Exciting news! Malt Miller (where Jonny got the ingredients) now has a homebrew kit inspired by our journey! So if you want to brew your own version, pick it up here: www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/five-points-best-best-bitter/
@@christinaschlager7012 Interesting. It is the same amount of hops, so I think it's just that my variety of fuggle from Hukins was 5% alpha acid, so pretty high and bitter. Theirs must be lower.
Had my first cask ale last weekend and it was almost a religious experience. One month ago, I'd never heard of it (USA). Thanks for the videos and cask enthusiasm.
Thanks! It's both a conscious decision and just a reflection of what we drink the most of! Both Brad and I love traditional British beer and really great lager and probably drink them more than any other style. Except maybe New England Pale Ales.
I encourage all into Craft ale to visit The real ale classroom in Lutterworth and Leicester. Now disclosure I am an employee in my hometown of Lutterworth but for some time before this the classroom was and will always be my local and pride of joy. Keep real ale going, love the channel and keep drinking proper British Beer.
Y'all have inspired me to focus on cask ale in my homebrewing. Thanks so much for the content. I cant wait to tap some pins and firkins. I've already acquired the engine. Cheers. Hollering at you from Fayetteville, Arkansas :)
This is such a cool project - I’m excited for part 2! I need to go back through your archives to see if there are more homebrew videos - since I found the channel I haven’t seen them. If there aren’t - make more! 😎
Due to COVID, my wife hasn't had to travel to Portland for over 2 years to see her specialist at OHSU, Dr. Brian Druker. Of all the sites and sounds in Portland and the beautiful surrounding area, I miss Hair of the Dog the most. Best beer ever. Hello Alan and Wendy!
Especially love your homebrew focused videos! I'm gonna look at conditioning some of my next homebrew in a used up 5l mini-keg (I've amassed a few during lockdown)
Don't be afraid to try a Corny keg for serving. I imported an Angram beer engine almost 10 years ago and it is my favourite thing in my brewery. With the right set up a corny keg works perfectly well for cask ale. I might brew this beer and see how it goes. Cheers.
Love this thank! Looking forward to the next video. I love that you still appreciate British ale despite all the amazing beers you have tried over the years. Keep up the good work, loving this channel. More homebrews and beery projects to come I hope guys 👌🏼
Wanted you to know your video inspired this Texas American to order my very own British hand pull pump. I've yearned to come to jolly ol England for the Great British Beer Festival ever since I first started homebrewing back in 1981 and reading Michael Jackson's book "World Guide to Beer". I've only had hand pulled beer a few times and realized this is only what "nitro" beer taps can only hope to emulate, but it's dependant on how fresh the beer is. I did quite a bit of research and decided on Harry Mason's Shakespeare hand pull pump because I thought it would work best with my corny kegs. Ordered it direct from Harry's today after a week of research and talking with James at Harry's; can't wait to get it. Looks like I may be able to fulfill my dream of coming to Britain for the GBBF and do a pub tour in the next year or two! Thx so much for your inspiration!
Brilliant video! Wish I had a grainfather. I still brew using malt extracts and basic bucket equipment. I've found that using a few additives e.g. lactose powder and honey/fruit can transform basic homebrewing if used carefully.
I can't sing the praises of my Grainfather enough. Hundreds of brews over 5 years and the only issue I've ever had is a clogged filter...and that was while making the mother of all NEIPAs.
you can get other cheaper options which are similar (Klarstein I have this, Bulldog ) they are all all-in-ones with pump to recirc the mash you can buy a wort chiller cheap or make one from some copper pipe and a heat gun its really not that expensive to have an all grain system, your beer will taste 10 times better and you can get creative with recipes
Looks like a cool brew system Jonny, the guy I get almost all of my beer from, specialises in English Ales, and he has at least two nice reconditioned hand pumps set up on his home bar. They were not cheap to get over here in Australia.
That Hot break is a Beautiful Thing! I know it's supposed to be an English Best Bitter...but I would have been tempted to add some Mandarina Bavaria for a strong orange note. Awesome thought on the bag in a box...can't wait to see the conclusion. Cheers!
It was trying to take over the WORLD I tell you. Oh and lots of breweries are starting to put American twists on best bitters - some hops work some don't. Not thought.of Mandarina before - could be tasty!
I've been doing this for two years with my home brewed beer served in my pubshed through 2 hand pull beer engines. I either use beer in box or corney kegs connected to a Pint 365 handpull and a reconditioned beer engine. Works a treat.
I made it. Used 2023 harvest Tasmanian Fuggles. Bottle conditioned. Very distinctive beer, I like it. Used WLP002 (Fullers) because that’s what I had. Result was about as turbid as yours. I don’t know what that’s about, perhaps the big dose of whirlpool hops along with the wheat; maybe I needed to fine it or cold crash.
A good video to watch as I sat down after bottling 19L of a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone and kept the yeast cake for a Black IPA brew on Saturday! I’ll have to give that recipe a go as well.
I know a couple guys who have hand pumps with corni kegs but I think they have a CO2 bottle attached to replace the volume that the beer left when served, the same way it's done when used as a keg
I so didn't want the video to end :( Can't wait now for part 2! Crazy amount of fuggles in that brew but it sounds sooo good. I've been looking at hand pulls to add to my setup. Currently got 4 cornies and taps all off CO2. Think a cornie with 2psi and a hand pull might be my solution with a floating dip tube and some natural carbonation..... See you've got me thinking now lol
Bag in box and a hand pull is the way to go, had my set up for a while now (also with the Grainfather) and just converted it to use it off a Corny to save on bags :-) 🍻👍
We did have one planned til Lockdown came in. We MIGHT be able to still do it (linked to a video coming out in a few weeks) so we'll let everyone know if it happens!
Reminds me of a local, classic IPA brew in these parts (BC, Canada) - Fat Tug. No Fuggles in it though...more the Cascade, Citra, Centennial, Columbus, and Amarillo. Pretty well known beer around here.
Side note, on Friday I'm picking up a little 3 litre bag in box of USB (universal special bitter) from Craft Brews UK in Frensham, Surrey- great brewery, check 'em out! Amazing little taproom in the middle of nowhere
Great videos I managed to pick up a angram beer engine around 5 years ago and used to use it with 5 litre bag in boxes and this has definitely inspired me to dust it off again
Defo agree on the mental/physical exhaustion before even cleaning up after a brewday! looking forward to seeing how this turns out! I guess you could always prime with a bit of sugar if your fermentation finishes before the bags arrive, (or is that cheating? you still get real ale in bottles, right?)
That's a VERY complicated and involved question. There are lots of great videos on TH-cam to take you through the very basics though (search for homebrewing for beginners) , and we hope to produce some eventually too.
Do it - I retired a few months back and told wife I’m brewing - seriously!! Did my research and ended up going down the grainfather route - a bit of upfront investment being offset against what we’d spend at the offie etc - first brew grain to glass in 21 days and 3 months in I can crank out a brew in 5 days using the Norwegian yeasts - lockdown -made a brewer baker pizza maker and a bit of a distiller too out of me
Hi from Argentina! We brew our own Bitter, called Publich House Bitter , in honor of the pubs we visited in London, me and my wife. There we tasted real British beers for the first time and we felt in love . Sorry about that introduction, the question I came to ask is, can I find that recipe in Brewer´s Friend page? Thank you!! Agustín.
Great one ! Can't wait for the next episode! Cask ale is definetely one great tradition I miss since I have left the UK. It is unique in the beer culture and you can't find it elsewhere, can you? I guess I can always try to make cask ale in France right?
Haha! You see a little bit of cask culture in the lambic scene, as well as some serving from the barrel in Bavarian lager breweries but otherwise pretty much unique.
I was following the Five Points recipe so that's more a question for them but the beer is hopped to hell so I think it would be to keep some sweetness and add body.
never tried it but i don't know if the bag in a box will be able to handle the pressure of the secondary fermentation. also do you know how you gonna vent the beer before serving? someone sugested keykeg i think it's a really good idea similar to the bag in box but you're sure that it will handle the pressure and you can actually vent it (i think that's what brewdog did with the cask punk ipa)
Have you already tried? In the homebrew forum I usually hang out, some users had the bags explode when testing them, they don't hold too much CO2 volumes
you could do the secondary fermentation with all the bags facing up (tap on the top). that way you can open them to release some pressure and avoid explosion.
I live in New York, but I absolutely love European and German style beers way more than most American born beer. I've been trying to nail this particular style, and this is a big help.
for me cask ale is to beer what brass band music is to music as I have seen the process first hand, you might also want to think about Isinglass as there are multiple finings used in cask ales (another reason I wouldnt touch it) also look into tilts for gravity especially as you need to get it exact when you chill and pulling so many samples will eat into your 20l that you brew
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I was in 5 different breweries in the north east about 6 months ago and they all still use it some use multiple finings. Whether down south peoples tastes have meant its being removed I cant say but in a cask you wont get really clear beer without some agents like that, there are veg options but I have never tried them. Also a lot of breweries get around these things because they are labelled as processing agents which should not end up in the finished product
very interested in this, I am trialling an Ind Coope Burton Best (one of my faves back in the day) with a view to doing a 30 litre real ale version using one of the oak casks from malt miller so be good to see how yours works out and what you might do differently
great video! I am delving deeper into home brewing "Real Ale" as I am tired of all the hazy craft beer. Do you think i could just build a sparkler attachment for a keg tap and just have a low pressure in the keg?
Jay I gotta be honest... I have NO IDEA! I'd love to hear if you tried it. All I would say it naturally carb it so it happens slow and you build that cask mouthfeel and then pour slow... might not even need a sparkler.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Naturally carbonating a "Golden Bitter" right now. I plan to do some experimenting and I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the reply, love the content!
I live in the US and it looks like they I'm well outside the shipping area for the recipe kit. Can you tell us the ratio of the different malts so that I can have a crack at making it here in Wisconsin?.
Love the homebrewing videos one quick question for you. When you are mashing with the grainfather do you use the top perforated plate and just let it pump or do you stir it and keep it off until the sparge ?
Looking good, might try this out later if it works. What brew device did you use? I've just been using pans but can't reach proper temps as I get hot spots because a lack of circulation. So I'm looking for an affordable upgrade.
I love how craft beer nerds have gone full circle from hating on traditional beer styles to now absolutely loving best Bitter and now making all these “modern” interpretations 😂, some of us old school camra bois have been loving malty brown beer since the beginning 😍
Great video. I am deffinatly going to give the recipe a try. It sound delicious. Quick question, what is the name of the song and the artist? I really enjoyed the background track. I hadn't herd it before.
You can get it right here, pre packed if you want: www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/five-points-best-best-bitter/ Just use the malt ratios in the video (88% maris otter, 4% the rest)
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I'm thinking more along the lines of those village pubs that serve oxidised real ale because it's not being drank quick enough. Bag in a box stops that problem
Just subbed,looking forward to the footage and you can get handpulls traditional ones from pint365,look pretty decent and also run off the bag too Cheers
I prefer my cask conditioned ale to be gravity fed through a simple tap in a tilted pin on a wooden horse, very little head. BTW I have very fond memories of a Whitbread seasonal beer in the early 90s, called Fuggles, which featured heavily the fuggles hop and was absolutely fantastic drinking.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Cool, I just came across your channel today so going to subscribe and watch a few of your videos once Ive got my head round water treatment.
Exciting news! Malt Miller (where Jonny got the ingredients) now has a homebrew kit inspired by our journey! So if you want to brew your own version, pick it up here: www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/five-points-best-best-bitter/
Nice to hear that. Did you notice that they made a reduction of the hops from 40 to30 IBU compared to your recipe?
@@christinaschlager7012 Interesting. It is the same amount of hops, so I think it's just that my variety of fuggle from Hukins was 5% alpha acid, so pretty high and bitter. Theirs must be lower.
As a homebrewer myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Well structured, nice pace, overall great quality video!
Thanks so much!
Had my first cask ale last weekend and it was almost a religious experience. One month ago, I'd never heard of it (USA). Thanks for the videos and cask enthusiasm.
I love that even though you tried the best beers in the world, you still talk about less geeky hyped beers/styles like real ale and pilsners !
Thanks! It's both a conscious decision and just a reflection of what we drink the most of! Both Brad and I love traditional British beer and really great lager and probably drink them more than any other style.
Except maybe New England Pale Ales.
Quick video on my home brewed Belgian Tripel: th-cam.com/video/_24NjILommc/w-d-xo.html
Very cool, I can't wait to give something like this a try here in the states.
Sent this straight to my friend who home brews regularly, those sort of folk always need another project! 😁
Haha god help us we do
I encourage all into Craft ale to visit The real ale classroom in Lutterworth and Leicester. Now disclosure I am an employee in my hometown of Lutterworth but for some time before this the classroom was and will always be my local and pride of joy.
Keep real ale going, love the channel and keep drinking proper British Beer.
Y'all have inspired me to focus on cask ale in my homebrewing. Thanks so much for the content. I cant wait to tap some pins and firkins. I've already acquired the engine. Cheers. Hollering at you from Fayetteville, Arkansas :)
Amazing news! Let us know how it goes!
This is such a cool project - I’m excited for part 2! I need to go back through your archives to see if there are more homebrew videos - since I found the channel I haven’t seen them. If there aren’t - make more! 😎
We havent done much - but we have done a few! Look for Drifter (our NEIPA recipe) and we have another coming out soon!
Awesome to see the brew day Jonny, hope the beer ferments out nicely.
Cheers, and thanks so much for the ingredients and advice!
Due to COVID, my wife hasn't had to travel to Portland for over 2 years to see her specialist at OHSU, Dr. Brian Druker. Of all the sites and sounds in Portland and the beautiful surrounding area, I miss Hair of the Dog the most. Best beer ever. Hello Alan and Wendy!
Especially love your homebrew focused videos! I'm gonna look at conditioning some of my next homebrew in a used up 5l mini-keg (I've amassed a few during lockdown)
Great idea. We looked at this but were worried about their pressure (they leak a lot) and connecting up. Let us know how it goes!
Don't be afraid to try a Corny keg for serving. I imported an Angram beer engine almost 10 years ago and it is my favourite thing in my brewery. With the right set up a corny keg works perfectly well for cask ale. I might brew this beer and see how it goes. Cheers.
Just out of curiosity, what was the hops AA% and IBU of the beer? Seemed to grab some hops that's on the higher side of the range. Cheers
Love this thank! Looking forward to the next video. I love that you still appreciate British ale despite all the amazing beers you have tried over the years. Keep up the good work, loving this channel. More homebrews and beery projects to come I hope guys 👌🏼
LOTS more coming, we promise.
Awesome! Looking forward to part 2! This is a proven method drawing from the bag in a box! Will work just fine. Cheers
Wanted you to know your video inspired this Texas American to order my very own British hand pull pump. I've yearned to come to jolly ol England for the Great British Beer Festival ever since I first started homebrewing back in 1981 and reading Michael Jackson's book "World Guide to Beer". I've only had hand pulled beer a few times and realized this is only what "nitro" beer taps can only hope to emulate, but it's dependant on how fresh the beer is. I did quite a bit of research and decided on Harry Mason's Shakespeare hand pull pump because I thought it would work best with my corny kegs. Ordered it direct from Harry's today after a week of research and talking with James at Harry's; can't wait to get it. Looks like I may be able to fulfill my dream of coming to Britain for the GBBF and do a pub tour in the next year or two! Thx so much for your inspiration!
Brilliant video! Wish I had a grainfather. I still brew using malt extracts and basic bucket equipment. I've found that using a few additives e.g. lactose powder and honey/fruit can transform basic homebrewing if used carefully.
I can't sing the praises of my Grainfather enough. Hundreds of brews over 5 years and the only issue I've ever had is a clogged filter...and that was while making the mother of all NEIPAs.
you can get other cheaper options which are similar (Klarstein I have this, Bulldog ) they are all all-in-ones with pump to recirc the mash you can buy a wort chiller cheap or make one from some copper pipe and a heat gun its really not that expensive to have an all grain system, your beer will taste 10 times better and you can get creative with recipes
Looks like a cool brew system Jonny, the guy I get almost all of my beer from, specialises in English Ales, and he has at least two nice reconditioned hand pumps set up on his home bar. They were not cheap to get over here in Australia.
Wow fair play to him! Lucky you being able to tap into it
That Hot break is a Beautiful Thing! I know it's supposed to be an English Best Bitter...but I would have been tempted to add some Mandarina Bavaria for a strong orange note. Awesome thought on the bag in a box...can't wait to see the conclusion. Cheers!
It was trying to take over the WORLD I tell you. Oh and lots of breweries are starting to put American twists on best bitters - some hops work some don't. Not thought.of Mandarina before - could be tasty!
I've been doing this for two years with my home brewed beer served in my pubshed through 2 hand pull beer engines. I either use beer in box or corney kegs connected to a Pint 365 handpull and a reconditioned beer engine. Works a treat.
Good to know, thanks!
Yes, more homebrewing content please :)
We got plans!
Absolutely amazing bruv. Thank you so much for doing this. Have always been interested in real ale since visiting the UK.
Fantastic video! Can't believe you are drinking out of the can though!
I made it. Used 2023 harvest Tasmanian Fuggles. Bottle conditioned. Very distinctive beer, I like it. Used WLP002 (Fullers) because that’s what I had. Result was about as turbid as yours. I don’t know what that’s about, perhaps the big dose of whirlpool hops along with the wheat; maybe I needed to fine it or cold crash.
A cold crash wouldn't hurt! But also the use of wheat, and bag in box for a second ferment doesn't help the process
good video... looking forward to seeing the next part..
A good video to watch as I sat down after bottling 19L of a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone and kept the yeast cake for a Black IPA brew on Saturday! I’ll have to give that recipe a go as well.
Nice! And great idea to crop the yeast.
I know a couple guys who have hand pumps with corni kegs but I think they have a CO2 bottle attached to replace the volume that the beer left when served, the same way it's done when used as a keg
Yeah we looked at that but technically not real ale, and also a bit too techie for people to repeat at home!
I so didn't want the video to end :( Can't wait now for part 2! Crazy amount of fuggles in that brew but it sounds sooo good. I've been looking at hand pulls to add to my setup. Currently got 4 cornies and taps all off CO2. Think a cornie with 2psi and a hand pull might be my solution with a floating dip tube and some natural carbonation..... See you've got me thinking now lol
Haha awesome to know - all we really want to do is get people thinking and drinking!
The Craft Beer Channel oh it’s got me thinking 😂
Great stuff Jonny. Can't go wrong with Ross and Greg - top people. Next time you can use my pin.
Bag in box and a hand pull is the way to go, had my set up for a while now (also with the Grainfather) and just converted it to use it off a Corny to save on bags :-) 🍻👍
AWESOME TO KNOW! Got a link to any you have done?
When I saw this Griffo I instantly thought of your setup. Do you always have something on 'cask'?
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Sure, check this out th-cam.com/video/B_zSwhYvd_U/w-d-xo.html, I've since upgraded it to have a Corny as an option. Cheers
@@AndrewLynch9 Haha thanks Andrew, No, not always have the cask line on but when I do I tend to neglect the kegs lol
Really high quality content guys. Thanks for keeping me going during lockdown. Cheers! Thought about doing a London meetup once this is all over?
We did have one planned til Lockdown came in. We MIGHT be able to still do it (linked to a video coming out in a few weeks) so we'll let everyone know if it happens!
Can we please have the term "Fug life" on a tshirt?
NOTED.
+1
WANT lol
Reminds me of a local, classic IPA brew in these parts (BC, Canada) - Fat Tug. No Fuggles in it though...more the Cascade, Citra, Centennial, Columbus, and Amarillo. Pretty well known beer around here.
Theres a brewery in Richmond BC Canada called Fuggles and Warlock that uses the term #fuglife.
Fantastic video, cant wait to see your results. Shame about the Grainfather! Once you try a Hopcat, you wont want to use that anymore.
Thank you for the video. Can you tell me something about the mashing temperatur?
68C the whole way through!
sound like a really delicious recipe. Cheers
Side note, on Friday I'm picking up a little 3 litre bag in box of USB (universal special bitter) from Craft Brews UK in Frensham, Surrey- great brewery, check 'em out! Amazing little taproom in the middle of nowhere
We use an “rv water pump” for a small countertop handpump. Check it out.
I've seen people use those consatina water containers people use for camping. They're thicker plastic and have a large screw port on so easy to reuse.
Well that is a bloody excellent alternative!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I think you can get John Guest fittings that fit the spouts on them too
Great videos I managed to pick up a angram beer engine around 5 years ago and used to use it with 5 litre bag in boxes and this has definitely inspired me to dust it off again
Yep, fingers crossed. Let's hope everything arrives in time. Will the next project be to build the bar to serve it from ;)
Sadly not a lot of room in my pokey London flat! I like the idea of it just being by the sofa anyway!
Great video guys, first time home brewing has made sense to me :')
Just brewed this beer, hit all the numbers. Gonna call it FuggleFest!
Do you have info on your homebrew setup? I don't recognize the system and curious how it's just in the middle of your kitchen.
It's a Grainfather and it's BRILLIANT
Can’t wait...oh come, get on already!
Defo agree on the mental/physical exhaustion before even cleaning up after a brewday! looking forward to seeing how this turns out! I guess you could always prime with a bit of sugar if your fermentation finishes before the bags arrive, (or is that cheating? you still get real ale in bottles, right?)
We expect to have to prime either way to get any control over the amount of CO2 in the final beer! It's still real ale.... right?
Great video mate. I miss cask 😢😢
whenever I'm in the UK I am so busy with whisky that I don't drink much else, BUT I think I definitely need to get some cask ale next time
ive never really brewed before. Could u relate to what materials u need? exactly and from where? Do u guys have a guide to making homebrew video?
That's a VERY complicated and involved question. There are lots of great videos on TH-cam to take you through the very basics though (search for homebrewing for beginners) , and we hope to produce some eventually too.
Keep thinking about starting to home brew so great video.
Do it - I retired a few months back and told wife I’m brewing - seriously!! Did my research and ended up going down the grainfather route - a bit of upfront investment being offset against what we’d spend at the offie etc - first brew grain to glass in 21 days and 3 months in I can crank out a brew in 5 days using the Norwegian yeasts - lockdown -made a brewer baker pizza maker and a bit of a distiller too out of me
Hi from Argentina! We brew our own Bitter, called Publich House Bitter , in honor of the pubs we visited in London, me and my wife. There we tasted real British beers for the first time and we felt in love . Sorry about that introduction, the question I came to ask is, can I find that recipe in Brewer´s Friend page?
Thank you!! Agustín.
It's not on Brewer's friend unfortunately, but once I know it works (and I have made any necessary tweaks) I will post it here.
Fun to watch someone with a lot of skill getting at it. I bet it’s gonna taste good, bud.
Looking forward to the next instalment, and which cheese and/or monster munch it will be paired with
Oh God yes good point will get thinking
Great one ! Can't wait for the next episode! Cask ale is definetely one great tradition I miss since I have left the UK. It is unique in the beer culture and you can't find it elsewhere, can you? I guess I can always try to make cask ale in France right?
Haha! You see a little bit of cask culture in the lambic scene, as well as some serving from the barrel in Bavarian lager breweries but otherwise pretty much unique.
What made you decide to mash at 68C (154F)? Isn't that slightly high for a bitter?
I was following the Five Points recipe so that's more a question for them but the beer is hopped to hell so I think it would be to keep some sweetness and add body.
SO! Do we think Jonny's approach is going to work? Has anyone out there tried it?
never tried it but i don't know if the bag in a box will be able to handle the pressure of the secondary fermentation. also do you know how you gonna vent the beer before serving? someone sugested keykeg i think it's a really good idea similar to the bag in box but you're sure that it will handle the pressure and you can actually vent it (i think that's what brewdog did with the cask punk ipa)
Have you already tried? In the homebrew forum I usually hang out, some users had the bags explode when testing them, they don't hold too much CO2 volumes
you could do the secondary fermentation with all the bags facing up (tap on the top). that way you can open them to release some pressure and avoid explosion.
We haven't tried it ourselves (literally carbing up right now). But we've seen it done by professionals...
Yeah we are conscious of that. We've not primed much.
I live in New York, but I absolutely love European and German style beers way more than most American born beer. I've been trying to nail this particular style, and this is a big help.
great to know! Five Points make sensational cask beer.
I love the kettle that you use, I am still in a stovetop that I have transfer through a funnel into the 1st jug. What model is that?
It's a Grainfather. Been brewing on it for 5 years and it's fantastic.
Great stuff Jonny! Any thoughts on if/how you're going to chill the bag-in-a-box down for serving?
Will start it off in the fridge, then got a plan to maintain it chilled (all will be revealed)
Enjoyed watching this one!
So good! More of this stuff guys!!!!!!
Cheers Dave, we got plans for more I promise!
The Craft Beer Channel you legends!
I wonder if KeyKeg would work. Thats basically a bac-in-box with a keg connector. And at least here in Sweden they are avalible in most hombrew shops
Sadly I think they need gas to force the liquid out... so it could def condition and store real ale, but some a bit more techie bits to serve
@@TheCraftBeerChannel there are dispensers that you can buy for key kegs that includes a hand pump to get the beer out
for me cask ale is to beer what brass band music is to music as I have seen the process first hand, you might also want to think about Isinglass as there are multiple finings used in cask ales (another reason I wouldnt touch it) also look into tilts for gravity especially as you need to get it exact when you chill and pulling so many samples will eat into your 20l that you brew
Hey! Finings are used pretty rarely now as people want vegetarian beer. Otherwise we're all covered on everything!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I was in 5 different breweries in the north east about 6 months ago and they all still use it some use multiple finings. Whether down south peoples tastes have meant its being removed I cant say but in a cask you wont get really clear beer without some agents like that, there are veg options but I have never tried them. Also a lot of breweries get around these things because they are labelled as processing agents which should not end up in the finished product
Love the Southampton arms, great pub!
very interested in this, I am trialling an Ind Coope Burton Best (one of my faves back in the day) with a view to doing a 30 litre real ale version using one of the oak casks from malt miller so be good to see how yours works out and what you might do differently
Sounds like a great project! Let us know how it goes!
Sweet little brew rig there!
I love it!
That looks excellent, I should make one. What water profile did you use, or rather what profile should I be targeting?
The classic "burton" profile - www.brewersfriend.com/brewing-water-target-profiles/
@@TheCraftBeerChannel did you go full Burton? 720 ppm sulfate seems insane to me used to building profiles for NEPA and lagers
great video! I am delving deeper into home brewing "Real Ale" as I am tired of all the hazy craft beer. Do you think i could just build a sparkler attachment for a keg tap and just have a low pressure in the keg?
Jay I gotta be honest... I have NO IDEA! I'd love to hear if you tried it. All I would say it naturally carb it so it happens slow and you build that cask mouthfeel and then pour slow... might not even need a sparkler.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Naturally carbonating a "Golden Bitter" right now. I plan to do some experimenting and I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the reply, love the content!
I live in the US and it looks like they I'm well outside the shipping area for the recipe kit. Can you tell us the ratio of the different malts so that I can have a crack at making it here in Wisconsin?.
Hey Brian! The recipe is right there is in the video - 88% pale, 4% amber, wheat and crystal then adapt the hop/per gram to the size of batch!
Getting beer engines in the US is expensive. An Angram CC Single Pull 1/4 Pint is 685 USD alone plus shipping.
Jesus. Maybe i should look into a sparkler attachment to the bag for you guys!
Richard Aguirre it’s not beer engines it’s beer pumps
Great video! One question, what do you use in your airlock?
Some of our food grade sanitised water
Love the homebrewing videos one quick question for you. When you are mashing with the grainfather do you use the top perforated plate and just let it pump or do you stir it and keep it off until the sparge ?
I am a stirrer, only putting the plate on for the sparge.
I’m excited!!
I like your style Mr Jonny
Looking good, might try this out later if it works.
What brew device did you use? I've just been using pans but can't reach proper temps as I get hot spots because a lack of circulation. So I'm looking for an affordable upgrade.
I'd love to join to your question - i watched this and next video three times already and can't catch, what exactly is that whole system...
I love how craft beer nerds have gone full circle from hating on traditional beer styles to now absolutely loving best Bitter and now making all these “modern” interpretations 😂, some of us old school camra bois have been loving malty brown beer since the beginning 😍
Haha - I like to borrow a fashion phrase and call it NORMCORE beer.
This looks very nice indeed! So.... when can we come over and have a taste?
Haha! When the government says so. By which time hopefully we can all go back to the Pembury Tavern to have the real deal!
Mmm definitely making me want a beer 🍺 now
can i ask, why did you go leap hop for the brew not pellet
Because leaf hops can impart different flavours to pellets - and more of the hedgerow character we want from this style of beer.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel ah i get you. Cheers.working on cask here in ireland so your video has been very helpful
Great video. I am deffinatly going to give the recipe a try. It sound delicious. Quick question, what is the name of the song and the artist? I really enjoyed the background track. I hadn't herd it before.
Everything we use is by a great producer called Otis McDonald from the West Coast of the US.
Lovely stuff! Loving your hands-on attitude.
So I guess you're going to try sahti once you're done with this batch? 😏
Haha! Wasn't on the list but hey, maybe one day
Really enjoyed that 👍🏻
Is the recipe posted on your website?
You can get it right here, pre packed if you want: www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/five-points-best-best-bitter/
Just use the malt ratios in the video (88% maris otter, 4% the rest)
That protein break!! 😮😮😮
I thought it was gonna take over the world!
What is that program you are entering your recipe into?
Brewers Friend!
awesome job! which website did you use to check out the beer recipe?
That would be brewers friend
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Thanks!!
What brewing equipment you using?
I'm using a Grainfather, have done for 5 or 6 years. It's brilliant!
Gripping viewing!!
How come all real ale isn't served in bag in box? This is obviously the way to go. Amazing idea
Haha well steel lasts a bit longer and is easy to travel but for home brewers it should be!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I'm thinking more along the lines of those village pubs that serve oxidised real ale because it's not being drank quick enough. Bag in a box stops that problem
Ah! Totally with you. It's a bloody good point and I have seen some adopt exactly that... so much bad ale served because we cant shift it quick enough
Are you using a grainfather
I am indeed! Have homebrewed on it for a few years and loved it.
Did I hear you say you used a Burton Water profile?
You did!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Thanks, I'm going to give that recipe a try (minus the hand pump ;) )
Just subbed,looking forward to the footage and you can get handpulls traditional ones from pint365,look pretty decent and also run off the bag too
Cheers
Cheers for subbing! Yes we saw the pint365 ones and they look fantastic - we were trying to keep costs down so more people could try it, though
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Ah yeah that's fair enough, look forward to seeing the next part on how it turned out.
Cheers
Genuine question: do you think cask ale should be restricted to traditional styles or do you think there’s any merit to having a NEIPA on cask?
Absolutely not - brewers should put whatever they think works on cask! A great example of a NE-style beer that is fantastic on cask is Track Sonoma.
Damn this is cool and also really motivating - time to do some homebrew learning I think.
Absolutely, nothing like a Saturday spent brewing, cooking, eating and hanging out with friends. Such a great hobby with such a great payoff!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I'm also really looking forward to you guys debating sparkler/no-sparkler in the next vid...😁
I want your T-shirt, but the link is 404 Not Found, so its my bad 'cause im from EU?
....still I do miss my five points or howling hops!!
I prefer my cask conditioned ale to be gravity fed through a simple tap in a tilted pin on a wooden horse, very little head. BTW I have very fond memories of a Whitbread seasonal beer in the early 90s, called Fuggles, which featured heavily the fuggles hop and was absolutely fantastic drinking.
Why does it need to be hand pulled? Many traditional Real Ales were straight out of the barrel?
Absolutely, but I am trying to attain the classic sparkled texture, as well as the real feel of being in a pub!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Cool, I just came across your channel today so going to subscribe and watch a few of your videos once Ive got my head round water treatment.
when are you going to make another one? 😊
Good question. Hopefully this year!
What software do you use?
Brewers Friend!
Physically and mentally exhausted, yes and yes. Sometimes even a few tears.
Reassuring to know I am not alone!