5 CHEAT CODES to Make Homebrewing EASIER

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Here are 5 "Cheat Codes" or hacks for homebrewing that make life a bit easier and make your beers better. Here are hacks to keep your hoppy beers fresh for longer, make lagers at room temperature, keep your mash temp consistent, and more! I've used these techniques over the years to save time and effort on brew day, and to make my beers more consistent over time. Let me know what your favorite hacks are in the comments!
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0:00 Intro and Welcome
0:51 How to keep your hoppy beers fresh
3:22 How to ferment lagers at room temperature
4:43 The best value stainless unitank on the market
5:32 How to oxygen-free dry hop on a budget
6:25 How to maintain a consistent BIAB mash temperature
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@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I realize the aspect ratio of this video got a bit messed up. I'm not really sure why this happened to this particular video, but it hopefully shouldn't happen in the future.

@randutch3860 3 жыл бұрын

Thought I had too much to drink last night. Glad it's not just me.

@GenusBrewing 3 жыл бұрын

Did you film in 4k in a pre-2015ish camera?

@theoriginaldylangreene 3 жыл бұрын

Good tips! With regards to the magnets, that's a great idea when you need to dry hop under pressure. One thing I would say though to anyone who is going to try it is to never EVER put the neodymium magnets inside the hop bag. Most neodymium magnets are made in China now, and they are an alloyed (often sintered) metal often containing traces of cobalt and arsenic, and they will corrode and release those dangerous compounds into the beer.

@matthewmclean6571 3 жыл бұрын

1000% agree with ascorbic acid! I bottle my beers and I add 3-5 grams with the priming sugar for NEIPAs and I've seen 0 oxidation even after 3 months in the bottle. It is literally magic. I add a dash to all my beers now. I think adding it at kegging would work great too.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Makes a big difference!

@busbys002 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video!

@Bassguitarist1985 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 10, 000 subs! Thank you for the links I added a few to my home brewing wish list

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad I could help out!

@PartyTimeBrewing 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Love learning! Cheers!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@RiggerBrew 3 жыл бұрын

Some great ideas! When it's cold, use a seed starter heat mat and stc1000 to keep the ferment going.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Heat wraps are a great method!

@theulsterexpat 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the Vit C info. I had just heard about this from a FB group I am on, and wondered how this worked in practice. This video has explained this, thanks

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help out!

@JustMyFish 2 жыл бұрын

Stainless steel lawn sprinkler for Spurge connected to hose and boiler pump. Cost is around £25 Or $18.75.

@ElementaryBrewingCo 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 10k Steve!!!!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Its been a journey!

@djuanesg2756 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@goosefraba560 3 жыл бұрын

cheat codes for the win! might consider that sous vide hack for future brews. Thanks Señor AptBrewer!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!!

@pata7979 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and I've been ordering from Jasper's for a few years now and they are by far the best homebrew store that I've dealt with.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

They're awesome! Really do enjoy having them as a LHBS

@GenusBrewing 3 жыл бұрын

Get ready for the weekly (w How much ass-korbs per batch) questions! 😙

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome lol. Gonna miss this stream but ill have to check it later and count

@hatherlow 2 жыл бұрын

Brewed a German Pilsner with W34/70 great job

@TheApartmentBrewer 2 жыл бұрын

It's a great yeast!

@nathanmeier2908 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy watching your vids.... Thanks.... By the way go army hoorah

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enioy the videos, cheers!

@herbstava 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve just started adding ascorbic acid to my beer post fermentation prior to bottling and it seems like it works really well (though I need to run a no ascorbic acid control). I heard about the “super oxidizer” thing with ascorbic acid and I think that comes from dissolved Cu in solution (there’s a whole lot of beautiful and destructive Fenton chem possible with Cu(I) (reduced from Cu(II) by ascorbic acid) and O2). Because of this (and I have no idea if matters) I make sure my bottling bucket doesn’t contain any trace Cu or really isn’t made of any metal at all

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff, I don't really know enough chemistry to dig into this but thanks for sharing!

@cabbagesnuffler1449 2 жыл бұрын

Brew tan B can chelate Cu and other metals to prevent this. 👍

@leon4695 3 жыл бұрын

Konami code. Really good solid advice never even thought/considered using the corny keg as a fermenter 👍

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad I could help you out!

@thedon98677 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome advice about the ascorbic acid. I had not heard of that before, only people using SMB. Hate my brown NEIPAs. Would be interested to your process for transfer to serving keg

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Usually for NEIPAs I'll closed pressure transfer into the keg if I can.

@10intexas 3 жыл бұрын

My "hack" is to use a drop of EVOO instead of oxygen in my wort. Dip a toothpick in the EVOO and allow the drop to fall into the wort. Actually only need a tenth of the drop but the extra won't hurt.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

That's really interesting...I did a little research after reading this comment and it seems legit. There's a Brulosophy experiment out there on it. I'm curious if the oil affects your head retention at all, most oils do but maybe the amount is insignificant?

@10intexas 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer No impact on head retention. It also seems to negate the need for yeast nutrient since the yeast are not required to produce the component of their metabolism the EVOO replaces.

@ElderNerd 3 жыл бұрын

+1 for using Lutra for lagers, though my experience is it only ferments 'clean' at room temperature (

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Its a great yeast! I had a pretty clean result at 85, but it probably varies with pitch rate

@glleon80517 3 жыл бұрын

Nice hacks! I would advise anyone using neodymium magnets to wrap them tightly in a small plastic bag as they are nickel plated, not stainless. Also, what do you think about opening the fermenter to chuck in the dry hop bag and then purging with CO2? I haven’t tried ascorbic acid but appreciate the hack!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great point, thanks for sharing! Yeah there's nothing wrong with just going with a CO2 purged hop toss. I just did that in fact.

@jdmlong 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know you could get a 6-gallon corny keg. Amazing. I think I might try the fermentasaurus snub-nose since the fermzilla is always out of stock.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can find them from torpedo kegs. Its hot or miss where, but my lhbs has them in stock

@garyelderman1229 3 жыл бұрын

Another good 1. Brewing for a long time . You can teach an old dog new tricks.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Glad I can help!

@2289273 2 жыл бұрын

I will be waiting for that Lutra Lager video

@TheApartmentBrewer 2 жыл бұрын

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@vellakoil_Kattuseval 3 жыл бұрын

Post a video on sanitizing and different chemical used.. will be interesting

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I'll consider it. Not much to talk about though. Starsan for sanitation and PBW for cleaning, that's really it

@RidesWithAnthony 3 жыл бұрын

I ferment in a dedicated corney keg. O2 free transfer but no dry hopping. It would seem to me that storing the hops warm above the wort in the fermenter would be detrimental to the overall hop character. But I suppose it depends on the set up. Experiment Idea: Test the difference in hop character between a beer with hops added to warm fermenter, suspended with magnets in a bag VS one with hops added cold via sight glass tc attachment.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I've done it a few times and the heat isn't really an issue unless there's oxygen present. Usually any oxygen in the headspace gets purged pretty quickly by fermentation

@ryanspaulding624 4 ай бұрын

Do you have to add the ascorbic acid after mashing in? Or into the mash water? And why not in the boil?

@luchincete 3 жыл бұрын

My hacks - i use a pet valvle on my fermzilla for dryhop and add a little of sugar (for reactivated lev). - I use a watter dispenser connected to hose for use it on the inmersion chiller (no cables, no pump) - i use my itap as a duofiller with a 3/8 hose - i made a hole on my bootle sealer for put the iTap. - not a hack but... bucket blaster is amazing :v - not a hack but... tilt is amazing too :) THANKS for the best secret for neipa (ascorbic acid) my next hazy i'll try it

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@patrickbedroske9392 3 жыл бұрын

Oxyclean for sanitizer, super cheap, easy to find. However, it is the salt form of peroxide so be careful with NEIPAs. Also, starter yeast from previous bottle of homebrew, or commercial if they used bottle conditioning (Sierra Nevada PA, New Glarus Two Women)

@luwn00bz 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you risk using an oxygen or chlorine based sanitizer/cleaner? Not worth the risk, right?

@patrickbedroske9392 3 жыл бұрын

@@luwn00bz Oxyclean is Peroxide based, there is no chlorine. It is the main ingredient in One Step.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah while oxyclean is cheap, its not always the best move. I like to stay away from cleaners lile that in brewing if I can. PBW and starsan are more than sufficient but they can cost a bit

@Bullsbrew551 3 жыл бұрын

I bottle my beer. Do you think the ascorbic acid addition would be more effective added to the bottling bucket? ( as there is a potential for oxygen exposure at this point). Also, can ascorbic acid affect the yeast to perform the necessary bottle carbonation? Thank you.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Ascorbic acid won't keep your yeast from bottle conditioning properly, so you should be fine

@jcinsaniac 3 жыл бұрын

If you use cheat #5, I would caution you to put your Sous Vide probe in a hop spider to keep the grain ingestion to a minimum. I also use my pump to circulate the wort constantly to keep the mash temp uniform.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff to know, thanks for sharing!

@Frameshaft 3 жыл бұрын

Quick question about the Lutra, do I just follow a lager recipe and sub out the starter for the Lutra or is there more to it? Thank you for the vid!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

That was pretty much my experience. I pitched the whole packet, and fermented at 85 F. Really as hot as you can get it up to 100 F will produce the same results. The other thing that is pretty important is adding some extra yeast nutrient. Kveik is pretty nutrient-hungry so I added about 5 tsp of Fermax at 10 min from the end of the boil.

@Jango1989 3 жыл бұрын

Really informative. Some very useful tips. Going to have to give the saff larger /kviek yeast trick a go one of these days. One tip from my own experience of brewing in a tiny space with no dedicated brew fridge. An easy and effective way to cold crash your beer before bottling is to carefully place your brew vessel in a bath tub in a double lined dustbin bag, fill with bags with cheap packs of ice you can get at supermarkets etc, wrap with a few layers old sleeping bags, blanket, coats etc and the next day you'll have some very nicely crashed beer. Needs a certain level of spousal/housemate approval as you have to take up the bath tub for 12 hours.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, the bathtub method is definitely a tried and true one! Also works for chilling wort as well!

@tman9338 3 жыл бұрын

Any benefit to adding absorb acid at kegging ??

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of benefit. It will scrub oxygen in the same way

@allisterdavidson4514 Жыл бұрын

Hi, can you add ascorbic acid to the keg when keging? I don’t close transfer, just drop a long tube from fermentor to to bottom of keg to reduce splashing and purge first with co2. If this is a yes, could I also add the 3-5 grams to the mash? Any advise appreciate. To much info on this on google.

@TheApartmentBrewer Жыл бұрын

Yes you can add it at either point, or both if you want

@Leo99929 3 жыл бұрын

Adding an anti-oxidant in the mash, prior to boiling which removes dissolved oxygen? After which brewers usually actively re-oxygenate to ensure the yeast has the oxygen it needs for sterol synthesis? I don't understand this logic. Adding Ascorbic acid at dry hop, post fermentation on the other hand I totally agree with. Especially with a complementary addition of sodium metabisulfite to provide free sulphite for any potential peroxide to react with. From my research SMB by itself seems to have more of a scientific grounding for protection against oxidation in isolation than ascorbic acid does. Tried this on an APA. Can confirm that it works. I added it to the keg and kept some in a bottle with a carb cap. Kept in the same keezer, at the same pressure, both purged. The one without the antioxidants went darker, faster. The protected one remained "fresh" in the glass, longer. Left them on the counter overnight to compare.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Is a bit difficult to explain as even i don't understand it fully, but often times chemistry doesn't really follow conventional logic. All I know is that this method works just as well as adding it after fermentation is complete, but as I said there is nothing wrong with doing it at that point

@Leo99929 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer This feels ripe for an exbeeriment with identical beers brewed with ascorbic acid added to the mash, at dry hop, with SMB, and not at all. Would probably be best on a NEIPA for the difference to be most pronounced. Compare them for a baseline and they should be identical, then expose each to a measured amount of oxygen and compare how they change. Since one option is added in the mash, would need at least two brews, unless the ascorbic acid was added after the boil instead of at mash, if you are happy you don't think that would make a difference?

@johncspine2787 2 жыл бұрын

Has to do with precursor compounds..

@1TheLord1 3 жыл бұрын

I've noticed ascorb does impact my mash Ph. I use a tbs (roughly 3.5g) and for my last ipa I made, it dropped the mash ph from 5.6 to about 5.4 (BIAB, about 12lb of pale grain). That's what I'll do though, I target the mash ph slightly above 5.6 without any addition, measure and re-adjust with lactic to get closer to 5.2. I want it in the lower range since the dry hop will raise beer ph which plays a bog role in oxydation itself. Cheers and thanks for the good content.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thats really interesting, have to be honest but thats the first time I've ever heard of it lowering the pH with a normal addition.

@MrPostLamp 3 жыл бұрын

How much Ascorbic Acid do people recommend adding to a 5 gallon batch?

@iliffavenuebrewhouse6496 3 жыл бұрын

I've been looking into this too. It seems that 1 tsp per 5 gallons is a pretty standard amount which works out to a little bit more than 3g. Apartment said 3-5g so that seems appropriate

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Usually I'll do 3-5 grams

@luwn00bz 3 жыл бұрын

I am still debating with myself if the Ascorbic Acid (and Potassium bisulphite) help with oxygenation. I guess they can effect a bit but I think good practices help a lot more. I don't know because I don't have oxygenation problems since my beers get drunken fast! Currently have my first Lutra batch brewing and I hope to blow a few kveik haters' minds with it. Super cool. Using magnets is cool and fancy but I think the only benefit would be if you ferment+keg in a closed pressurized system. Opening the fermenter to quickly throw a few hops in induces so little oxygen that if you will bottle the beer the impact of dry hopping oxygenation is really minimal. But if done right it sure doesn't do any harm! I just wouldn't sweat on it.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

There's a whole lot of debate on these topics for sure. But you are 100% right, good brewing habits will get you much much further than any hack. Fundamentals first. Thanks for watching!

@NikitaVorontsov 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Congrats on 10k! Lutra is definitely a GOAT lager yeast if you aren’t overly anal about brewing

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really was blown away with the performance of Lutra, and I still kind of can't believe its as clean as it is. I harvested some from that brew and will be using it again later.

@NikitaVorontsov 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer it really is incredible clean! Flocculates quite well, and is incredibly resilient. Harvesting it after one batch leaves you with like 10-20 batches of yeast left also!

@user-mr9tw6dj6h 3 жыл бұрын

sous vide is expensive in my place. im planning to get an electrical heater and pair it with a temp controller and sensor. cut off the power supply once sensor hit the set temp

@Ebaz 3 жыл бұрын

Watch out with this one, as most electric heaters stay hot when you turn them off. So set the temp you want a bit lower as it will slowly increase afterwards

@user-mr9tw6dj6h 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ebaz genius. i left out this point. perhaps i should get an electrical heater with the same power output as a sous vide. 1kw heater. but isnt sous vide also have remaining heat after it turned off?

@Ebaz 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-mr9tw6dj6h yes it does! But that's also why he said in the video, get it to the right temp and then use a sous vide 😇. I'm using an electric heater as well but made this mistake once 😅

@user-mr9tw6dj6h 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ebaz i will try the heater couple with a stc 1000. for the first time i will stand around to look at the thermometer. thanks for the warning. sous vide price here is a 25L glass fermenter + a 40L kettle + 50 empty bottles. while stc 1000 + heater is the price of 30 empty bottles. much cheaper alternative if it works

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Always many ways to accomplish the same thing. Great info!

@TwoandaHalfPintsHomebrew 3 жыл бұрын

I entered all of these codes but Aerith still gets stabbed by Sephiroth! Do I have to do a New Game plus to beat this? Help, I've been trying this for 20 years and still no answers! To be serious, I have had success with Sodium Metabisulphate as recommended by the LODO cultists instead of Ascorbic Acid and it seems to do a good job of oxygen scavenging too. I end up using about .66 grams in a 6 gallon batch with no ill effects.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! Thought it would work! I've heard a lot of people talk about using metabisulfite as well and haven't tried it. Might have to look into it!

@DavidAbraham504 3 жыл бұрын

Please define hot temperature for the yeast you mentioned. I’m from Miami so I’m sure what might be hot for you is probably not as hot for me. 😃😃😃

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a great point. Room temperature in the northeast is like 68-72 F

@DavidAbraham504 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer what would be the regular temperature to brew a lager?

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

If you're using the w-34/70 yeast, 50-70 F. Lutra, go with 70-90 F

@DavidAbraham504 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer what will be the temperature to cool crash and for how long you need to keep that temperature?

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Usually I'll cold crash close to freezing, but the length of time varies. Sometimes it drops clear right away, sometimes it takes a while

@tommanning7337 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻🍺🍺

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tom!!!

@stenlee556 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to post a short summary of the topic under the video? I'm sure many non-English-speaking brewers would say thank you.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

I'll try to integrate that in the future, thanks

@duncanbayne3078 3 жыл бұрын

Stainless steel not magnetic. Use another magnet vacuum sealed in the hop bag.

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the type of stainless. Some types are magnetic, sometimes a good plating is all you need. That being said your solution is excellent!

@digitalFig 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheApartmentBrewer I used some magnets per your recommendation in a different video and they worked well, thank you! I notice you never suggest using a magnet on the bottom side in the hop bag (to be dropped into the fermenting beer) and @Duncan here suggests vacuum sealing it first if you do -- why?

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

@@digitalFig glad to hear it worked well for you! You can use another magnet but like Duncan said above having it vacuum sealed or coated is a good idea. Sometimes the coating can break down. Also sometimes these magnets can be brittle and chip

@HOMEBREW4LIFE 3 жыл бұрын

Konami code!

@TheApartmentBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

Tried entering it into my controller and a hard seltzer popped out!

@vellakoil_Kattuseval 3 жыл бұрын

Hey.. try Indian porter beer making.. recipe from Kernel export beer company

@johncspine2787 2 жыл бұрын

No..don’t use a sous vide stick..the elements are very hot and can scorch wort onto the element and lead to off flavors. Sous vide sticks should only be used in water..sorry!