I have brewed many Eisbocks that have won medals and even a BOS. I find when aging for 6 months it starts to become good. At 1 year old the Eisbock is excellent and it becomes outstanding as it ages more.. Last year I entered a 3 year old version into NHC and 2 local competitions. It won 3 gold medals.
@garyelderman12294 жыл бұрын
The way you extracted the beer from the ice was genius.
@RadianHelix4 жыл бұрын
I knew Ronnie Drew from The Dubliners was still alive. He's living his dream! Making a good brew.
@theefishlippedone4 жыл бұрын
lol
@addalittlebam4 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old video, but if you wanted to get the abv of eisbock, take the volume of the remaining beer or take the remaining ice and subtract the original volume. So for example if you had one gallon of ice from four gallons of doppelbock. 4gal x 8%= 3gal x 10.67%
@2000freefuel3 жыл бұрын
just use a refractometer, www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AOCKWMU/
@jshicke4 жыл бұрын
Love to see people experimenting with different beer styles, adjuncts, and brewing processes. My best ale was made with a standard brown ale recipe for a 5 gallon batch, then added 2 pounds of blond DME, and 2 pounds of honey. This got me about 10.5% ABV but took a long time to ferment due to the higher alcohol content causing the yeast to struggle a bit.I called it 'Honey Blond', and it was a big hit.
@davidrogers62624 жыл бұрын
That recipe looks awesome. I think I'll try it! Did you use Kent goldings for hops?
@mattgoodacre33914 жыл бұрын
I know the reason that thawed out beer smelled off. It was because it skunked being exposed to light during the thawing process. Had it been treated in a no light environment the outcome might have changed things.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Good point. It just sat out in the open in that open plastic fermenter for a day.
@TheApartmentBrewer4 жыл бұрын
I do believe you gents have given me an idea... Excellent video and a really hard style to do! Well done and cheers!
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Good luck with the freezing 🧊
@TheRealNosfera7u3 жыл бұрын
Popping the beer with your thumb was the highlight! Beastttt
@sethaaronson40114 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this one to see how you did it! Very cool.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
It’s a joy and a relief! Thanks for watching.
@jeffa91714 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Martin, I love your videos. Watching someone brew 99 beers could get boring fast. But every video has something unique to explore, explain, or try out. Keep 'em coming. And, nice shot opening the bottle. Wish I had thumbs strong enough to do that. Still fun despite the fact that it was pre-opened. 😁🍻
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hernan’s thumbs take all the credit for getting that bottle open.
@GenusBrewing4 жыл бұрын
We accidentally Eis'd a beer last year! Our kegerator's temp controller went out and froze up everything - we had an imperial stout in a clear Dolium keg so we were able to see where the ice was. It was a fun accident!
@jamesk4004 жыл бұрын
99 bottles of beer challenge? i have just been inspired, thank you... i completed my first homebrew project about 2 weeks ago, an IPA kit that i got for Christmas, thanks guys... i threw you a sub and like btw
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
@ichaukan4 жыл бұрын
Q: How do you fit all of them up on the wall? A: You take one down and pass it around.
@alessiozv35254 жыл бұрын
Can t believe! I was waiting this video!
@jaytomten37824 жыл бұрын
Very neat!
@A2an4 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos 👍
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ytrichardsenior2 жыл бұрын
Good work!
@johankauffmann46674 жыл бұрын
That looks a really interesting project - could you please clarify the exact time and temperature for the fermenting stage again
@MrWimbli4 жыл бұрын
Thanks !
@RobertTheWild13 жыл бұрын
Martin over here chillin with Beer Universe Billy Joel
@caminojohn32404 жыл бұрын
The example from Schneider Brau, is a brewery that focuses on wheat based beers. You can find more details here: schneider-weisse.de/en
@distractiontherapy4 жыл бұрын
Hi Martin. Another awesome brew video, can't wait for the IPA's, but keep up the good work until then :) I have to make a confession...I've also been watching @HarryBrew69 build his brewery, welding containers from scratch, compulsive viewing.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting me on to that channel - wasn’t aware of it. I’m looking forward to the IPAs too. Eventually 🤓
@distractiontherapy4 жыл бұрын
@@TheHomebrewChallenge if you pull up the Playlists - All Blogs in order, on number 35 he decides to manufacturer his own boil kettle, hlt, mash tun and fermenters. He then takes us on a 200 day journey and beyond, covering all aspects of creating a professional brewery from the embers of his previous business to dealing with government taxes etc, family and antics along the way. Hope you enjoy. Kind regards :)
@Teh5094 жыл бұрын
Could have measured the keg weight prior to freezing then post transfer to calculate frozen water loss and thus concentrate weight, and then abv.
@Themassaman13 жыл бұрын
You would still have to assume that any entrained liquid is the same abv as the brewed beer which is unlikely. Or you would have to assume all the left over mass is water which is also unlikely.
@jasonlahti72114 жыл бұрын
Love this series! Have you tried lagering under pressure at room temperature?
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I haven’t yet but it’s on the list of things to try. Very soon actually.
@2000freefuel3 жыл бұрын
IMHO I'd have a look into how Clinebell ice makers work, it might be what your looking for.
@aaron52224 жыл бұрын
This beer made be thirsty by its appearance in the glass
@AlbeeSoaring Жыл бұрын
If you would have weighted the keg before freezing then after extracting the concentrated beer you could figure out how much abv you truly have in that eisbock.
@Myzteryhouse4 жыл бұрын
single mash for all brews?
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@III-jj8qk4 жыл бұрын
Aventinus eisbock is a darkish weizenbock that has been freeze distilled so you were never gonna replicate it with that recipe.
@Tortuga23234 жыл бұрын
That's my absolute fav! Damn hard to find tho
@kennyrazor817 ай бұрын
Did you do a decotion mash?
@atomictyler4 жыл бұрын
Nice job! 10 gallons of Doppelbock is my next brew and I think I'll be freezing 5 gallons of it now! Did you hold the freezer at -3F for the entire 10 hours?
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Go for it! Yes held at -3F for 10 hours. I had 4 gallons of beer in the keg. A full keg might need a little longer.
@Holdmuhbeer3 жыл бұрын
Yea, I have two 5 gallon kegs in the freezer, going on 12 hours now and not even a little slushy. Hopefully it freezes up soon, only like 4 hours til bed time lol.
@fruitylerlups5302 жыл бұрын
whats the music?
@Uchoobdood4 жыл бұрын
Get ready for the most intense hangover in the world. Almost as bad an applejack hangover
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
So far so good. But enjoying this one in small quantities.
@danielrowe21744 жыл бұрын
So an Esibock is an ice Bock beer that is at imperial level. I don't recall having one.
@theblobfish96144 жыл бұрын
An eisbock doesn't necessarily have to be strong, you can also concentrate a weaker beer to normal strength and call it eisbock
@davemeddlehed5644 жыл бұрын
Eisbock refers more to the method than the final ABV. Eis means "ice" in german. So it's really all about the freeze distillation. Eisbock can range from 5% up into the mid teens, it all depends on what kind of ABV you had before you froze it.
@theblobfish96144 жыл бұрын
@@davemeddlehed564 not only the middle tens but way higher. I drank an ice bock which was at 30 abv, the strongest maxing out just under 60 abv
@ChuckUnderFire4 жыл бұрын
Would carbonating AFTER the freeze and transfer allow you to keep track of the ABV from start to finish? Hmmm.
@damiankowalski47314 жыл бұрын
Looks like not enough yeast for that big lager beer.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
A larger starter might have been good but I didn’t have any problem with fermentation and got down to the expected FG.
@TheBlackfire2183 жыл бұрын
Ice bok
@pernielsen8673 жыл бұрын
How do you carbonate this beer?
@mostlycensored76684 жыл бұрын
Why mess with DoppleBock?
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Ha true. It’s a fine beer as is. But when you already have another keg already filled with Dopplebock..
@BlackJesus84634 жыл бұрын
doppelbock
@trisi954 жыл бұрын
How the feck did you guys find a german Eisbock outside of germany and i cant even find something else beside standard Lager beer in germany. I'm bored to death by the german beer market (except specialized stores).
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Haha just got lucky randomly finding it at a bottle shop.
@davemeddlehed5644 жыл бұрын
German beers are cropping up all over the place here(I don't think I'm anywhere near these guys, but I live in the northeastern US). Schneider Weisse, Weihenstephaner, Pauliner, Ayinger, and Erdinger are all available at my local store, and those are only the hefeweizens.
@kevinbarrick58064 жыл бұрын
Anybody try this w an ipa?
@Dahakaferal3 жыл бұрын
well... one time I left a bottle of my homebrewed double IPA in the freezer for too long but the liquid resulting from it wasn't as good as an Eisbock.... it was more strong than the initial beer but I felt like it wasn't worth it. Obviously what i did was not under control so i think that better results could be made!
@Weshopwizard4 жыл бұрын
Herms system. Not gonna get the same effect as a dedication mash?!?
@A2an4 жыл бұрын
Is the leftovers then light beer 😎
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps even non-alcoholic light beer?
@TheGogeta2224 жыл бұрын
So Basic American beer... Oh no it still taste better and got more alcohol
@Kberrysal4 жыл бұрын
Is this same as Freeze distillation and can you do this with a larger Eisbock
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Yes freeze distillation. Have not heard it used for other beer styles but would sure be interesting to try.
@willh76904 жыл бұрын
So I've heard a lot of different things about freeze distilling. Some say it's illegal others say it's not. What's your stance on this?
@Kberrysal4 жыл бұрын
@@willh7690 Freeze distillation is Legal
@Kberrysal4 жыл бұрын
@John Smith It is not illegal United States of America
@keikei794 жыл бұрын
That was... impressive, I have to admit. Next stop: Steinbier.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
😂 Beer brewed with hot stones... interesting.
@bryanbrunk11864 жыл бұрын
Backset the next batch with the frozen remains.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Ha. Thats disappeared down the sink.
@bryanbrunk11864 жыл бұрын
I figured as much but it might be something to try later to see if there are any benefits.
@RossDare4 жыл бұрын
As a german brewmaster this hurts my feelings
@Crazt4 жыл бұрын
Explain?
@Chris-yg5vh4 жыл бұрын
@@Crazt look up the rules, regulations, and traditional application for brewing in Germany. This hurts
@why_though4 жыл бұрын
This isn't distillation
@aaron52224 жыл бұрын
That's obvious. It was point of reference to those who didn't fully understand the process. Same principle more or less removing water leaving a concentrated beer behind resulting in higher ABV.
@mrow75984 жыл бұрын
Beer Slushy Anyone?
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
🧊 🍺 🧊
@hedgerowpete4 жыл бұрын
You should change the tittle to say 99 lagers not beers
@degueloface4 жыл бұрын
He is at 9B, 9C is Baltic Porter which is traditionally lagered BUT can be made with an ale yeast. After that, it is strictly ales. Literally the rest of the beers, from category 10 to 26 are ales.
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Yes, finally moving on to ales!
@TheHomebrewChallenge4 жыл бұрын
Are they really all exclusively ales from here on out? Hadn’t realized that.
@degueloface4 жыл бұрын
@@TheHomebrewChallenge Yeah I had to check. 10 to 26 are all ales, after that you get into the specialty/historical/alternative beer categories
@hedgerowpete4 жыл бұрын
@@degueloface you last 17 videos are lagers or bocks. running backwards, bock -bock - lager - dunkellager - larger - larger - lager - lager - bock - smoke - lager - pils - -coffee - lager - lager - -lager - bock. its gone way past boring now, you really need to mix it up a bit, or keep with the series but add extra non lager videos intot he stream to break the monotamy up