do you get these and what are they called?
Crunch Factory Crunch Rolls. I got them at Wegmans. Not sure if you have a wegmans where u r.
@@IMakeBeer Thanks! I don’t have a wegmans but it looks like another store in my area might carry them.
Perfect for the season.Thanks.
Thank you for watching!
Just subscribed, thanks for the content. What do you use to whirlpool? I’m using clawhammer as well and really haven’t done much of a whirlpool this far.
I use this: www.brewhardware.com/product_p/spincycleoverboard.htm Clawhammer also sells one now.
I just purchased the clawhammer one and will try it next brew. Thank you!
Let me know what you think. I saw Emmit from Clawhammer is designing a new pickup tube for the valve that pints down. Should help to not suck up trub.
@@IMakeBeerI have that as well, so we’ll see.
Just let it sit for around 3 months... Looks great!
It was!! Thanks.
Sounds like 2023 was a great year. Looking forward to seeing what 2024 brings 🍻🍻🍻
Thanks. Me too!