I have reuploaded this video due to a mistake in it that I was not comfortable with. Thanks to all those that spotted it the first time round! Sadly youtube has withdrawn the use of annotations, which would of worked also. I would ask that if you liked the first version then please hit that like button on this one! Many thanks :)
Hi David, I'm new to both Grainfather and all grain home brewing. I have found all of your videos very informative-keep up the good work! Pausing and adding text is an excellent idea and works very well. One final suggestion you might want to consider, delay video production to include how the beer turns out.
Hi Peter, it would be quite a delay if he showed results in the video. It takes quite a while to condition those beers. I like the current format where we get a tasting video of many beers at once.
Another first class video David and your new method of being able to pause and read the instructions are excellent! I am now planning to make my next brew on the Grainfather "A Black Sheep Ale Clone" Hope it goes well.
Fantastic video as always! The pause in the videos is great for screenshots to review later on in time! I like reviewing stuff from screenshots before next brewday. Just curious but what is 'this cause for concern' in Hot aeration? Thanks for sharing all these tips and techniques!
Many thanks David. Yes, I still give these screenshot times now in my latest videos as they are popular. HSA is a myth that was debunked for homebrew batch sizes many years ago but it is still raised by people :)
Another great recipe - Thanks David. Without wanting to ruin what looks to be a very tasty beer, is there any way one could modify this (and other higher alcohol beers) to bring them into the 5% range? Would scaling the grain bill down ruin the whole thing or are there some tips you can give?
Thank you, much appreciated:) You could modify this no problem at all. What I would suggest is doing the following:- Have the original recipe in brewing software and note the BU:GU ratio. Then scale the alcohol level down. Then adjust the first hop addition down until you see the BU:GU ratio match the original. You can use this method for other recipes also. Seems like a good topic for a future video also :)
Hi David, Great video, as always! I saw it time ago and now, while looking to brew something new, came to it again ) I am going to brew Red-X IPA soon, based on your recipe. Many thanks for sharing! Can you please advice what fermentation steps would work the best? I’m using the Grainfather conical fermenter. Yeast will use dry Jack’s M44.
Thank you. I would start at 18C and then in the final days of fermentation start rising at 1C per day until you hit 21C. This will protect against DMS and encourage full attenuation.
I also like the new format, making use of the pause button. And..........surely I can't be the only person who sings along with your video intro? Cheers and thanks.
Brewing this tomorrow. Tough swapping hops to Centennial and Cascade (also 200g in total) and also raising mash temp few degrees to not ferment as dry. Hopefully beer clears out well to get that lovely red colour :)
Great videos David, Red Ales are great (my last brew was a 5am Saint Clone) I love the pausing idea, very easy to follow and if you need to go back to the instructions it is easy to find on the video
+Jonathan Hawthorne Thanks alot for the feedback :) Yes Reds are always a great beer in my eyes. I am glad you are enjoying my videos , more coming very soon!
Another great vid David and like the changed format. Really looking forward to your step mash when you get there. Did one yesterday which finished as others have previously - a greater pile of sediment at bottom of GF. For me, step mashing increases this dramatically. Of course, I may be doing it wrong.
+Peter Scandlyn Hi Peter, glad you liked it and the format :) Sediment wise its no area for concern, whirlpooling will help separate it from your wort further.
There was such fine grain sediment to barely leave any free space between bottom of grain basket and base of GF. I'm blaming crush but my supplier says not so....When I cleaned the grain pipe, was stuck all thru the lugs? Doubt I would've got it chilled if hadn't whirlpooled.
The Holy Grail.....well for me anyway....a Red Ale! Been trying to get a lovely ruby red ale for years....can get a dark red but not a light red, always comes out copper coloured.....I hope this malt will finally end my hunt!! May I ask one question, why have you added some Carafa I? Is that just to make it a bit deeper in colour and not for taste reasons? (same reason for chocolate malt?)
I agree Andy! The thing with this malt is that you can use it 100% The trouble is it then lacks mouthfeel. So the idea of the extra grain and to put that in and get the EBC back to where it should be. This tiny amount of carafa, within a hoppy beer like this will not have much effect , or any effect on taste but is a quick way of getting the colour back on track. Hope this makes sense.
Hi David, I posted a question but I guess it was deleted along with the video. Basically I as asking about the 4 mash steps and what they did for the wort. Especially the first one as I have never mashed anywhere near as low as 52C. Thanks.
Hi, Thanks for coming back to me on this, I have been busy fussing over an error in the last video! Frustrating! I was considering explain all this within this video but then it would of taken the video over time again. So what I have decided is to make a dedicated video explaining every type of mash step and why it is used. This will be produced and released soon.
Have you any plans of brewing a Thornbridge Brewery Kipling Clone? I have brewed one from some information I got from internet and it tastes great after five weeks in the bottle. Unfortunately I can't get hold of an original bottle to compare it!
Just a small observation; I've seen all of your videos, and you always whirlpool clockwise. Any particular reason? I would have thought that whirlpoolin' counter-clockwise would be better, since the filter is supported better? Any thoughts? :-)
+Sune Faurschou Hei Sune :) Actually I did whirlpool anti clockwise also in a previous video. Direction is not a concern for me, its more a case of not going to deep and close to the pump. I did alot of testing with just water when it first arrived to fully realise how to use the paddle in terms of keeping the filter in place.
Hello David, thank you very much for all the great videos! Do you add the hop tea to the hot wort in the Grainfather at 0 minutes or do you add it to the cooled wort in the fermenter prior to pitching the yeast?
+Tychobrator Hop tea is added at the kegging/bottling stage. Check out my hop tea video for full details. Once people try it they tend to stay with it. Easier and better flavour :)
Sounds good to me but it depends what you are looking for. Ebbegarden kveik is more neutral in flavour and works well in showcasing hoppy styles. Both will work :)
David Heath i did not get the color i was looking for i need it to be more red, she i just do a small mash to get the color i am looking for and add it to my beer
Please tell what it exactly does when you mash for 1h40minutes. I know about enzymes and fermentables etc but what kind of beer does this mash schedule produce?
Hi David, I have had a nightmare with this brew! 1st....it's copper not red, I can't believe it!!! 2nd FG 1.012 v 1.007, miles out and no idea....never missed an FG by so far. How did your brew end up??
Hi David, just got all the malts for this beer but I got confused with hoptea. 0min hops are going as tea before bottling ? Then what about dry hoping ?
I looked in the Grainfather app to see if Red X IPA was avail e within so I would not have to enter it. No luck. I’m ptreing coffee ale today but would like to give your red x a boil.
Hi DAvid, I brew this beer and a friend too. It both finished at 1.016. One with Hornindal Kveik and the other one with MJ44. We use your step mash, nutrients and pure o2 with controler fermentation. We don't get with such a high FG ?
Hi David, i'm planning on doing this recipe in a week or two, can't seem to find 'Best Caramel Pils' on 2 of the UK's big stockists, would Wayermann Carapils be a workable alternative? On a side note i'm just about to dry hop your Juicy IPA recipe, looking forward to quaffing that one :-)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew Racked the Juicy IPA this afternoon and i have to say the aroma is tremendous, and after doing the FG [pretty much on the numbers] i had to have a cheeky taste and it didn't disappoint, really nice tbf and will of course be better again after a weeks conditioning, i did change the recipe ever so slightly in that i didn't add all the dry hop hops, i kept 9 grams of each hop back to make a hop tea of 750ml, hopefully the addition of the hop tea won't detract from the recipe too much, i'll report back in a week when i give it a proper tasting :-) All prepped for the Red X brew day in the morning ;-)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew Thanks for that David, yeah its gone ok, bit foamy during the mash stages tbh, finished the boil 10 mins ago and added the 0 min hops, just letting it sit for 15 mins before a 2 minute whirlpool with the paddle :-) then cool it down and get it in the F/V
Hi Dave, brewing a big hoppy APA today and cut myself while oxygenating the wort. Dropped a little blood in the wort. FAIL 😂. What are you thoughts ? Have you done that before. Is my beer ruined?
Hi, no sadly not. The easy way is to use a recipe calculator like Brewfather. You will also need to look at the alpha acid of your hops compared to mine. I have a guide to this here:- th-cam.com/video/lYA_UzDkW9o/w-d-xo.html
Your videos are quite informative but two things; 1. You need to speak faster, I want to keep finishing your sentences! 2. It would be good to see the final product and a tasting, there's no indication how these brews have turned out and what you might have done differently. There's not many start-to-finish brewing videos on TH-cam, most seem to stop once they've hit the fermenter and I find that's only half the story. Just my $0.02 - keep up the great work!
+Schikitar Thanks for your feedback. None of these brews shared are the first attempt, they are tried and tested recipes that you can brew with confidence. I do mention this usually but perhaps I should stress it more. I always do a follow up tasting video later on. Holding back for the tasting would be very tricky from a computer storage point of view.
Regarding your first point, youtube allows you to adjust the speed at which a video is being played, a great feature in my opinion. I watch a lot of videos at 1.5x or 2x speed, highly recommended!
I have reuploaded this video due to a mistake in it that I was not comfortable with. Thanks to all those that spotted it the first time round! Sadly youtube has withdrawn the use of annotations, which would of worked also. I would ask that if you liked the first version then please hit that like button on this one! Many thanks :)
No big deal David.. Still good the second time around!! Lol
+Short Circuited Brewers Good to hear. I slept badly knowing it was wrong, had to fix it!
David Heath OCD...lol I have the same problem.. Cheers!!
Was it the oxygenation part? :-D It didn't matter - still a great video! Thanks for sharing!
+Sune Faurschou Yes, its O2 not C02 :)
Hi David, I'm new to both Grainfather and all grain home brewing. I have found all of your videos very informative-keep up the good work! Pausing and adding text is an excellent idea and works very well. One final suggestion you might want to consider, delay video production to include how the beer turns out.
+Peter Buffery Hi Peter, Great to hear you are finding them useful :) Thanks alot for your input, much appreciated.
Hi Peter, it would be quite a delay if he showed results in the video. It takes quite a while to condition those beers. I like the current format where we get a tasting video of many beers at once.
Just a suggestion. I think some, including me would love to see your end result brews in a glass. Keep those awesome beers coming. Prost!
Sorry, guess I should have read the comments below first. Didn't know you had tasting vids.
Hi Rick, Many thanks for your message. Check out my latest videos, I include a look at the beer and tasting notes also :)
Hi David another very informative good video , the pause info section is a very good idea well done mate , thanks Ivan
Thats awesome to hear on both accounts, thanks alot Ivan :)
Thanks. I always wondered about the mash temps. As I am a visual person I will never again forget it.
+Andrew du Toit Great :)
Another first class video David and your new method of being able to pause and read the instructions are excellent! I am now planning to make my next brew on the Grainfather "A Black Sheep Ale Clone" Hope it goes well.
+Dts1953 Great to hear and good luck with the brew :)
Fantastic video as always!
The pause in the videos is great for screenshots to review later on in time! I like reviewing stuff from screenshots before next brewday.
Just curious but what is 'this cause for concern' in Hot aeration?
Thanks for sharing all these tips and techniques!
Many thanks David. Yes, I still give these screenshot times now in my latest videos as they are popular. HSA is a myth that was debunked for homebrew batch sizes many years ago but it is still raised by people :)
Another great recipe - Thanks David. Without wanting to ruin what looks to be a very tasty beer, is there any way one could modify this (and other higher alcohol beers) to bring them into the 5% range? Would scaling the grain bill down ruin the whole thing or are there some tips you can give?
Thank you, much appreciated:) You could modify this no problem at all. What I would suggest is doing the following:- Have the original recipe in brewing software and note the BU:GU ratio. Then scale the alcohol level down. Then adjust the first hop addition down until you see the BU:GU ratio match the original. You can use this method for other recipes also. Seems like a good topic for a future video also :)
Hi David,
Great video, as always! I saw it time ago and now, while looking to brew something new, came to it again )
I am going to brew Red-X IPA soon, based on your recipe. Many thanks for sharing!
Can you please advice what fermentation steps would work the best?
I’m using the Grainfather conical fermenter. Yeast will use dry Jack’s M44.
Thank you. I would start at 18C and then in the final days of fermentation start rising at 1C per day until you hit 21C. This will protect against DMS and encourage full attenuation.
Another great video. What would you suggest if BEST Caramel Pils was not available? What does the caramel pils add to the grain bill? Thanks Again.
+James Earnshaw Use a low ebc crystal malt. Its for head retention mostly. Its important
@ 08:06 Pure O2 instead of pure CO2 David. Great video as always!
Ahh shit...I just reuploaded to fix one comment of this, I didnt realise there was another! I meant Pure 02....lol ahhh gawd!
Sorryyyyyy lol!
You missed the final product...wanted to see the beer color on the glass!
Check out my tasting videos :)
Hi David , love your videos , the writen infos are a very good idea.You can take your time to read the important parts
+Cletric Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated :)
I also like the new format, making use of the pause button. And..........surely I can't be the only person who sings along with your video intro? Cheers and thanks.
+Wild Boar Brewing I do that! My wife however leaves the room!
Hi. Thanks for all your advice. In many ways you teached me to brew even if you don't know me. I can't find the bright red x recipe on brew father?
Thank you great to hear. This recipe was shared before I started using Brewfather. It will take you less than 5 minutes to enter though 🍻🍻
Yes I realise that now that I have seen your videos on how to use brew father properly. Thanks again
Cheers 🍻🍻
Brewing this tomorrow. Tough swapping hops to Centennial and Cascade (also 200g in total) and also raising mash temp few degrees to not ferment as dry. Hopefully beer clears out well to get that lovely red colour :)
Sounds ok to me :) I hope you enjoy it :)
Thanks David another informative video and I’m glad you cleared up the HSA debate it is something that has bothered me for some time.
+Larry Flory Glad you found it useful Larry :)
Great videos David, Red Ales are great (my last brew was a 5am Saint Clone) I love the pausing idea, very easy to follow and if you need to go back to the instructions it is easy to find on the video
+Jonathan Hawthorne Thanks alot for the feedback :) Yes Reds are always a great beer in my eyes. I am glad you are enjoying my videos , more coming very soon!
Can you explain a little deeper why you would want to store ales and lagers in different temperatures? Never heard this before!
It is nothing new to be honest. Here is an article that covers the topic well www.beeradvocate.com/beer/101/store/
Where's the resulting beer with the resulting color?
This is quite some years back and shortly after this video I started sharing this with recipe videos.
Another great vid David and like the changed format. Really looking forward to your step mash when you get there. Did one yesterday which finished as others have previously - a greater pile of sediment at bottom of GF. For me, step mashing increases this dramatically. Of course, I may be doing it wrong.
+Peter Scandlyn Hi Peter, glad you liked it and the format :) Sediment wise its no area for concern, whirlpooling will help separate it from your wort further.
There was such fine grain sediment to barely leave any free space between bottom of grain basket and base of GF. I'm blaming crush but my supplier says not so....When I cleaned the grain pipe, was stuck all thru the lugs? Doubt I would've got it chilled if hadn't whirlpooled.
+Peter Scandlyn Thats crush for sure. Your supplier seems pretty dodgy Peter! Anyone else you can use ?
They were a one off as they had a particular specialty malt I wanted to try. Plus, I have my own mill....laziness. Lesson learned :-)
+Peter Scandlyn :)
The Holy Grail.....well for me anyway....a Red Ale! Been trying to get a lovely ruby red ale for years....can get a dark red but not a light red, always comes out copper coloured.....I hope this malt will finally end my hunt!!
May I ask one question, why have you added some Carafa I? Is that just to make it a bit deeper in colour and not for taste reasons? (same reason for chocolate malt?)
I agree Andy! The thing with this malt is that you can use it 100% The trouble is it then lacks mouthfeel. So the idea of the extra grain and to put that in and get the EBC back to where it should be. This tiny amount of carafa, within a hoppy beer like this will not have much effect , or any effect on taste but is a quick way of getting the colour back on track. Hope this makes sense.
Hi David, I posted a question but I guess it was deleted along with the video. Basically I as asking about the 4 mash steps and what they did for the wort. Especially the first one as I have never mashed anywhere near as low as 52C. Thanks.
Hi, Thanks for coming back to me on this, I have been busy fussing over an error in the last video! Frustrating! I was considering explain all this within this video but then it would of taken the video over time again. So what I have decided is to make a dedicated video explaining every type of mash step and why it is used. This will be produced and released soon.
Great idea David! Looking forward to seeing it as the reason behind different mash steps has always confused me. Thanks!
+ESL KidStuff Great, I will making it soon :)
Have you any plans of brewing a Thornbridge Brewery Kipling Clone? I have brewed one from some information I got from internet and it tastes great after five weeks in the bottle. Unfortunately I can't get hold of an original bottle to compare it!
+Dts1953 Thats not a beer that I am familiar with to be honest.
Just a small observation; I've seen all of your videos, and you always whirlpool clockwise. Any particular reason? I would have thought that whirlpoolin' counter-clockwise would be better, since the filter is supported better? Any thoughts? :-)
+Sune Faurschou Hei Sune :) Actually I did whirlpool anti clockwise also in a previous video. Direction is not a concern for me, its more a case of not going to deep and close to the pump. I did alot of testing with just water when it first arrived to fully realise how to use the paddle in terms of keeping the filter in place.
Hello David, thank you very much for all the great videos! Do you add the hop tea to the hot wort in the Grainfather at 0 minutes or do you add it to the cooled wort in the fermenter prior to pitching the yeast?
+Tychobrator Hop tea is added at the kegging/bottling stage. Check out my hop tea video for full details. Once people try it they tend to stay with it. Easier and better flavour :)
I see you use both dry-hopping and Hop-tea in this recipe. Can you elaborate as to what using both would add beyond using just either?
+Ej van de beek They are totally different in end result. Hop tea gives a similar result to 0 minute hops.
This will be my next brew, think i use Gjernes Kveik. Any toughts about that?
Sounds good to me but it depends what you are looking for. Ebbegarden kveik is more neutral in flavour and works well in showcasing hoppy styles. Both will work :)
Hi David any thoughts on brewing this recipe BIAB?
Business as usual really 🍻🍻🍻
another grate video, i am going to try this one next
+No9 MicroBrew Thank you! Do that its a decent pint for sure :)
David, I am curious as to why the Mash Out is at 78 deg C.All the recipes that I have seen are at 75 deg C.
Mervyn Borjanovic Its a safeguard because the grain mix that is Red x malt is known to be more workable when mashed out abit higher.
Can I cold steep BEST Red X malt specially to get the color out of it and it to a beer
It's not something I have tried personally. Perhaps ask Best malts via email to be sure.
David Heath i did not get the color i was looking for i need it to be more red, she i just do a small mash to get the color i am looking for and add it to my beer
Experimentation is going to be key here then.
Please tell what it exactly does when you mash for 1h40minutes. I know about enzymes and fermentables etc but what kind of beer does this mash schedule produce?
Nothing much, it just gives you the chance of more conversion time. I generally mash in for an hour :)
Hi David, I have had a nightmare with this brew! 1st....it's copper not red, I can't believe it!!! 2nd FG 1.012 v 1.007, miles out and no idea....never missed an FG by so far. How did your brew end up??
+Andy N All good at this end but this video should help you understand the variation experienced:- th-cam.com/video/x7eJCGti8oM/w-d-xo.html
Hello David Heath, Would you recomend Voss or any other kveik for this brew?
Voss will work very nicely, also Ebbegården and Framgården.
Will be giving this one a go soon. Cheers!
Great to hear, cheers :)
Hi David, just got all the malts for this beer but I got confused with hoptea. 0min hops are going as tea before bottling ? Then what about dry hoping ?
Great. No problem. Dry hop and add the hop tea on bottling. The hop tea replaces the 0 min addition.
I looked in the Grainfather app to see if Red X IPA was avail e within so I would not have to enter it. No luck. I’m ptreing coffee ale today but would like to give your red x a boil.
Its fast to enter a recipe :)
Hi DAvid, I brew this beer and a friend too. It both finished at 1.016. One with Hornindal Kveik and the other one with MJ44. We use your step mash, nutrients and pure o2 with controler fermentation. We don't get with such a high FG ?
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Hi David, i'm planning on doing this recipe in a week or two, can't seem to find 'Best Caramel Pils' on 2 of the UK's big stockists, would Wayermann Carapils be a workable alternative?
On a side note i'm just about to dry hop your Juicy IPA recipe, looking forward to quaffing that one :-)
Hi Gary, yes that will be fine :) Hope you enjoy the Juicy IPA :)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew Racked the Juicy IPA this afternoon and i have to say the aroma is tremendous, and after doing the FG [pretty much on the numbers] i had to have a cheeky taste and it didn't disappoint, really nice tbf and will of course be better again after a weeks conditioning, i did change the recipe ever so slightly in that i didn't add all the dry hop hops, i kept 9 grams of each hop back to make a hop tea of 750ml, hopefully the addition of the hop tea won't detract from the recipe too much, i'll report back in a week when i give it a proper tasting :-)
All prepped for the Red X brew day in the morning ;-)
Great stuff Gary. Doing some hop tea on this one will work nicely for sure :) Hope your brew went well :)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew Thanks for that David, yeah its gone ok, bit foamy during the mash stages tbh, finished the boil 10 mins ago and added the 0 min hops, just letting it sit for 15 mins before a 2 minute whirlpool with the paddle :-) then cool it down and get it in the F/V
No worries on the foam :) Hope you enjoy tje end result!
Hi Dave, brewing a big hoppy APA today and cut myself while oxygenating the wort. Dropped a little blood in the wort. FAIL 😂. What are you thoughts ? Have you done that before. Is my beer ruined?
+lee Haslam Hmm I should think that will be just fine Lee.
Thanks Dave, I will let you know how it turns out 👍
+lee Haslam Could well end up a bloody nice beer! A small amount of blood will be fine. Tje alcohol will see to that :)
I was in my local brew shop chatting away and heard you were in New Zealand not long ago. Did you have a favourite kiwi beer ?
+lee Haslam Totally did mate! I fell in love with the Panhead Supercharger APA. Such a great combination of flavours.
Hey David I want to scale this to a 25L batch. got the grain bill sorted what about the hops? do i just double them?
Hi, no sadly not. The easy way is to use a recipe calculator like Brewfather. You will also need to look at the alpha acid of your hops compared to mine. I have a guide to this here:- th-cam.com/video/lYA_UzDkW9o/w-d-xo.html
Have you tried a franziskaner clone yet?
+NORVAheelhook I haven’t yet no , Ive not had that type. Its a wheat beer right?
David Heath yes it is...Munich wheat beer
Your videos are quite informative but two things; 1. You need to speak faster, I want to keep finishing your sentences! 2. It would be good to see the final product and a tasting, there's no indication how these brews have turned out and what you might have done differently. There's not many start-to-finish brewing videos on TH-cam, most seem to stop once they've hit the fermenter and I find that's only half the story. Just my $0.02 - keep up the great work!
+Schikitar Thanks for your feedback. None of these brews shared are the first attempt, they are tried and tested recipes that you can brew with confidence. I do mention this usually but perhaps I should stress it more. I always do a follow up tasting video later on. Holding back for the tasting would be very tricky from a computer storage point of view.
Go external storage or a NAS! ;) Nah, all good, I for one really appreciate guys like you sharing your knowledge and experience! :)
+Schikitar :)
Regarding your first point, youtube allows you to adjust the speed at which a video is being played, a great feature in my opinion. I watch a lot of videos at 1.5x or 2x speed, highly recommended!