I agree. He adds another dimension to the channel. If he had his own brew channel, I'd subscribe. Great episode.
@fuzzybeard179 ай бұрын
Legendary
@teaksimpson576311 ай бұрын
Your dad is awesome! It’s so cool that he also homebrews
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
He was the inspiration!
@andrewgalyen102411 ай бұрын
I’ve found that New Zealand hops, and Nelson Sauvin in particular, have excellent foam positive qualities. PS - I would love to see you and your old man collab on designing a recipe and shoot the brew day together!
@DabbyCakes110 ай бұрын
I’ll second this!!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Maybe some day!
@jeffkastner64806 ай бұрын
Someday may be too late, trust me. I second that excellent idea.
@nerdaccount11 ай бұрын
Great to see your dad!!! I'm glad to see a quick build!
@skizziz10 ай бұрын
How do you not have 200k subs?? Great content my friend. The confidence has gotten much better. Editing, even better. Cheers
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Slowly working up there haha, but I appreciate it! Just trying to improve the content a little bit each time. Cheers!
@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore10 ай бұрын
I keep forgetting how small this channel is, it really should be a lot bigger given the quality and content
@minhlouis375011 ай бұрын
It's a joy listening too you guys each time your dad appears. Cheers.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@ElementaryBrewingCo11 ай бұрын
Ahhh yeah!!!! Awesome glass!! The thrift store is where it’s at, cheers 🍻
@TheApartmentBrewer11 ай бұрын
It is awesome! Can't beat the selection haha
@BroswithBeerandPants11 ай бұрын
Lallemand Nottingham is a great option as well. It’s a fantastic yeast for this type of thing as well and can ferment into the 70’s as well
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Thats a great one!
@TheVindalloo2 ай бұрын
I'm really impressed by your dad's German. I'm just planning my first NZ pilsner. Thanks for the video
@jeroprueba11 ай бұрын
more videos with your Dad!!!
@gerardnatale238710 ай бұрын
It was great to see your Dad! Maybe someday you can do a tasting and review video of one of his beers. Cheers!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Maybe one day!
@westcoastbestcoast76836 ай бұрын
Your Dad is very fun! Nice to see the person who (presumably) got you into the hobby!
@Undergroundfrog11 ай бұрын
SCHMECKT GUT, JA MEIN SOHN! No wonder you became a beer enthusiast with such a good upbringing.
@bradmcmahon315610 ай бұрын
He should have followed up with "Chur Bro!"
@SchwarbageTruck11 ай бұрын
Your banter with your dad is top tier wholesome. Definitely love seeing it - even the hokey german-ness
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
He is ridiculous haha
@AndersChristiansen10 ай бұрын
If doing a decoctionmash i would recommend starting brewing in the evening and then after the decoctions have brought the temp up do a overnight mash and finish the brewday next day.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Thats an interesting technique. How often have you done that?
@AndersChristiansen10 ай бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer I've done it with 2 dobbelbocks(7,5% & 8,5%), 1 kellerbier(5%), 1 Quad(12,5%)(step, not decoction) and 2 imp stout(12,5% & 15%)(step, not decoction) to increase both OG gravity and fermentability. On average its given me 10 gravity points more and the pilsners(and quad..)all fermented down to between1.000 - 1.005. My imp stouts have landed on 1.020.
@curtisbrause925510 ай бұрын
Sounds delicious! Riwaka may be my favorite hop. We brewed an all Riwaka NZ lager in early summer this year that turned out great. It’s a very distinctive hop to me with passion fruit and an almost black pepper/herbal note coming through that I really love. Great to see your Dad make an appearance as well. Cheers!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
It is an amazing hop! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@BlackBeerdedNerd10 ай бұрын
Great brew and best part of the show was having your father there. Dope!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@airic289710 ай бұрын
this is the first homebrew video ive ever watched and man, i think im hooked already.
@Urkie197910 ай бұрын
This was enjoyable to watch. The outtakes at the end were quite entertaining. Come for the beer, stay for the father/son shenanigans LOL
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Farfrom8311 ай бұрын
I just canned one of these I brewed with Taiheke, Motueka and Nelson. One of my new favorite beers to brew. So good
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Sounds delicious!
@stevenplass313910 ай бұрын
Haha having Papa Steve on was Great!!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
He's the best!
@brickrehab807411 ай бұрын
Love the final scenes of this cideo
@filmscorefreak10 ай бұрын
Dude, give your dad a hug for us! He's awesome. Great episode.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Will do! Glad you enjoyed
@lisacarruthers96499 ай бұрын
Please can we have more of your dad, he is epic! Made my day!
@josephkirby162111 ай бұрын
"Decoction"😅😅 I got a handle on that, found some tricks🤫.. I love it. It adds so much depth. Depth of color & flavor complexity. As a matter of fact, my Summit American wheat is going to get a double decotion. Using light Pilsen & white wheat. Hopefully it'll bring GOOD things to the surface😉
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Its great when you have the time for it!
@glutenfreebrewing10 ай бұрын
So cool love ya old man. Good memories!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video!
@jaymayne10810 ай бұрын
Need to get some of his hops to do a brew! Love your Dad!
@kermets11 ай бұрын
Great looking Brew.......I also love the lacing look on the glass....Nice to see your Dad enjoying the Beer .....
@FYMredstone11 ай бұрын
Gorgeous content as usual. Keep on going pal!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@danjohnson228010 ай бұрын
Haha “who brings this guy”😂. This is great
@Wind_Ninja_Jubei9 ай бұрын
Love it, get your dad on as much as you can.
@jeffrichter573510 ай бұрын
Try a large Instapot Pro with a large Bain Marie vessel on a trivet (double boiler in pressure vessel) for your decoction mashes. Programmable and no stirring.... I think it's a River City Brewing article on the subject that explained the steps, levels, and why, so perfectly. Anyway, you can do it all in your immediate brew area with no stirring and no running up and down stairs from your kitchen. Yet, still produces those subtle flavors that make most German Beer such a tasty level above our normal level of acceptance. Cheers and great video as usual. Thanks
@greigthomson847511 ай бұрын
I love the honest critique!
@curtpick62811 ай бұрын
I was concerned about the single packet of yeast. Looks like you handled that in a good way. Good video Steve. The old boy is enjoyable!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Yeah worst case you get more sulfur and have to wait a few days for it to offgas. Thanks for watching!
@WildcatWarrior1510 ай бұрын
My wife absolutely loved the Margarita Lime Gose recipe from your previous video! I copied it and it is one of her favorites now!
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Thats awesome to hear! That was a very tasty beer.
@jmsnystrom11 ай бұрын
Nice video! Please brew a competition lager or explain what would be different to this one?
@TheApartmentBrewer11 ай бұрын
Coming soon!
@TheDuddleyCo11 ай бұрын
Gladfield are the leading malt in nz. You will see bags of their malt in every nz craft brewery down here.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Couldn't find any at all, but I'll keep an eye out for them!
@ilblance775510 ай бұрын
Just contacted gladfields for you Hope you can get some of new Zealands great malt
@dimbrewingco10 ай бұрын
You gotta post a brew day with your dad!
@vitodelucchi734710 ай бұрын
Great video. NZ Hops for pops, love it! 🍻
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Thanks Vito!!
@houseofburgesses433210 ай бұрын
Awesome content!! That’s a Weißbier glass btw.
@Virag100ni3 ай бұрын
Lovely Video 👌👌👍😊 From Next Week i ll going to Brew my 1st Pilsner BIAB Trying Switch Wine brewing to Beer .. wish me Luck 😊
@marklpaulick10 ай бұрын
Love these beers 🍻. I like to do mine with half pils half two row. It’s really a nice base that is apparently pretty popular in the southern hemi.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Nice! I'll have to try that next time.
@gc-198110 ай бұрын
I live in New Zealand and yes our hops are amazing, but I do enjoy American hops also especially centennial g
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Slowly working up that point haha, but I appreciate it. Always trying to make better content each time!
@brewing809410 ай бұрын
Riwaka works well for bittering as well, I like using it up front and aroma in a Pilsner with other hops.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Good to know!
@chucktheobald493111 ай бұрын
Great video! Dad is the best.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Yes he is!
@SteveBenson11 ай бұрын
The problem with spring water, even in the US is that there isn't a standard water profile associated with "spring water." The mineral content of spring water can vary wildly from manufacturer to manufacturer, as well as region to region across the states. Unless you're able to obtain a mineral report from the specific manufacturer and know where they sourced their water from, you'll never know the mineral content of that spring water.
@TheApartmentBrewer11 ай бұрын
Which is why I switched to RO. Poland spring (which is what I was using) is consistent, and keeps their water info publicly available and up to date.
@Qu4ttr1x7 ай бұрын
Nice show, probably a quite good beer. Just a note regarding the glass: This is a typical german Weissbier glass (Wheat beer), not a Pilsner glass at all.
@Z3phr10 ай бұрын
My favorite NZ hop by far is Rakau, you should check it out. Fruity, mostly peach and passionfruit I find.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I have to try it, I have a few ounces I've been hoping to play with
@supaxr10 ай бұрын
great choice Nz pilsner ..really good yeast always had great results with it 👍
@nickwawee12937 ай бұрын
Just pressure fermented a hazy with two packets of NECTAR from cellar science- had the same FG! Mash temp at 154 as well, used all flaked oats though. I wonder if increasing the mash temp to something higher would increase the FG.
@debitibus10 ай бұрын
Make a bohemian pilsner with lutra kveik, adjusting the ph
@joelcox315410 ай бұрын
Looks and sounds amazing! I can't wait to try this and will make sure to pitch 2 packs of yeast.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Best of luck!
@patrickglaser156011 ай бұрын
I reccomend a drip irrigation system for the hops. Mine produced so many. I have gallons of hops stuffed into bags. I need to make a bunch of IPAs i guess.
@Tomtiburon11 ай бұрын
Schmeckt gut mein Sohn 👌🏼😋🍻
@mannischaeck551110 ай бұрын
You are clearly holding a German "Weizen" glas in our hand.
@bulldog970810 ай бұрын
Maybe your Dad could share his Belgian Golden Ale recipe ? Do you get NZ Gladfield malts in the US, quite good quality
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I couldn't find Gladfield unfortunately but I will keep an eye out in the future.
@leroygross914411 ай бұрын
What are your three favourite dry yeast strains? But on the ale side?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Voss Kveik, Lallemand London, US-05
@RegicideBrewing11 ай бұрын
very interesting method of doing a Pilsner with the hotter temperature and it not being under pressure. Did you cold crash at all for this? Did you use any clarity agents? Looks Tasty
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I cold crashed in the keg I suppose. I used cold-side finings to help clarify.
@tommanning733711 ай бұрын
NICE!!!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻🍺🍺🍺🍺
@jonthebeau465311 ай бұрын
Great to see dad in a video again!🍻 to him he's awesome. I see a lot of videos on youtube where brewers pitch a single packet of lager yeast into a beer and I wonder if I'm paranoid about pitch rate. I always pitch 2 packets of 34/70 when fermenting warmer under pressure and 3 packets if fermenting at 50-52. Pitch calculators seem to indicate 2-3 packets depending on OG of beer and age of yeast. Am I over pitching?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Generally I would go with two for lagers but sometimes I've gotten away with one, it fermented just fine, just had to let the sulfur offgas at first. You're not likely to overpitch on a homebrew scale.
@jasonwarren402310 күн бұрын
Hey Steve love the content as always. I have a question. I want to brew this on Monday Aug 19th. Do you think that it's possible to get it fermented and in the keg by Saturday Aug 24th? If so what approach do you suggest? 34/70 under pressure in the mid to low 20's(C)? Novalager under pressure (or not) in the mid to low 20"s(C)? I'm in a rush as I'm going on vacation Sunday Aug 25th . Thanks! Oh yes and I can't forget to mention love seeing your dad again lol. Super cool!
@TheApartmentBrewer5 күн бұрын
Sure, you can turn around both 24/70 and novalager in less than a week, it just probably won't be clear.
@adamgorka36811 ай бұрын
You rule, your dad rules, your videos rule, your beer rules
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mikekeller520211 ай бұрын
I’m thirsty now. Sounds very delicious and crushable. Have you ever brewed a west coast pils?
@TheApartmentBrewer11 ай бұрын
Not yet, but I did a Cold IPA very recently which is pretty close
@GREEENZO11 ай бұрын
Looks really good! I have a Schwarzbier that’s going at almost Lutra speeds under pressure at 68 with 34/70. Did you fine this beer or is it just really that clear?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Very nice! Yeah I used cold-side finings.
@jimmatzek589511 ай бұрын
Will have to try. Have a slurry of 3470/Novalager when I made a dunkel last month Any coldside finings.
@albrough10 ай бұрын
Gladfields German Pilsner Malt would work if you can get it
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Good to know!
@theblobfish961410 ай бұрын
A 0min addition will not give you 0ibu. Depending on how long you steep it afterwards you normally get around half to a third of the bitterness of a regular boil hop addition
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Of course not, but that is so people can plan their hop additions against the recipe in brewing software (which always shows 0 IBU).
@theblobfish961410 ай бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer okay that makes sense, i would have mentioned it adding a bit of bitterness but you do you
@jonathanwilliams19746 ай бұрын
Are you opening that beer up to all the O2 to add your hops late into fermentation?
@bruceedwards336610 ай бұрын
ypu don't get the Sulphur with Novalager.
@michaelryan271711 ай бұрын
Looks great 🤘 Do you've any rough guide or reference for force carbing to a particular c02 volume when not going low and slow? Any guesstimates on what 50psi overnight (at what temp?) equates to in volumes?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I usually go off of a carbonation chart like this one: www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table/
@connorhulegaard20126 ай бұрын
Did you use finings at all with this beer?
@doesitstill10 ай бұрын
Question about converting the recipe to both metric and Grainfather setup. When I add the recipe the app predicts I get 50.9IBU, so if I do a 30min boil I get 40.9IBU. So question is what would be best practice, aim for equal IBU and then adjust either hops or boil time to get same, or just run your recipe as is on my system?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Are you predicting based off the same Alpha Acid numbers and volumes? I would try to avoid over-bittering so try to get the IBU level about the same.
@Guillaume-ts3yh10 ай бұрын
Hello , thanks for the video . What pressure do you recommend if i do pressure fermentation with this recipe? Thanks
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I would stick with 10-15 psi
@Astro-ck6mh5 ай бұрын
If I can't find riwaka, would replacing with Nelson Sauvin work fine? Or any other suggestion to replace riwaka?
@TheApartmentBrewer5 ай бұрын
I think Nelson's character is a little more winelike. I'd recommend Rakau or Motueka
@MrBtjf10 ай бұрын
Any tips on combating the lutra ph drop?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Usually I just try to aim for a higher mash pH. Dry hopping helps as well.
@user-ye5fo2ws3u9 ай бұрын
Having a tough time getting my clawhammer 10.5 to have a 'rolling boil'....how do you get yours to do a gentle boil/simmer? Mine is either super aggressive or element turns off/then back on. Great looking beer, long time watcher-first time commenter. lol
@TheApartmentBrewer9 ай бұрын
If you switch the power mode to percentage, and then keep it at 50% power that is what has worked the best for me. That will cycle the element on and off so its not a "constant" boil per se but it works just as well.
@user-ye5fo2ws3u9 ай бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer awesome. Happy Thanksgiving
@user-ec9rr3ce5s10 ай бұрын
I will be fermenting this under pressure, do I set the same temp you used for fermentation?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
You should be just fine with that temperature but you can take it higher if you want to.
@ilblance775510 ай бұрын
What!!!! No gladfields there?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Not that I could find
@theblobfish961410 ай бұрын
Its not a Pilsener Glass, its a Hefeweizen Glass. It works with pilsener as its thin walled and gives your nose some room but traditionally you would put a hefeweizen in there. Hofbräuhaus doesnt even brew pilsener
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Its a pilsner glass if I put a pilsner in it. Cheers!
@theblobfish961410 ай бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer by that logic my body is a pilsener glass
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
I see nothing wrong with that haha
@acolbourne1711 ай бұрын
If you pitched 2 packs of yeast would it have reduced the sulphur experience?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Yes
@acolbourne178 ай бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer I just rewatched this video and almost asked the same question twice 2mo later 😂 you rock.
@prodanman11 ай бұрын
OK, I'll bite, Who's your Dad?
@markgarner983211 ай бұрын
What and how much nutrient do you use?
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Wyeast beer nutrient, 2.5g
@amitsiovitz400011 ай бұрын
Ich wusste nicht, du bist deuscher Herkunft
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
From my dad's side of the family haha
@mikes143010 ай бұрын
Your Dad definitely needs to wear monocle next time.
@TheApartmentBrewer10 ай бұрын
Hahaha...no.
@garypierce11233 ай бұрын
All talk
@axelk.427311 ай бұрын
Nice glas, however, it's a Weißbier glas. 😉HB doesn't produce Pilsner beer. Here in Germany, Pilsner is not that popular in the southern part of Germany (where HB is located). As a general rule (there are exceptions of course), the more to the north you get, the more popular Pilsner becomes. The more to the south, the more popular Weißbier and Helles become as the main beer styles.
@TheApartmentBrewer11 ай бұрын
I think it straddles the line. This is pretty straight walled for a weissbier glass, but I think at the end of the day its what you put in the glass that matters.