Beer Making Kits

Hurricane Alex Rain Water Beer, finally the taste testing! Also on tap Coopers Selection Wheat Beer canned kit beer taste testing.

After getting a fresh Coopers English Bitter kit from makebeer.net and it turned out fine, but tasting it in tandem with commercially bottled Coopers revealed I simply do not like the Pride of Ringwood hops that Coopers uses, I now needed to test a Coopers kit from my local brewshop. I’d made Coopers kits purchased from my local brewshop some time ago and they turned out poorly. Ruling out the hop bittering, was it my fermentation temperatures or was I getting damaged kits (shipped or stored to hot making them go bad before their expiration date) from my local brewshop? We finally find out in this video.

The bottom line in all homebrew beer making is if you, your family & friends like it, you’ve made a successful beer. Anyone who tells you differently isn’t, uh, well, honestly, isn’t anything.

Cheers, have a homebrew!

Please take the time to give me a thumbs-up on this video, and thank you very much for watching.

Here’s my video on collecting the Hurricane Alex Rain Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARZ9EzxTGhw

Here’s my video on filtering the Hurricane Alex Rain Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcl4Hm-kUK0

Here’s the video I made on brew day for the Hurricane Alex Rain Water Beer, Banks’s Mild Ale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Tbhg8hHHw

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Filmed with a Kodak Zi8
Edited in Windows 7 with Windows Live Movie Maker

Duration : 0:9:13

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If you think making all grain home brew beer is hard, this video is for you.

Don’t let anyone scare you away from making your own all grain homebrew!! It doesn’t have to be hard, it can be really really easy!!!

Made this brew on June 17, 2010. From Midwest Homebrew and Winemaking Supplies, this is their Autumn Amber Ale. Cost $19.00 US

Grains:
9lbs domestic 2-row
2oz Special B
8oz Caramel 80L
2oz Roasted Barley

Note: I specified on my order that they should crush the grain for me. Make sure you do this if you want it to come to you already crushed.

Hops:
1oz Hallertau at the beginning of boil, so at 60 minutes
1oz Fuggle at 2 minutes

Muntons dry yeast

Also used Whirlfloc tablet for clarifying.

The fella who made my brew kettle put me onto this “brew in a bag” method. As you can see, it’s a really fun way to brew. Thanks Dan!

If you’re interested in getting one of these, Dan makes and sells these on ebay, his user name there is dapurse31, or just search ebay for 10 Gallon Mash Tun Brew Kettle New. I’m really pleased with mine.

Update — Dan just sent me a metal mesh insert that will keep my biab bag from touching the bottom, will try that next brew — Thanks Dan!

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Filmed with a Kodak Zi8
Edited in Windows 7 with Windows Live Movie Maker

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Eric from the Atlanta Brew Crew talks with Kevin McNerney at the 5 Seasons Brewery and Restaurant in Sandy Springs, Georgia about Red Ales and the ingredients in the True Brew Red Ale All Malt Home Brew Kit.

Duration : 0:4:20

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How to use the basic brewing equipment needed for home brewing pale ale beer; learn more about how beer is made in this free instructional video.

Expert: Mark Emiley
Contact: www.wahomebrewers.org
Bio: Mark Emiley has been homebrewing since 1998 when he cooked up his first batch of porter.
Filmmaker: Mark Emiley

Duration : 0:2:15

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Eric from the Atlanta Brew Crew talks with Kevin McNerney at the 5 Seasons Brewery and Restaurant in Sandy Springs, Georgia about Wheat beers and the ingredients in the True Brew Wheat Beer All Malt Home Brew Kit.

www.atlantabrewcrew.com
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www.5seasonsbrewing.com
www.crosby-baker.com

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All the equipment you’d need to start homebrewing your own beer.

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How to home brew pale ale beer; learn more about how beer is made in this free instructional video.

Expert: Mark Emiley
Contact: www.wahomebrewers.org
Bio: Mark Emiley has been homebrewing since 1998 when he cooked up his first batch of porter.
Filmmaker: Mark Emiley

Duration : 0:2:52

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Join me for a brewday where I will be brewing a Christmas Ale in the all-grain method. I am an award-winning homebrewer with 8 years experience. Please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them.

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This is a double taste test of the Cooper’s Lager brewed with maple syrup and the Cooper’s Dark Ale, which was kegged.

For all your beer supplies and to help support me, go to this online brewing store:
http://www.highgravitybrew.com/productcart/pc/home.asp?idaffiliate=18

Duration : 0:15:21

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Another homebrew review, Morgan’s Royal Oak Amber Ale. Another cracker, 3.5 out of 5.
About 5.5% ABV

Duration : 0:4:52

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