Can You Brew Soy Beans into Beer?

[@micahphilson]

Andy 3 years ago: "I want to make a 100% wheat beer." Northern Brewing head brewer: "There'll be some challenges, but we can make it work!" Andy now: _"I have beans."_ NB: *"..."*

[@isaacgraff8288]

"..... sure why not?"

[@SamsTechTips]

This cracked me up

[@worldsfunniestvideosandbes3684]

Lmao. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SceneScape123]

Loooll

[@peacemaker63604]

I would laugh if someone tried to create a cross breed of soy beans and lentils and tried calling it Soylent Green and sell it.

[@pigslayer275]

Soylent Bean

[@pigslayer275]

@@1.4142 What

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

@@pigslayer275 from what I gather Soylent green in some movies/show is recycled humans into food.

[@xxxdroidmonkeyxxx]

That would be pretty funny.

[@DaddyClown4805]

soylent green does exist google it lol

[@janhemstad]

You should distill the bean wine into a brandy. Then you can call it Andy's Bean Brandy! 😁

[@Watergox]

I'd love it. Maybe a collab with @Still it? (even though he is from NZ)

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

That's actually really good sounding. Better copyright.

[@pittsburgh172]

Or Jim bean 👀

[@Tesseract1887]

I want that

[@grey4567]

Distilling isn't very legal

[@tazjam12]

My wife works there! She's going to be so surprised. You're one of the channels we usually watch together.

[@foty8679]

or she already know

[@davidnelson1728]

I have made Jerusalem Artichoke beer. It tasted like fermented dirt. I didn't repeat that experiment.

[@Elric509]

@Marc T yeah, you'd need a fructose adapted yeast to get a good ferment. I've made a fructose only kombucha before, gradually adapted, and tbh it wasn't that great

[@jacensnewaccount6827]

You are legend

[@drackar]

So it tasted exactly like Jerusalem artichokes?

[@stormyaudio9969]

Lolol

[@TheRealDrae]

It tasted like Jerusalem.

[@ShaggyAltman]

7.6% a.b.v. is a decently strong beer

[@Doom2pro]

Bean Daddy lol

[@ieuanhunt552]

Anything over 6 is strong.

[@anegginthesetryingtimes7636]

Not relative to the American Ale yeast that they used. I imagine that they get a higher general ABV on that yeast given his comment. But yeah, that is almost 2 servings a glass, so as a beverage I agree.

[@TheRealDrae]

Of course, american beer tastes like piss so it has to make up with ABV.

[@vonCruxz]

@@anegginthesetryingtimes7636 Naah, his reaction was to how low the Final Gravity was. The lower the final gravity is, the more of the sugars has been fermented and the stronger it gets. US-05 usually doesn't ferment quite that low, it often ends much closer to 1.010 rather than 1.002 which this beer managed. Though US-05 has a significantly higher alcohol tolerance than this, I believe around 12% or so.

[@esa062]

Bean wine sounds just as delicious as the origin of vodka; potato wine

[@spazmaticaa7989]

Beanka

[@stamasd8500]

Or the origin of whiskey: sour corn mash.

[@MetalSStar196]

@@stamasd8500 Whiskey was produced long before corn arrived in British staple dining.

[@cferracini]

isn't that basically Sake?

[@garethbaus5471]

@@cferracini I thought sake was made from rice.

[@A2dy]

HTME just solved the Soy Bean trade war! American Soy Beer anyone?!

[@heyandy889]

ha. let's do it

[@Vares65]

You joke, but I would LOVE it if they developed this into a commercial beer. I'd give it a try.

[@ConstantChaos1]

I will gladly drink it, I hate all American beers with a passion but I will do my part lol

[@Vares65]

Constant Chaos you’ve never had an Oregon microbrew. Top notch beer.

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@Vares65 while I'm sure you're correct that it's better than standard American beer I also feel like it cant surpass a pint of Guinness

[@JuriAmari]

I hope you show us the results of the beer contest! :) that beer looks really good.

[@tylerhibler5267]

I brew mead and apple Jack. It's one hell of a hobby

[@stamasd8500]

I have right now 2 full carboys waiting to be bottled, one of mead with a little cherry extract added for flavor, and one of cider from locally grown organic apples.

[@tylerhibler5267]

@@stamasd8500 have you thought of freeze distilling the cider?

[@stamasd8500]

@@tylerhibler5267 Yes, or using the traditional method of making applejack. Maybe this winter though, it's too hot now. :)

[@tylerhibler5267]

@@stamasd8500 yeah, the freezer stuff kicked my ass the next morning

[@bleh8789]

Im brewing a NEIPA soon, best hobby ever!

[@tonyoliver4920]

Will we be getting an update at on how the beer does at the Minnesota State Fair at the beginnings September

[@mistertitus6814]

Now I have a reason to go this year, lol

[@xvhkgreen6297]

Negligence from the team while gone on vacation, lol

[@jeff-martin]

Yeah, gonna need a step-by-step instructional sheet on how to make this.

[@micahphilson]

Really though! I would love to try this!

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

The first time you got great success on the first attempt on this channel. Congratulations. Keep it up.

[@AndrewNicholsSeattle]

Yay for northern brewers. I just made my first Homebrew stout thanks to them

[@mistertitus6814]

They're some great folks, I get most of my stuff from them

[@stamasd8500]

Excellent result. I'm actually impressed that it turned out so well. Good luck at the fair!

[@xanokothe]

This turns out one of your bests episodes so far. Good job! I hope you make an extra money selling soy bean beer

[@ankka3158]

He missed a opportunity to call it beer, that being shortened version of bean beer.

[@PKMartin]

beaeer?

[@evanislost]

B.eerı

[@scottyhaines4226]

Beaber

[@murdelabop]

You would likely get better conversion of the bean starches into sugars if you kept the cracked beans in the mash with the enzymes and used a recirculating infusion, slowly stepping up the temperature over a couple of hours.

[@Fiercedeity02]

This is kinda cool, really impressed you made something new but also it turned out really good and might be the next big thing. Good work guys!

[@mehalld]

Great to see the Northern Brewer guys back again.

[@yukiyama1391]

It cracks me up every. single. time. when you fall into the cranberries in the outro.

[@alkjhsdfg]

FYI, Ground Breaker Brewing in Portland uses lentils and chestnuts in most of their beers.

[@MuzikMan2014]

I'm actually surprised that it worked! I want to try it!

[@warrenokuma7264]

Asians ferment soy beans for soy sauce, and some tofu, so it should work. Gonna have some umami tones.

[@sylviapark129]

If you sell this would it technically be gluten-free?.

[@terminalsage]

The beer wouldn’t because of the barley malt extract

[@JiiPeee]

But there are ones that are Gluten free like Kukko lager

[@terminalsage]

JiiPeee usually gluten free beers have the gluten chemically removed

[@stephenborntrager6542]

@@terminalsage Bullshit. Gluten-free and gluten-removed are not the same thing! Gluten-removed beers like stuff from Omission are not safe for those who are actually allergic! (I found that out the hard way!) That, and there are plenty of actual gluten free beers out there. (Glutenburg, Ghostfish, Groundbreaker, and some of Greens products.) Typically they use some combination of sorghum, rice, millet and sometimes even things like chestnuts or lentils. Although you are right that the malt extract in this would make it not gluten-free, that was added here only as a technicality. No need for barley malt since he used enzyme.

[@felonyx5123]

@@stephenborntrager6542 Tolerances vary. My dad with celiac has no problems with Omission, but some people do.

[@Mrgamer1120]

I've loved your channel for years now. Smokin grass in my car I had a horrible idea. Instead of Jim beam whisky I wanted to make a bean liquor called Jim bean made with beans. You have made my dream possible. I love you bro.

[@cvzphotography]

Haha. Great job. I think you found a way to support the channel. Keep up the good work.

[@BoomBoomBrucey]

Absolutely would buy and try bean beer. Very intriguing

[@canadianastro]

A local brewery up here in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada has a lentil beer that is their signature! The company is called Rebellion Brewery

[@nemomenth]

That opening was fantastic and hilarious!

[@johnmager9364]

"the smooth taste of plant estrogen" lmao, what an incredible channel, keep it up!

[@jasonowen5675]

Nice work Andy, Northern Brewer and the HTME team, it was a brilliantly produced video, and best of luck with your bean beer entry :)

[@TheDrakenZ]

"Can you brew anything with sugar or starch into beer?" --- YES...

[@storyspren]

Potato beer. Corn beer. Yam beer. Weed beer (not marijuana, actual weeds plucked from a garden).

[@benammiswift]

@@storyspren Potato Beer is basically Russian vodka without the distillation. There's also Banana as Vodkas and spirits made from bananas are common in Africa

[@medleyshift1325]

Can anything be hooch? YES! see r/prisonhooch. Can anything be beer? NO! It must be yeast-hops-grains-water to be a beer.

[@simeonnovkov7921]

​@@benammiswift I heard stories of my father going to work in lebanon during the cold war era. and as balkan people need alcohol to oparate - they made spirits and beer from stuff like mango, oranges, avocado. fruits that in commie regimes you see only on christmas eve.

[@HepCatJack]

Have you considered sprouting your beans the same way that barley is sprouted in the malting process ? It would cut down on the amount of enzymes needed to convert the starch. For the crab grass, in order to reduce the grassy taste, I think roasting the grass at a low temp and fermenting your mash in an oak barrel (or with roasted oak chips) with a few cinnamon sticks may improve the taste. An alternative to the cinnamon sticks would be to have a few "Bengal Spice" or Chai Tea" tea bags in your mash.

[@russellgibbon8621]

Thank you for this great video. I want to try to make my own bean beer following your inspiration. Can you please tell me how you prepared the beans? From rewatching your video I am guessing that: 1) You baked some DRY soy and mung beans (not soaked), 2)then you ground them using a grain mill or similar, 3) this was added to a BIAB bag and held to water for a mash (60 minutes?) at 152°F, 4) the mash liquor was then what you took to Northern Brewer to do the rest. Please correct me . . . . Thank you.

[@DatGuy_83]

For crazy beers you should check out Scratch Brewing in Southern Illinois. They make beers from ingredients they grow and forage on and around their farm.

[@keithyinger3326]

Please let us know how it places in the fair. Thanks

[@TheSliderW]

What about making your own enzymes and yeast ?

[@stamasd8500]

Can be done naturally: 1. yeast: you catch it from the air. It starts with the same process as for sourdough. You make a very wet dough, and you leave it on the windowsill uncovered for a day or two until it starts fermenting with wild yeast deposited on it from the air. May require a number of trials until you catch the right strain of yeast, i.e. one that gives a fermentation product that doesn't taste horrible. 2. enzyme: been figured out for centuries also, it's called "malting". You take the grains, soak them in water and then spread them on a table (or pan) and allow them to sprout. The sprouting process creates the necessary enzymes.Then you dry, roast, grind and brew them.

[@zaprodk]

Congrats on the awesome result!

[@stevendepauw3742]

As a Belgian, we love beer and i am VERY interested in the bean beer... XD

[@johnarizona3820]

Soy is unique in that it contains a high concentration of isoflavones, a type of plant estrogen (phytoestrogen) that is similar in function to human estrogen

[@TheDfarrelljr]

How did it do at the fair? I am super curious.

[@MrMarius2000]

I'm amazed by the amount knowledge you've acquired, good work, my man!

[@donjohnbanuelos5941]

That was the happiest beer ad ever.

[@TheManPrice]

so did the competition happen yet? how did it fare?

[@RocketChild]

I'm curious for the competition results

[@vegardliland]

Is andy saying that its good added in post at 08:01 ? Edit: Seems like alot of the lines in this video was rerecorded..

[@kentao21]

I think they probably only had two microphones.

[@KainYusanagi]

@@kentao21 Yeah you can hear times where the third guy is trying to say something but the mics don't pick it up, and same with Andy.

[@angelwhispers2060]

The opening fake bear commercial was hilarious

[@Lthies20]

One of the breweries near me uses pickles for one of their yearly beers

[@bakugosrage8976]

Please find out why the crabgrass beer turned out bad. I will be in Wyoming and Colorado and want to try my hand at making that type of beer.

[@avvu9043]

Please be a update for your Bean Beer in the Beer Festible.

[@dannywhite132]

I once made a beer with lentils but i added a little but of malt extract to make it actually taste like beer. Was kinda funky but drinkable. It was kinda thick and even though it was completely clear it felt almost pastey on the tongue (for lack of better words)

[@claytonjackson1809]

Hey Andy, will you be posting the recipe for the been beer/wine?

[@MrMarius2000]

You should try to make your own barrel aged beer from scratch. Chop the wood, build a barrel, grow the barley and hops, and brew the beer, and let it age! That would be a interesting and challenging episode!

[@cassk3364]

"What would give it that smell?" "Roundup" Lmfao I died

[@americanrebel413]

COOL! I would like to try some of the bean brew for sure! Thanks, cool video!

[@aristeidislykas7163]

Minute 00:20 "Enjoy the smooth taste of plant estrogen"... LOL

[@lildane9321]

I heard that too and was just like “no... he wouldn’t say that...”

[@princessapplestrach6327]

Well soy I know for having or creating estrogen sooo yeah he's not wrong

[@kendokaaa]

Not the same kind of estrogen and it doesn't act on your body the same way but lmao

[@MrAqr2598]

Man, I want a glass full of that bean beer(sparkling wine).

[@jayclark243]

It would be great to see a recipe and instructions for at least the first part where you "prepared" the beans. Did you just overnight soak them and then roast them till they were dry enough to grind? Would malting them have made much difference (or is that even possible)?

[@knuckle12356]

I wondered about malting them as well...

[@alexstubbs3649]

I’m sad this doesn’t get more recognition it deserves

[@grayem76]

please tell us when your beer gets rated

[@scottarico3090]

One thing that I would be interested in, is how would the final product be different with the addition of cellulase

[@travisburkley23]

This channel is so great. I've been a fan almost since the beginning and just cant get enough.

[@nathanwashington9784]

Are Andy’s lines dubbed over the last/taste testing section? I’d assume they only had 2 lapel mics and so for his important lines they re-recorded and dubbed over, it’s super weird because the background noise keeps coming in and out

[@RamDragon32]

I grew some purple sweet potatoes (and apparently once you start growing them, you will always be growing them because you can't kill them. Perfect for bad gardeners) and was looking for things to make with them. I was surprised to see a sweet potato beer, but I never found a purple variant. Could be a fun future weird beer attempt. They just choked out the weeds I let grow this year, so I should have a few pounds in a month or so. I'd try it but my past attempts at beer have been so bad, and I can't drink the stuff anyway.

[@benjaminmiller3620]

I'm wondering if the Fermaid O was necessary. The beans might be adding enough nitrogen already. Certainly more than a grain or fruit based juice.

[@dacs67]

How’d it do at the fair?

[@psychotikpaisano]

That intro was MILLENNIAL AF

[@Sientir]

This episode was a lot of fun!

[@drackar]

Soya beer is actually a scifi trope i don't think I've ever seen produced. Neat!

[@EvanBoyar]

How did it end up doing at the state fair?

[@MeleeTiger]

What if you tried making wine from different kinds of berries? Maybe ones that aren't commonly used commercially?

[@kamikarii]

Did you do some V/O when you three were tasting the beer? There's some lines of Andy's that don't have much room noise.

[@Tonz_of_Fun]

Oh snap! The bean beer at the great Minnesota get together! I'm excited to hear what they say about it. How would it taste with cheese curds and something deep fried on a stick?

[@blakecarlson1057]

Hope it does well at the state fair. I'm planning on going this year and would love to try this.

[@papamoto95]

Really curious to hear how it does at the fair. I won't be at the fair this year, but best of luck

[@stuckonaslide]

andy 3 years ago: i wanna make a tasty beer with 100% wheat! andy now: b e e n

[@dm666master]

Wait how did it do at the state fair? I need answers

[@kyriakospan6947]

Me and the boys at 3 am looking for BEAN BEER

[@joshuawagener1891]

How about making some spruce beer

[@maaaatxt]

I'm a student of the Federal Institute of Science and Technology from Brazil and I stude different compounds applied on brewing. This video make me ask about the beer you have made, I'll definitely show it to my mentor and see if we can make the bean beer in our labs. Thank you!

[@dhawthorne1634]

Beer is fermented grain and gets distilled into whiskey. Wine is fermented fruit and gets distilled into brandy. Beans are taxonomically a fruit, therefore you have made a sparkling infused wine, not a beer. The crab grass would actually be considered a beer because all grains are genetically modified grasses (originally through selective breeding). Edit: Holy crap, they actually touched on this!

[@cheeseymann]

I've done split pea and rice wine once, turned out pretty good. Never done beans though

[@Alex-yi4ww]

Would really like to hear how it does at the state fair!

[@Nik.No.K]

I need an update on how your beer did in the competition

[@maxst2]

Definitely interested in how the bean beer does in a contest.

[@jovem1358]

So... are you telling me that the soyboys now have something with alcool... Holy heck...

[@SecretLars]

Now they can have soy beer with their soy milk and soy steak dipped in soy sauce, all wrapped in soy bread. That way they can REALLY maximize their feminization with that plant estrogen. Gotta have that alcohol which lowers testosterone.

[@NachozMan]

@@SecretLars Boomer alert

[@terranovnicek1567]

White claw

[@blakeybarzabal8431]

There was a brewery in Arabi, Louisiana called 40 Arpent and they made a redbeans beer

[@RedEyeCyclops]

Can you please do a video about how to make an oil painting from scratch?

[@htme]

It’s coming out next week!

[@RedEyeCyclops]

@@htme Oh wow XD Thanks!

[@christopherschaefer8279]

Great video! What enzyme was used to convert the bean starches to sugars?

[@genrichschulz2229]

I’ve tried a stout with roasted Brasil nuts and roasted beans. Bitter as hell, but tasty, you can’t even imagine.

[@NVAfilm]

Cool Beans bro

[@Randomomium]

Those are some cool looking kegs. Are they a specific kind?

[@joshd2013]

A guy at our local market makes chilli beer blueberry beer and carrot beer all really interesting and quite tasty

[@nickv7975]

do you collect your water from a local body of water or do you just use tap water.

[@stephenborntrager6542]

I'm not sure if it counts as a bean, but there is lentil beer! Groundbreaker uses lentils almost all their beers, and their IPA NO.5 is pretty damn good, if you ask me!

[@AnnaReed42]

Soooo how did it score in the State Fair?

[@Addison0526]

Was that a voice over by Andy during the tasting? It sounded so odd lol

[@DynamitSepp]

Addison0526 Exactly my thoughts! It’s gotta be ADR. They didn‘t get the reverb right. Comparing the spoken parts vs the parts where he laughs you can hear a clear difference..

[@boy638]

Can we try the bean beer at the Minnesota State Fair?

[@Wisconsin.pikachu]

You're from MN I'm surprised you dont do a wild rice beer

[@Sinnixk]

It illegal to pick actual wild rice in MN.