Brown Ale Brewed w/ Homemade Specialty Malts!!!🍺

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3 жыл бұрын

This American Brown Ale is the first grain to glass beer I’ve brewed with my own homemade malt and homemade specialty malts. Open this video description for the full recipe.
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Bearded’s Brown Ale - 2 gallon BIAB recipe - 5.25% ABV
OG Range= 1.047 to 1.051 / FG= 1.007
3.5 gallons (13.25L) water - preboil volume
2# (907g) Pale Malt
1# (453g) Munich Malt
8 oz (226.7g) Caramel Malt 80L
4 oz (113.4g) Special B Malt
2 oz (56.6g) Chocolate Malt
.5oz(14g) Willamette hops @30 minutes
1/8tsp Irish Moss @10 minutes
.25oz(7g) US Goldings hops @ 5 minutes
½ packet Nottingham yeast - rehydrate in water w/ 1 tsp sugar
1. Get 3.5 gallons(13.25L) of water up to strike temperature of 157F(69.4C), then put your brew bag in the pot and add in the crushed grain, stirring as you go to prevent dough balls. Mix well and mash at 148F(63.8C) for 60 minutes.
2. Lift out your bag and pour 2 quarts(2L) of hot water over the bag slowly to rinse out residual sugars, then drain for 10 minutes.
3. Boil the wort for 30 minutes, then add 0.5oz(14g) of Willamette Hop pellets.
4. Boil for 20 minutes, then add 1/8 tsp Irish Moss mixed with 4oz cooled wort.
5. Boil 5 minutes, then add 0.25oz(7g) US Goldings Hops. Boil 5 more minutes and turn off the heat.
6. Remove your hop bags and cool the beer to 80F(26.6C) or below and take a gravity reading. Should be between 1.047 and 1.051.
7. Pitch your rehydrated Nottingham yeast, Seal up the fermenter with an airlock and let the beer ferment for at least 2 weeks.
8. Your final gravity should be around 1.007.
9. For bottling you can make a priming solution of 1.5oz of table sugar and 4 ounces of water, or add 1/2tsp of dry sugar to each 12oz bottle, or rounded 1/2tsp to 16oz bottles.
10. Allow your bottles to carbonate at room temperature for at least two weeks, then chill and enjoy.
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@billybob119 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle is co owner and brew master of freedom edge brewery in cheyenne wyoming and he's really got me interested in brewing. Then I ran into this channel now I'm hooked

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Best hobby there is. I envy your Uncle:-)

@stevepalmer3160 3 жыл бұрын

Meant ENTIRELY COMLPEMENTARY!!!! You are the most normal and entertaining person I have ever watched on youtube "ever", and it easy to watch your vid all the way through. WELL DONE! Thank you.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother:-)

@stevepalmer3160 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored if you ever find yourself in Virginia Beach LMK we can grab a brew, and talk brew.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevepalmer3160 Will do:-)

@Vedexent_ 8 ай бұрын

"the grinder plate is broken, so I'm just going to throw my gain in a magic bullet" - I could almost hear the screams of home brew purists :D I love your approach, and the reminder that you can "make do" with a lot less in home brewing and still make great enjoyable beer for home consumption :)

@BeardedBored 7 ай бұрын

Gotta do what you can with what you have;-)

@rcbran 3 жыл бұрын

Great time watching. Appreciate the humility!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother:-)

@noahkungfoo 3 жыл бұрын

Been having difficulties maintaining mash temperatures with my similar setup, and I can't thank you enough for showing how you use the oven!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

It's so much easier. I usually have to set my oven to 155F to get it to keep the mash at 150F. Might take a little fiddling to figure out the right oven temp to keep the pot in the zone.

@SilverbackGC 3 жыл бұрын

I brewed a lager a while ago that was very flat after the bottle conditioning. I got around it by mixing a solution of 1 part sugar and 2 parts boiling water (sanitising the sugar). I then popped the crown caps off, put 5ml of the solution in using a kids medicine syringe and then popped a new cap on. It worked perfectly. Mixing the sugar with water stopped it foaming up.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

I've had to recap before too. Made me nervous, haha!

3 жыл бұрын

I recently purchased a second-hand Corona style hand mill which I rigged to crank with a 1/2" power drill. Thing rocks!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Got another one coming in the mail. Hopefully it's not busted;-)

@ClassicRyder1 3 жыл бұрын

Haven't brewed beer in almost 10 years but thinking I'm going to need to start again.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Best hobby there is!

@ClassicRyder1 3 жыл бұрын

@@theworldisastage1984 I've been doing it, that's part of the reason I stopped brewing.

@ledzep331 3 жыл бұрын

Being from the North of England I was brought up on (Newcastle) Brown Ale and (Tetley, John Smiths) Bitter. Bland commercial lagers took over in the 1990's and early 2000's so it's so nice to see the traditional dark beers making a comeback.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Dark and malty is my favorite. Dunkel, Porter, stout, etc. Expect to see at least one of those later this year;-)

@ledzep331 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored You should try a "Mild" (don't know if you've heard of it?) would sit well with your favourites, a lower abv, malty dark beer that often has a "nutty" flavour.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@ledzep331 Can you give me an example of a commercial version? I might be able to find a clone recipe to use as a jumping off point.

@ledzep331 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored I'm a member of the Home Brew Forum in the UK ( www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/) just search for mild there. If you have any questions, it's a very active forum with the nicest members who always have the answers.

@BarleyandHopsBrewing 3 жыл бұрын

You make me want to brew more beer. Excellent content Bearded...

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks so much George! Hope we see some beers on your channel;-)

@jamesj8965 3 жыл бұрын

As a brewer that loves swing top bottles, that was a very crazy way to open the swing top lol. #stickyceilings

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

I got the super high ceiling in the kitchen just in case.😉

@Rev-D1963 3 жыл бұрын

Faux pas simply proves one as human!!!!! Love watching your brewing videos, it's like watching a chemist ply his trade! Thanks for another great one brother! Rev. D.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Preacher:-)

@bigjplay 3 жыл бұрын

Just when I think your new video couldn’t possibly be better than your last you go and make this! Love it man! Keep it rolling, your boredom is my entertainment 😁

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

@bsbhomebrew 3 жыл бұрын

Brown ale is one of my favorite beer style. Cheers 🍻

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Me too:-)

@thewolfethatcould8878 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, and humor too!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@brucekrisko4364 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Bearded! Specialty malts are worth playing with. No truer words were ever spoken!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

@stillworksandbrewing 3 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite beers Cheers my Friend

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mustyditch4703 3 жыл бұрын

You do the neatest videos. Thank you!!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jamesramey3549 3 жыл бұрын

I have never brewed a beer, but I like drinking it! Gonna give it a try!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Do it!!! Your other hobby will benefit from your sudden interest in fancy new malts;-)

@jamesramey3549 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored I will, it is hard to get to a brew store for different malts. Or hops. Who would you recommend for an online distributor?

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesramey3549 More Beer and Northern Brewer both have good 1 and 5 gallon starter kits. I started out with a 1 gallon brew kit from NB. Check them both out since they both offer several different styles of beer to choose from. Northern Brewer has a really good channel for instructional vids.

@ryanquillin7201 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Give it character!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

🍺👍

@jessbarclay472 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your channel!!!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@2StrokeSmoke544 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff!!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dannyhorton1128 3 жыл бұрын

Love , and enjoy your videos!!!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@beerandbbqhobbyist6464 3 жыл бұрын

Good times

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@BEAVERDIY 3 жыл бұрын

Got to love the eye contact while doing the shaky shake... Can't wait to start brewing beer again. Been over 2 years.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Just be glad I wasn't shaking it up and down while making that eye contact, LOL! Brew that beer broer!

@LP23D6 3 жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike. I just pitched some yeast on what I call a "Mega Malt" batch. Jessie's video got me thinking. Hey I have a bunch of different malts and some hops. 2 row, chocolate rye, Marris Otter ,Vienna, and caramel. Man it smelled heavenly! Damn, I forgot the hops. Oh well. I can dry hop it later or figure out something else to do with it. Cheers and keep up the good work. Oh I have a homebrew oatmeal Stout in the frig. It is darned good.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm, oatmeal stout and a Frankenstein brew. Good times ahead for you brother:-)

@kevinbaxter2578 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bearded, KitchenAid KGM grain mill attachment. Works Awesome. Bought one for the malted Rye.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:-)

@ChooRoo 3 жыл бұрын

Respect for that lockdown comment. I started mead making last year just as Rona came crushing down. Heh heh, had plenty of booze to keep me company!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

That's why this hobby rocks!

@jasonpatton1224 3 жыл бұрын

Mmm That looks good I love dark beer great video Bearded.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@vossierebel 3 жыл бұрын

Yep... it's a skill I need to acquire!!😁🍻😉

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you do:-)

@vossierebel 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored And... with your help I plan to! 🍻😁

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@vossierebel Awesome!

@xeress 3 жыл бұрын

Use two of the little coffee shop packs of sugar in each bottle.

@penguiin12 3 жыл бұрын

hey man i love your channel! between just you and me, and the thousands of people who will read this and view the video, are you an indulger of the devil's lettuce? i get that vibe from you that you used to be if not currently. hahaha

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

It gives me really bad allergy sinus attacks, so it's been 20-ish years since I was around any. But I do support legalization.

@paulosborne6517 3 жыл бұрын

Heck, homemade 'Newkie Brown' [World Famous Newcastle Brown Ale] - I might never leave the house again, if I learn how to make it. ONE taste I really like in beer though is quite the opposite of the dark rich brown ale flavours - it is the light aromatic biscuity taste of ice-cream wafers... I actually think the two would go together very well, if the wafer taste was prominent enough to hold up against the coffee/choc/fig/molasses punch.

@aaronknott686 3 жыл бұрын

Haven’t brewed in Like a month need to again 😋

@RiggerBrew 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Work!! BTW - Carb Tabs, look them up and give it a go.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

I tried those. The things don't fit into the openings of these swing top bottles. You have to break them up to get them in. Also, can't remember if they make them for 16oz or not.

@paulhutchison6994 3 жыл бұрын

If you wash your beer glasses in the dishwasher don't use rinse aid. It will kill your head retention.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Rinse aid? I'm not made of money;-)

@paulhutchison6994 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored 🤣🤣🤣 its included in a lot of dishwasher pods now. You just have to pay attention to it or wash your bar glasses by hand.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulhutchison6994 Oh crap, I use dish pods. Better check them. Thanks!

@dr.feelgood2358 3 жыл бұрын

brown ale doesn't quite go that dark in my opinion, but i'm no BJCP expert. i'm jealous of your malt making though, that's awesome.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, after having another one last night I think I went a touch heavy with the chocolate. I used the brewer's friend recipe calc, and I was a few points high on my srm, but I ran with it anyway. Still tastes like a brown ale though;-)

@louiel8711 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you could use Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies to mash for a hypothetical hop less beer? And i really need to make more beer the bottling is a pain lol. Great video thanks.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Sure you could. As long as you have some malt to convert the starches corn and rice would likely give you a very light body beer, like a light pilsner. Bottling is a pain;-)

@balkamp8888 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good man, I'm pretty hit or miss on my wines, but I've always loved the home brew beers

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

To me, beer brewing is more consistent and predictable. Mash this=get this beer. Wine is more like Schrodinger's Paradox. It should be good, but maybe something happened to ruin it on the 3rd racking I did a year ago. Maybe it's good, maybe it sucks:-)

@balkamp8888 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored exactly! I have found time can fix some wine issues... Not always however

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@balkamp8888 Definitely depends on the issue, hahaha:-)

@wojciechjurczyk9927 3 жыл бұрын

i m a kinda guy who dont drink beer so much, but when i see yours i would like to have one or two or maybe eleven

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, me too!

@quatre1559 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yea!

@BigEdsGuns 3 жыл бұрын

Since it was a Brown Ale. Instead of table sugar to carbonate, give each bottle a squirt of Honey....Honey Brown Ale.... Not traditional. But why not? Cheers B&B!

@sabinfigaro7334 3 жыл бұрын

Zero thumbs down out of 520 some likes. Nice!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

That's rare:-)

@Poopabadoo 3 жыл бұрын

Bearded, have you considered looking into fruited sour beers? From what I've been reading they take a while, would be interested in getting one started for this summer. Your processes have always worked for me so I'd like to see your approach to brewing one. Cheers babe 🍺

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

I'll look into it. I know folks love them, but I haven't really dug into the topic yet.

@khachaturian100 3 жыл бұрын

Do a concord grape whiskey please.

@rayfox212 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be brandy? Or do you mean a grape and grain thing? That could be interesting.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@rayfox212 Yeah, that does sound interesting!

@khachaturian100 3 жыл бұрын

@@rayfox212 An unaged whiskey - specifically. Concord grapes grow like weeds all over North America... It would be very interesting to see what exactly you can make with them. They are covered in plenty of their own yeast as to not require adding any (as long as you don't wash them). We make wine with them yearly. The only problem we have is that we always get acetobacter infections eventually, since we do not sulfate the end product.

@MadJix 3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo!

@rickmilkovic 3 жыл бұрын

Hey B&B, I don't know if it makes difference or not but when I grind my malt in the old, magic bullet I toss in my malt and top it off with water about half & half. I find it helps to mix much better and not make flower from half and not grind the other half. Seemed to increase efficiency to me. Just my thoughts...Živjeli, Próst.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! I'll try that next time. Someday I'll get a grain mill, but until then the magic bullet works:-)

@rickmilkovic 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored I hear you, and same here, but dont want to be caught by the warden using it. I was thinking about making one have the tooling a mill, lathe water cooled AC/DC tig well a home machine shop in a 30x42 garage but don't have the energy to do it any more. Finally in a posisition to just throw some money at it. I know I'd over build, over complicate and go way over budget time and money so might be cheaper to just buy it lol.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickmilkovic Yeah, that's my biggest concern, getting busted using my wife's smoothie blender, haha.

@rickmilkovic 3 жыл бұрын

Lol.. know it to be the truth, peace brother talk soon ...✌✌

@itterman 3 жыл бұрын

Start kegging! Corona mill ouch! :(

@ad.earth59 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!!! I'm following your method to make the speciality malts. Going to make a batch soon. Thinking 2 Kgs base malt(untoasted). 1 Kg Brown malt. In 2 and a half gallons. Want something not too dark from my first batch. Would you recommend any flavours? Like coriander or something? Thank you for the effort btw!!!!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!! Coriander will give you nice bright citrus note that will be quite refreshing. 1/2 to 1 whole teaspoon for a 2 gallon batch will do it. What kind of hops are you going to use?

@MaestroPdx 3 жыл бұрын

it totally doesn't matter but as I live here ....it's pronounced Will-AM-it not Will-a-met. No biggy pretty much anyone not from Portland says it like you lol. I love your videos btw

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, thanks! Appreciate the heads up;-)

@richardmorgan903 3 жыл бұрын

Does shaking the bottles after adding the sugar not increase the risk of oxygenation?

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. The amount of air in the neck is pretty small. Also since beer is going to do a mini ferment in the bottles it's really not a concern.

@richardmorgan903 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored Makes sense! Thanks for the reply!

@jeffreyfreeborn6879 3 жыл бұрын

you could just make some fresh inverted sugar and use it - this would be both sterilized and you won't have to shake it so much, dude )

@BrazenSpirituality 3 жыл бұрын

I have been subbed for a while, but it seems YT "demotes" subs to not show every video if we do not REhit the bell on some sort of regular basis. Aaanyhow... what I wonder is, if one ignores initial equipment outlay, how does the cost of ingredients for a given volume compare to commercial beers, like Clown Shoes like 12 or 15$ bombers, or a 12 pack like VooDoo Ranger at 20$? And also what is the ABV % for this brown? I prefer darker beers for the most part, and higher ABVs, and the selections are so hit or miss lately, (a lot of breweries and/or distributors have reduced the selections available to me in the Houston Texas area thanks to Covid) so I am more inclined to DIY, IF it is cost effective, not out of knee-jerk despiration but if I can get something I will enjoy more and can better afford in the process, it would be worth the effort. Thanks!

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

If you buy ready made ingredient kits like they have at More Beer and Northern Brewer it's around $35 for 5 gallons of beer. If you buy the malts and hops yourself, it's usually pretty close to that. If you buy the raw grain and malt it yourself, it's about $20 to $40 for 50 pounds of grain, which will make you about 20 gallons of beer. Roughly 12 12oz bottles in a gallon. The equipment and bottles are the big outlay in the beginning, but that's just the one time. The highest cost is to your patience. Waiting sucks;-)

@douglascolman4501 3 жыл бұрын

Of course you can drink enough. My goodness what were you thinking? Put your drinking teeth in and do it for us your faithfull followers. Thru the lips over the gums, Lookout liver, here it comes.

@BeardedBored 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, my drinkin' teeth. Love it!

@CH-rs7cm 3 жыл бұрын

I scrolled down the screen anticipating that comment.