One tip I can add to the temperature control topic is using thermal mass to control temperature swings during fermentation. I've found that rapid temperature swings in my fermenting wort impacts the flavor as much, if not more, than the target fermentation temperature. Yeast activity produces heat early on and daily ambient temperature changes also add variability. The simplest way I have found to add thermal mass is by placing the fermenting bucket in an oversized bucket filled with cold water. The water at minimum slows any temperature change and if you see your temp getting higher you can always add ice. There are better ways to accomplish the same thing but this is the cheapest/easiest way to get some decent temperature stability. Your yeast will love it and you will enjoy the end production. Also, +1 for using a starter. I make oversized starters and harvest 200ml to save for the next batch. I save $$$ on yeast this way and it's much easier and more reliable than harvesting post-fermentation. Regardless, a starter always produces a better fermentation sequence. I always taste the "mini-beer" I decant after the starter has cold crashed so I never worry about pitching contaminated slurry. Great video and your points are all spot on. While it isn't that hard to produce a drinkable beer, with a slightly more committed approach to a few key details one can make great beer. You've nailed all the important ones ... good job.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Great technique as well, thanks for sharing! Probably very effective in hot climates. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@ElementaryBrewingCo
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips Steve!! Temp control, yeast health, and water chemistry are biggies for my brew improving.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Brian! Thanks for watching! Every little bit you do to improve makes a big difference!
@GenusBrewing
3 жыл бұрын
Step 1: Watch the Genus Brewing LiveStream on Sundays Step 2: Send us Beer Step 3: Use the word Ass Korbs a lot Step 4: Buy Halcyon Step 5: Send us more beer ... and just like that your beer is better!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
All I heard was use crystal 40L in everything
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
I would add "give your beer time". I love belgian abbey ales and most of the good ones are made with an extremely long secondary fermentation in the bottle. That is something I do with all of my malty beers. Even the sessionable ones profit from a longer bottle fermentation. The flavors gain complexity, the carbonation gets smoother and the beer is a little clearer afterwards. The only downside is that you sit on a batch of tasty Dubbel for six months and cannot crack it open. Oh and it does not work too well for hoppy beers. Cool video! Cheers from Germany.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Its funny, I just made a dubbel which I let sit for about 2 months and it is so worth the time. I'm not patient enough to let it sit for a full 6 months. But it does indeed make a big difference with malty styles.
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer Yes, with Dubbel it's tough to wait even one month. Does that mean, there's a Dubbel video upcoming on your channel? I'd love to see your take on it.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukasjager2085 Yeah! It should (hopefully) be the next grain to glass video! It turned out pretty good but I had no head retention sadly. Ended up doing a step mash and accidentally left the protein rest for too long
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer Yesssss! Looking forward to it :)
@tommanning7337
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative as usual man! 👍🏻👍🏻 MUH MUH MUH……MBC🍺🍺🍺🍺
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Tom!!
@robbrasmussen7568
3 жыл бұрын
Great content as usual!!! Another essential for getting your beer to the next level is to ditch the bottles and start kegging. This channel has a great Keezer build video.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Kegging was a gamechanger for me too. Lots of time and effort saved!
@HOMEBREW4LIFE
3 жыл бұрын
Nice shirt braj!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! I love this one!
@GenusBrewing
3 жыл бұрын
it'd look even better on the floor ;)
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@ClassicRyder1
3 жыл бұрын
That shirt is awesome.
@dexterne
3 жыл бұрын
Its HOMEBREW 4 LIFE merch, look them up!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Yup, H4L t shirts are awesome!
@seaninfrared
3 жыл бұрын
New to the channel, but loving your content. Have you thought about starting a Discord for your channel? Seems the perfect place for all the brewers to interact. Great work, keep it up! Thanks from Wales!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy the content! I would if I had more time, but there's no way I could keep up with it. Maybe if I end up getting some free time in the future
@seaninfrared
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer fair. You can have moderators etc to help keep the Discord ticking over. Looking forward to future content.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's true, hopefully I can do something like that a little while down the road
@intothenightrecords9954
3 жыл бұрын
One tip I like to share with new brewers is, as exciting as making crazy beers is, start off with simple recipes with the 4 main ingredients. Learn the process, how all the ingredients interact with each other and how to make good "beer-flavored beer". I've seen far too many new brewers go wild with adjuncts on their second or third brew, only to be wildly disappointed by the outcome. Learning the basics first can save you a lot of time, money and disappointment down the road. Also, research and question everything.
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
That's an important one. Keeping things simple makes the first steps so much easier and there's a certain beauty in simple recipes. I have some grist bomb recipes that make stellar beer but two of my favorites are still Hefeweizen and Pale Ale, each with two sorts of malt, one sort of hop and standard mash and fermentation. It does not take much more to make great beer.
@intothenightrecords9954
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukasjager2085 absolutely! Good beer is easy to make and also easy to screw up by trying to do too much. My vienna lager, which has 5 ingredients including water, is one of the best beers I've ever brewed. Simple but tastes amazing!
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
Oooh, Vienna Lager sounds delicious too. One of the beer styles that could convince me to start brewing lagers... :D
@intothenightrecords9954
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukasjager2085 its easier than you think! I use OYL-106 German lager yeast at room temp. Otherwise, I've used lutra kviek at room temp and both have been awesome! You want the recipe?
@lukasjager2085
3 жыл бұрын
@@intothenightrecords9954 Sure, then I can tick off Vienna Lager and Kveik yeast on my list :D
@Cumquat101
3 жыл бұрын
yay first :-)
@superslyko123
Жыл бұрын
1 tip that made brewing much more enjoyable for me. The day before, just set everything up. Get ready. A brew day can take as little as 3 hours, or as long as 8. Just think through completely it beforehand, get organized. Makes for a much more relaxing exercise the next day.
@NikitaVorontsov
3 жыл бұрын
I started to try and take notes but ended up stopping as it became extra things to do during a brew day.
@mikes1430
3 жыл бұрын
Solids points. I’d also add is to plan your brew day. Be prepared. Have everything ready to go. Know when hop additions and other things need to happen.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a great additional tip. It makes it a lot easier to react to unplanned events or issues
@FoScoJo
3 жыл бұрын
I have no room for even a mini-fridge so I got a BrewJacket on sale for about $150 and it does a great job. Holds to +/- 0.1 deg F.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Great solution!
@wansto
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thanks for your advise. Please can you help me?? I have brewed a few times a IPA style beer in a pressure fermenter (15psi at 18-20 °C), but I keep getting a flavour profile that is medicine taste. I have checked my notes and the common ingredients is the yeast which is Wyeast Lab 1187, have you used this yeast and had this flavour? Thanks
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Its very likely you have chlorine in your water. Try running it through a carbon filter or adding a campden tablet before brewing and see if that makes a difference.
@MadZer0
3 жыл бұрын
Using pure O2 for heavy beers
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely a game changer! Good tip, thanks for sharing!
@marksowlles4816
3 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual! Is the aspect ratio on the vid off for anyone else?
@TheStickNevens
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, looks like the source video was exported in 4:3 or something and is getting stretched into 16:9. This is how old t.v shows look when converting into HD without letterboxing.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah something weird happened with this one that caused the image to get a bit distorted, sorry about that
@TheStickNevens
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer No worries! I think we all appreciate the solid content regardless! Cheers
@DavidAbraham504
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info
@humansvd3269
Жыл бұрын
What are signs yeast has stalled? I had crazy co2 activity the first two days then it halted. The airlock leveled out too. Ambient temp is 71 but yeast range is 50 to 72. Is it too hot?
@kaku_zato
3 жыл бұрын
6. Brew more. Practice makes better edit: though that's kinda covered in the first tip amyway XD
@Tehshort
2 жыл бұрын
About getting people to tell you what they think about your beer.. it has to be a style the enjoy already.. there is no point in letting them give judgement on a beer, you know they wont like to begin with, no matter how good it is :-)
@Cvl037
3 жыл бұрын
The New England came out there "..make a good one for about 130 dahllah's"
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao ya caught me
@futuretech6744
3 жыл бұрын
Don't ask people who only like bud light and Busch light to try a double ipa you made. They won't like it haha
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's true, gotta know your audience!
@futuretech6744
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer my mother in law likes those two only that's all she drinks I had her try a double Centennial ipa I made and she made this digusted face and now she won't try anything else I make haha. I've had good feedback from everyone else so far great videos man's I've learned a lot from you. Very informative. I'm going to build a draft system very similar to yours
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you're enjoying my videos and most importantly learning! I'm very happy to help!
@matthewmclean6571
3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, watch them all! I also live in an apartment, have a toddler, and am overseas on a 3 year contract, so not a lot of space for equipment. I just wanted to throw this out there for other apartment brewers - I use a fermentation cooler bag, which works well if you don't have a fridge. I usually chill my wort to 66, pitch the yeast, and then place the wort in my fermenter bag with 1 or 2 ice bottles. I rotate the ice bottles for the first 2-3 days, adding or taking away as necessary, and then just let the ice melt after day 3/4. I usually get a slow ramp from 66 to 68/70 over 3-4 days, and then slowly up to room temp ~74 by the end of the week. This has worked great so far. Cheers!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's a very interesting technique, thanks for sharing and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
@matthewmclean6571
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer For sure! I used to hold the temp steady at 68 for 2 weeks, but it was a lot of work and tied up my fermenter bag. Then I listened to an episode of Brewstrong where Jamil and John said fermentation temp is crucial for the first 48 hours but can ramp up to room temp after without ill effects, and that's worked great for me.
@TheBruSho
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips! Having someone to taste and be honest with you is huge. It can be hard to find someone that doesn't just tell you it's great so keep those friends that will shoot you straight so you can improve from their notes!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Thats very true! You know who your tasters are!
@cheshirehomebrew
3 жыл бұрын
Another cracking video, though I'd already subbed but I have now. Cheers. 👍🍺
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Glad you're enjoying the content!
@bryand8581
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips! I’ll add mill your own grain to that list. Over the last 8 months, I adjusted water profile, milled my grain, made yeast starters, and temperature fermented. I have made some even better beer since doing these. Every brew I push the bar and keep making better beer!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Keep up the improvement and thanks for watching!
@705thBoY
3 жыл бұрын
Great video man! I am super stoked to continue to dial in on some of these tips such as the types of beers with the season. I do have an Ink bird and heat belt but the second fermentor is on its own for temp control. Always gotta have a good honest friend that can help you pick out the good ones and the bad ones. Keep up the good work!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! It can be tough without temp control but when you can manage it, its well worth it. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@timbermg
3 жыл бұрын
Where is the second half of the video, over so fast.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Yup. Definitely a short one for me!
@afhostie
3 жыл бұрын
Where do you get your recipes? Do you create then yourself, do you base them off other recipes and then tweak?
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Most of my recipes I come up with myself but I do lots of research and development looking into other recipes, or my own from before, when coming up with the next brew
@afhostie
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheApartmentBrewer i appreciate the replies. Do beer styles have any hard rules such as specific malts or hops? Seems like most descriptions of beer styles reference their color or origin rather than a percentage of certain malts or hops.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing is really a hard rule in brewing, but a lot of styles have specific ingredients that are typically used in those beer styles for good reason. Also trying to keep the ingredients local makes it more likely to end up correct
@TheGavranatar
3 жыл бұрын
From the title i thought this was about making beer quickly, i was thinking this is either a pressure fermentation or kveik video!
@dexterne
3 жыл бұрын
This doesn't really improve quality of beer, but ditching bottling and going to kegs. It is an investment, but it's soooo much easier and more enjoyable than cleaning/sanitizing/priming/filling/waiting for bottles!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Kegging really changed the game for me too. Made a massive difference for oxygen sensitive beers as well, and saved a ton of money and time over the long term
@BFloz
3 жыл бұрын
Great video - I recently just started brewing with distilled water and really liking the results. I've seen a few people on forums are buying mineral water from local stores (they tend to not have huge amounts of different minerals and are always human consumption grade) as it's a lot cheaper than buying human grade distilled water (at least where I am anyway) Also - excuse my ignorance as I'm not based in the US - what does the T-Shirt mean??
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the mineral water can be a bit inconsistent. Distilled lets you be consistent every time and that's what I like about it. The t shirt is supporting another homebrew KZitem Channel, homebrew 4 life
@Mr.Batsu12
3 жыл бұрын
When you get feedback on your home brew make sure you know the beer background of the person giving you their opinion. Some people just don't like beer of any type but they may not let you know that at first. Also, there are a number of people who are very proud of not liking "craft beer". If you give them something that's not like their normal Bud Light or Corona they will not like it. Don't take their review so seriously, unless you are trying to make cheap light bodied corn beer. :D
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's definitely a good point, some people have issue with that but if you can get people to be honest with you for real it definitely helps a lot!
@nivek204
3 жыл бұрын
I will add on to fermentation temperature control. My beers got super clean/crisp after I started bumping the temperature once I was 5-6 points away from final gravity
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's something I actually do all the time to help dry out my beers
@MetalGuru785
3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve got around to saying thank you for your fantastic videos. Thank you, they’re great. Ps did you have Simcoe in the beer you work colleague tasted soap in? I taste soap in simcoe, but haven’t met anyone else who does.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Nah it was just a regular wheat beer with a little too much flavor extract in it. Glad you're enjoying the videos!
@alvaradobrewhouse6387
3 жыл бұрын
Great Tips AB! Water Chem terrifies me, lol, but that's my next step in the journey. Thx for the tips!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Tom, just go for it! Thanks for watching!
@angeladanbarbosa8904
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! love your videos, always learn something when i watch them. I just started homebrewing last year and one of the reasons I did was watching your videos, you make it look so fun!
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! I'm very glad to hear I could help get you started and I'm glad you continue to enjoy the channel!
@ricardogamboa4334
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips. I have been looking for a digital notes option for brewing. That way I can organize the notes by recipe. Does anyone know a good option for this?
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
I believe brewers friend will let you do this, plus beersmith if you want to pay
@Bullsbrew551
3 жыл бұрын
I adhere to these 5 principles. Have to get the basics down to advance to the next level. I may add proper sanitation practices as well. Cheers!🍻
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Always an important thing to never lose sight of!
@robertmullins9639
3 жыл бұрын
Another great video! I like these shorts your doing. Focused attention on something specific is so beneficial as it helps retention of the info. ✌
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you're enjoying them. They will be worked in among the regular grain to glass content. Cheers!
@RiggerBrew
3 жыл бұрын
Great topics and explanations - mash Ph was a big step up for grain utilization along with getting the mill setup.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the video, water chemistry is huge!
@jdmlong
3 жыл бұрын
Water chemistry is my weak point. I have a well, just need to get a sample tested post-treatment and refreshed every 6 months or so. I'm just not going to buy 10 plastic gallon jugs of water every time I want to brew.
@ElderNerd
3 жыл бұрын
Look into a cheap RO system to use just for brewing. It will make your life easier.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto, RO might be the best way for you to go if you want a semi permanent solution. Otherwise the big containers of spring water make a decent base if you can find the mineral composition
@MrYou105
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. People often put more emphasis on the hot side and not enough on the cold side.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
That's true, there's a lot that can still happen once you're done with your brew day!
@drumkendrum
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff 🤙🏻
@Unsub-Me-Now
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. Also, follow known recipes until you know what you're doing.
@TheApartmentBrewer
3 жыл бұрын
Yep! It definitely helps to develop the core brewing skills before branching out and getting creative. Or don't, but learn the lesson in a different way haha. Either method works!
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