Thanks for watching! I was in the middle of making a video about fermentation control but my keezer broke ☹and all brewing has come to a halt whilst I wait for the parts to arrive and make a new one. Hopefully won't be too long before I can get back to brewing and getting the footage I need.
@@KegThat you take your time. Quality over quantity. I just got a neipa kit and will be attempting it with bucket FV.. water control this time, hopefully some better temp and oxygen control next time..
This is my goto style to brew, I got a Nordbrau hop plant for fathers day a few years back. It is well suited to brew CC with. I've got one fermenting right now. Recipe: 84,5% pale 14,5% crystal 120 EBC 1% chocolate malt Hops: homegrown Nordbrau & Harlequin Yeast: wlp810. Usually I also use w34/70 7 days at 17°C, now it's 2 days at 20°C. Then it will go for 2 weeks at 10°C.
That sounds like a really decent recipe, and you're growing the perfect hop for a steam beer! Do you prefer a specialised steam beer yeast or a lager yeast for this recipe?
@@KegThat I don't have al lot of comparison. All the CC's I've made were with W34/70. This is the first time I'm using another yeast, this (WLP810) is a lager yeast. If you use an ale yeast it would be more an amber ale. Then some more hops would be in place.
Once you get round to drinking it I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are on a steam beer yeast Vs "true" lager. I've used WY2112 before which was ok. Using an English ale yeast on a steam beer wort will produce a nice best bitter.
Great vid as always. I’m keen to brew a cali common so will have to give it a go soon. Have you got any tips for cold crashing with just basic equipment? I’ve finally got myself a fridge for a fermentation chamber so I can now start to cold crash all my brews but I’m worried about suck back and oxygen ingress. Any useful tips would be greatly appreciated. 👍
Thanks! I'd be interested to know how you get on. That's a good question about cold crashing, I usually just cold crash in my fridge at 1C for a week and haven't ever worried about O2 ingress because I haven't detected ever detected it; I'm not sure it's really an issue. However, I'm trying a couple of CO2 saving ideas to see if it makes a difference on a few brews. One of which is using a kilner jar as a co2 collection. My next vid is gonna be some homebrew tips and tricks where I will cover this.
@@KegThat great stuff thanks for replying I really appreciate it. I assume then you’ve not had a problem with sanitiser being sucked back into your fermenter from the blow off tube/air lock when cold crashing. Maybe I’m worrying too much about it and shouldn’t worry about it so much and just give it a go and see what happens. I’ll let you know how the cali common turns out. Cheers. 👍🍺
@@steveparker2090 No worries at all, happy to help. I've not had a problem with sanitise being sucked back in, it works the same way as fermentation - bubbles get drawn in as opposed to liquid, but I fill mine with Chemsan so if small amounts get into the beer it won't make any difference to the beer. I've never noticed any off flavours cold crashing and I think it's because I never open the lid during fermentation so by the end of fermentation all space is CO2, and even if O2 is sucked in there's a blanked of CO2 protecting the beer. Good luck with the brew 🍻
Thanks for another great video. Would love to get more tips on diy fermentation temp control. I think we all cheered when that came out clear 🎉
Thanks for watching! I was in the middle of making a video about fermentation control but my keezer broke ☹and all brewing has come to a halt whilst I wait for the parts to arrive and make a new one. Hopefully won't be too long before I can get back to brewing and getting the footage I need.
@@KegThat you take your time. Quality over quantity. I just got a neipa kit and will be attempting it with bucket FV.. water control this time, hopefully some better temp and oxygen control next time..
Love the style too many breweries shutting down 😔cheers for the vid 👍🍻
This is my goto style to brew, I got a Nordbrau hop plant for fathers day a few years back. It is well suited to brew CC with. I've got one fermenting right now.
Recipe:
84,5% pale
14,5% crystal 120 EBC
1% chocolate malt
Hops: homegrown Nordbrau & Harlequin
Yeast: wlp810. Usually I also use w34/70
7 days at 17°C, now it's 2 days at 20°C. Then it will go for 2 weeks at 10°C.
That sounds like a really decent recipe, and you're growing the perfect hop for a steam beer! Do you prefer a specialised steam beer yeast or a lager yeast for this recipe?
@@KegThat I don't have al lot of comparison. All the CC's I've made were with W34/70. This is the first time I'm using another yeast, this (WLP810) is a lager yeast.
If you use an ale yeast it would be more an amber ale. Then some more hops would be in place.
Once you get round to drinking it I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are on a steam beer yeast Vs "true" lager. I've used WY2112 before which was ok. Using an English ale yeast on a steam beer wort will produce a nice best bitter.
Good to see other styles instead of just IPAs & hazys. Will give it a go. Thanks
Anchor Steam went out of business earlier this year. Young's American Amber Ale kit is a pretty close clone.
Yeah it was really sad news. I remember there was some talk of the employees buying it but I don't think that happened. I'll check out the kit.
Great vid as always. I’m keen to brew a cali common so will have to give it a go soon. Have you got any tips for cold crashing with just basic equipment? I’ve finally got myself a fridge for a fermentation chamber so I can now start to cold crash all my brews but I’m worried about suck back and oxygen ingress. Any useful tips would be greatly appreciated. 👍
Thanks! I'd be interested to know how you get on. That's a good question about cold crashing, I usually just cold crash in my fridge at 1C for a week and haven't ever worried about O2 ingress because I haven't detected ever detected it; I'm not sure it's really an issue. However, I'm trying a couple of CO2 saving ideas to see if it makes a difference on a few brews. One of which is using a kilner jar as a co2 collection. My next vid is gonna be some homebrew tips and tricks where I will cover this.
@@KegThat great stuff thanks for replying I really appreciate it. I assume then you’ve not had a problem with sanitiser being sucked back into your fermenter from the blow off tube/air lock when cold crashing. Maybe I’m worrying too much about it and shouldn’t worry about it so much and just give it a go and see what happens. I’ll let you know how the cali common turns out. Cheers. 👍🍺
@@steveparker2090 No worries at all, happy to help. I've not had a problem with sanitise being sucked back in, it works the same way as fermentation - bubbles get drawn in as opposed to liquid, but I fill mine with Chemsan so if small amounts get into the beer it won't make any difference to the beer. I've never noticed any off flavours cold crashing and I think it's because I never open the lid during fermentation so by the end of fermentation all space is CO2, and even if O2 is sucked in there's a blanked of CO2 protecting the beer. Good luck with the brew 🍻
@@KegThat thanks for that. Really appreciate the advice.