Sounds good 😁

I'm going to sell mine door-to-door

@Divinital I went and got a corny keg this past weekend. That was forty bucks. And I just went and got a small freezer for $40 off of Craigslist. There's enough room in there for two kegs. I think I'm going to have a summer that I don't remember.

@De Niro He doesnt remember

ALMOST?!

I did cry 🤣

Lol!... Yeah ant that the truth!....😂

😂

How did it go!!??

Best. Comment. Ever.

+Daniel Mabe how long from start to finish ??

+louisvillian502 About 4 hours of physical work and 4-6 weeks of waiting

Mike, if you like your beer at cellar temp, high 60’s to low 70’s, try less carbonation on your next batch. I lived in England for several years and loved the cellar temp ales. What I noticed is they also didn’t have as high a carbonation as American beers. When I brew an ale for cellar temp drinking I use less carbonation and prefer it.

Shoulda couldn't

Glad it helped!

and get some olive oil on those wood counter tops. Uhg. Stains everywhere.

lionharehart how?

Awesome. We've run a few of these through the bot too and had decent if not fairly amusing results!

@@NorthernBrewerTV is it worth trying them as a novice do you think?

Many people do all sorts of things to water, but in the end if it tastes good it should make good beer. Can you go bonkers with all sorts of water chemistry and additions, sure. Will it make better beer, probably? But personally I don't do anything to my water, except sometimes in the summer Saint Paul water can get a slight chlorine-y taste to it. I just collect my brew water a day early in a clean bucket and hit it a Campdem tablet to clean that up.

i disliked cuz this vid literally teaches you nothing beyond the instructions on the kit. i don't want to get a kit. i want to make beer from scratch all by myself. i expected an instruction on how to make the malt extract and everything else. this video is shit

@@KaelDenna Sorry you feel that way. You can replicate this process with all sorts of other supplies/ingredients sourced from other places. Are you looking for help making beer from extract syrup or from all grains? We likely can help point you to a proper video if we know more.

Hey man, lmk if this process is cheaper than buying beer instead.

@@gilbertbaez9474 My startup cost was around 330 dollars for everything I need plus having two batches going at the same time. Each batch will yield 48 bottles of beer. (4) 24 packs of beer. This price can be as low as $25 for 48 bottles of beer or could be much higher depending on what kind of beer you wish to brew. Of course, I'm buying kits at the moment. A little over 50 cents per beer. Costs could be cut further if you move to all grain and doing the malting process yourself. Though this upgrade is a substantial investment. Must also look at what type of beer you produce. I'm making craft Ales. A lot more that 50 cents a beer if you can find it at a store or a craft brewery that has a bar. Currently the cheapest crap I can think of (Busch Light) is 75 cents a can. Though comparing the watered-down bland beers many Americans drink with a good craft brew could be considered a sin...it is noteworthy. If you like and don't mind cheap beer, then you could probably just continue to buy it and it wouldn't be much different in cost. If you like good craft beer, interested in learning and drinking your own beer for a substantial discount, then it's totally worth it.

My kit is out for delivery!!!!!!!!

How was the beer?

Appreciate it!

+ARCSTREAMS I kindly refer to beers as .... Cold Barley Soup (whether they contain barley or not :)

SMH

Jamie Thacker If it's not broke...

who cares its a great video......

Paula Halbedl, I guess some people care because it's stole content and not credited to the person they stole it from? Would you care if someone stole and was selling something you were the original creator of?

Wish that was my home kitchen! That was in the teaching classroom brewery area of our former Minneapolis store. :)

@@NorthernBrewerTV oh I see. Lol. The title of the video tricked me!

+Christopher Haist Don't use tap water. I use bottled water only. Most tap water is too chlorinated.

unless your in flint Michigan

Brumfield @ Bacon&Eggies 1 second ago What about PH, alkalinity, wild yeast and bacterial growth in pipes and storage facilities, none of which have a taste?

@@barrybrum If your water is safe enough to drink it's safe enough to top off with out of the tap. Been doing it for years with no ill effects. As for pH, alkalinity, etc. you can have your water tested for it's exact chemical makeup. Then there's apps and websites you can put the results into that'll give you the exact amount of chemicals to add to reach the profile you want.

Would you just used bottled or distilled water to top off your batch if your tap water is bad?

About 50p or 30 cents

Cheaper

One 11g packet of dry yeast should be sufficient to ferment that wort/sugar combo.

The sanitizer (i.e. Star San) is ok but not the cleaning solution (i.e. PBW)...

yeah its safe

Sanitizer is literally phosphoric acid-the substance that makes coke and Pepsi taste less sweet

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - SAFETY/DANGER: Five Star Chemical Star San Corrosive to skin and eye, contains Phosphoric Acid. Harmful if swallowed. Do not get in eyes, on skin or on clothing. Wear protective goggles and clothing when using. Avoid contamination of food. DO NOT MIX STARSAN HB with chlorinated cleaners as chlorine gas will result. See Label for more precautionary information. Contains Phosphoric Acid. A known corrosive. FIRST AID: For Eyes: Hold eyes open and rinse slowly and gently with water for 15-20 minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present, after the first five minutes. Then continue rinsing. Call Poison Control Center or doctor for treatment advice. If Swallowed: Call Poison Control Center or doctor immediately for treatment advice. Have person sip on a glass of water if able to swallow. Do not induce vomiting unless told to do so by the Poison Control doctor. Do not give anything to an unconscious person. If on Skin or Clothing: Take off contaminated clothing. Rinse skin immediately with plenty of water for 15-20 minutes. Call Poison Control Center for treatment advice. If Inhaled: Move person to fresh air. If person is not breathing call 911 or an ambulance, then give artificial respiration, preferably mouth-to -mouth if possible. Call a Poison Control Center or doctor for treatment. NOTE TO PHYSICIAN: Probable mucosal damage may contraindicate the use of gastric lavage. Measure against circulatory shock, respiratory depression and convulsion may be needed.

You can totally used bottles from breweries and other sources. Be sure to give them a good soak in PBW (which will clean and also help remove labels in most cases), rinse and then sanitize them with StarSan before use. Also, use pry-off style bottles, not twist caps. Capping on top of a twist-off bottle is not recommended as it might not hold carbonation.

The beer is done fermenting when a gravity reading taken a few days apart gives the same measurement. This means the yeast is done fermenting what sugars it will ferment. As for the auto-siphon, please hit up our Customer Service folks at so they can set you up!

Most people use (and we sell) food-grade vinyl tubing or even silicone tubing. See this link for different options based on diameter of auto-siphon, bottling wand, etc. www.northernbrewer.com/collections/tubing

That's a tough and complicated question because you really don't want the finshed beer sitting for too long before transferring to the keg. The last segment could really be at risk of off-flavors if it sits on the yeast for, let's say, weeks before going into the keg. Without knowing your exact setup, space allotment, etc... just seems like more work to do this and to maintain freshness as you work through five different rounds from the same batch than just buying a bigger keg.

@@NorthernBrewerTV thanks for your input. I will stick to small batches until I can upgrade equipment

Probably to keep everything sanitized till the very end. If you wipe it off, you're wiping away the sanitization.

Honestly I'd be too tempted to rinse the sanitizer myself. I don't fear the foam but I don't want to drink it either

It’s an oxygen sanitizer won’t hurt anything.

Try it and see what happens.

The best thing to do is just wait two weeks. After one week there still could be some slight fermentation going on. After two you'll be fine.

Sorry, at the moment we aren't available in any retail outside of our own stores in the U.S.

Distilled water, specifically, is not recommended for all-grain or extract brewing. If your tap water tastes/smells good and you drink it without filtering, by all means you can use it. Or you can filter it. Many people (including myself) will use bottled spring or drinking water. Others get really serious and start with r.o. water and then add brewing chemicals to create an exact water profile based on style of beer.

Homebrewing: The Hobby of Hurry Up and Wait! :)

That shouldn't be a problem as long as your water is good and the fermenter has been santized first.

Get the bigger, black bottle filler. Just bottled yesterday with red one, took 1 1/2 hours to fill 24 bottles..