Can you Home Brew Beer from a GROCERY STORE??

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What if all the home brew stores disappeared? Could we still make amazing beer using only supplies from a supermarket? Well that is exactly what I challenged myself to do in this video!
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[@TheBruSho]

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[@Sunny-jz3dy]

Did you say you put the ferment in the fridge?

[@T3hderk87]

That is actually a great concept! You could literally build your own strain over generations doing larger and larger grape nut batches and a single 12 pack of harvested Sierra Nevada and as long as you preserve and brew on the trub you would have a working yeast strain in the apocalypse!

[@craigp463]

If you expanded this to include Asian grocery stores, you can pickup koji or chinese distillers yeast (typically used to make sweet rice porridge dessert) which has enzymatic bacteria to convert pre-gelatinised starch sources for your mash. can also source pearl barley and a variety of other grains and starchy tubers while you're there! 🌾🍠

[@TheBruSho]

I might have to try this again someday using only things from an Asian grocery store!

[@ststst981]

True, ive made super simple sake with rice and an asian yeast ball

[@vgamedude12]

Now this interests me. Unfiltered sake is a favorite

[@glory3670]

Grape-nut, Pumpkin Ale - This is definitely the most interesting thing I've watched today.

[@julios818]

This video was awesome. Love the concept and looking forward to more stuff like this

[@GentleGiantFan]

Instead of going to the big box store for your bucket fermenter, you could've gotten the same bucket for free from the bakery dept of the grocery store. Most will give them to you to keep from throwing them away. The nicer employee will even offer to clean them for you too. Great video!

[@TheBruSho]

I gotta try this out!

[@jakubmarciniec2494]

Love this idea! I watched this with my fingers crossed 😉 now my grocery shopping will never be the same again! BTW maybe you could try making a kvass? It is a traditional, low-alcohol, thirst-quenching beverage based on rye bread and malt, very popular in Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Greetings from Poland!

[@TheBruSho]

I would love to try that some day. Thanks for watching!

[@vruychev]

I was able to catch wild yeast from muscadine grapes from the backyard. Then I got Bulgur wheat and oats from the store (organic section). Amylase to convert the starches from the pharmacy. Lemons - juice to bring pH down, peels for zest and bitterness. Some mint and rosemary for aroma. Simple but delicious beer, with farmhouse ale notes due to the wild yeast.

[@TheBruSho]

Wow super cool idea!

[@dalework1697]

How interesting! I never would have thought to check the pharmacy for amylase!

[@dalework1697]

@@TheBruSho Sweet potato would have been my source of amylase in a grocery store challenge. They can potentially convert themselves and their weight of another starch source into sugars. There's supposed to be alpha and beta amylase in there too. Also, I feel like they would have paired well with the pumpkin. Just need to avoid yams, as apparently they don't have as much amylase.

[@vruychev]

@@dalework1697 Yes, they sell it in the Wellness section as a supplement. I've seen it in capsules or in powdered form. Obviously not the best source, but for the experimental brew with ingredients from the store, it did the job.

[@HayTatsuko]

As soon as you mentioned breakfast cereal, I knew which one you were going to pick. Loved it when I was a kid, but not so much, these days. Was super fun watching you bash this brew together!

[@albrough]

😂 in Australia you can buy extract beer kits from the grocery store

[@TheBruSho]

Guess I’m moving to Australia!

[@joshuaweezorak7042]

Mugwort and a wild wheat variant grows around me here in upstate NY. Iv thought about seeing if I can malt it and make a "living of the land" type of brew.

[@TheBruSho]

That would be dope! Let me know if you give it a try

[@xanadu6802]

Supermarket Sweep was an awesome underrated show! Oh brings back childhood memories!

[@TheBruSho]

So good, they brought it back but not the same

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

Great work Trent! It's always interesting to see what different people do with the grocery store beer challenge!

[@TheBruSho]

Thanks! I might revisit it some day with a new twist but it was fun to try at least

[@rachelmalin8851]

Another great vid 🔥🔥🔥

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

Very interesting bro, and great video! You went old school with the Supermarket Sweep callback and I loved it, well done amigo! Cheers 🍻

[@brianjones9780]

I saw the Gopnik Beer video here on KZbin and I can say already, YES. Sugar bread yeast water, maybe some malt extract, what else? Nothing! Just ferment and drink!

[@brassknucklebrewingcompany8078]

My best friend and I tried this last year! It was interesting for sure. I used a lot of different non traditional grains and agave for a sugar boost

[@TigerPat_9180]

Really Enjoyed your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@RegicideBrewing]

This was a great video Trent. Got me thinking of some ideas to brew with at my grocery store. I would have probably chosen ovaltine or whoppers for my malts, then mashed that with some grape nuts, heritage flakes, shredded wheat, oatmeal, maybe rye bread. Then for “hops”, I would try combinations of ingredients that could replicate some classic hops like citra and mosaic: grapefruit, lime, peach, lemon, guava, papaya, etc. I wouldn’t use a lot and I would probably add some to the end of the boil and during a dry hop. Idk, I love what you’ve done here and I think with the right ingredients, you can make an ipa using store bought grains and malt base foods, and some fruit that would remind you of specific hops. Then again, all these ingredients could possibly open you up to a lot of bacteria growth…I might try it. Another good drink to make from store ingredients: mead. Just honey, water and yeast on a basic level. Anywho, can’t wait for your next video. Cheers!

[@brewmaster212]

There’s a drink called Malta which has malt and hops in it.. could you use that?

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

I knew there was a reason I loved grape nuts so much!!!! Fun video Trent!!!

[@TheBruSho]

Hahah maybe I was wrong about grape nuts!

[@TroubleBrewing]

Definitely a fun video idea! Im honestly pretty suppressed it only hit 1.020 SG with all the cereal and syrup. I suppose you probably could have used some sugar from the store as well if you wanted to bump it up even more.

[@TheBruSho]

Probably had a lot to do with my pot size ha. Not the best case scenario but fun to mess around with either way

[@tylerwaite7201]

Home Brew Mart!! Was just there a couple days ago!

[@davidwhite7399]

Haha! That’s awesome! Thanks for taking the time to try it out AND make a video about it!

[@TheBruSho]

Appreciate it and thanks for the suggestion!

[@AOAZPGuitarist]

Great video! I like that you went to a "normal" store rather than a Whole foods or Sprouts, which you could have more luck finding some grain. I've wanted to try something similar in the past but you know add it to the list lol!

[@TheBruSho]

Yeah I thought about doing those stores but wanted a real challenge and I know not everyone has access to those. Cheers Zach!

[@brewingbadTN]

Average Joe’s Kroger FTW!

[@Shutndownhomebrew]

Interesting video! Grocery stores in Australia have a homebrew section that sell brewing kits, extract kits, and sugars.

[@dioad1739]

You answered a question I was wondering about a few years back when there wasn’t that many brew stores near me I may give this a shot my self thanks.

[@TheBruSho]

It was a fun challenge, some other commenters have had some good suggestions for improvement too!

[@willieharvey8273]

The fart at 0:40 made me spit out my beer lol

[@phillipbingham487]

Thinking about making a beer from canned sweet corn and perhaps fresh carrots.. i like the rosemary idea.. and definitely some coriander.also maple syrup...never considered sage...thanks for your wonderful little video

[@sailormouth8356]

Very nice video! Next time you try something crazy such as this, try using stuff like diastatic malt powder and malt syrup. Usually, they're available on the bakery section

[@TheBruSho]

Good call! Thank you

[@studiosbonsoir]

Hops was introduced to beers because it acted as a preservative. Beers could be kept bottled for much longer periods of times compared to un-hopped beers. People actually had to acquire a taste for hops, as virtually every beer that came before would have been very sweet in comparison.

[@yonagwy5826]

I did in Kuwait. I malted my own wheat and barley. They had hop tea, and I wrangled wild yeasts from fruit. And made mead as well. Cider was a breeze. I called it survival brewing.

[@nicholaskarako5701]

Interesting challenge and their are several ways of going about this especially it you have two to three days to you could probably germinate a couple lbs of whole dried barley and roasted it in the oven. Boiled a couple corn cobs to make a stock, roasted the corn kernel to concentrate the sugars in the corn. Or buy a couple 16 oz bags of Goya white hominy corn. Some grocery stores do actually carry malted barley syrup. Grape nuts cereal was a good choice, plain shredded wheat or if you can find Wheetbix cereal might work to if you can find it. Probably only Wholefoods would carry whole einkorn berry grains. Which you can germinate and roast in the oven and give your beer a mild vanilla like flavor. If you have an herd garden grow myrica gale( also called bog-myrtle, sweet gale, sweet willow and Dutch myrtle or at the right conditions to grow your own hops.

[@Halloweenville]

great experiment.

[@nickgraham5855]

I did a similar challenge at the start of NZ's strict covid lockdown. To get around the lack of hops I went with a fruited kettle sour. Liquid malt extract from the nutritional aisle, probiotic Yakult drink from the dairy aisle, yeast harvested from a commercial beer known to contain WLP644, then topped off with a bunch of apricots and peaches at the end of fermentation.

[@TheBruSho]

Love the idea of going with a fruited sour, might have to try this when I do it again!

[@christaylor4561]

Another excellent choice instead of Grape Nuts is original Malt-O-Meal. Every time I make a bowl it smells like I’m brewing. Ingredients: wheat farina, malted barley. I’ve been tempted so many times to use it to make an experimental “kitchen brew”, but not yet. Malted milk powder is also a good source, looks basically like DME, but has dried milk in it, so it would be a milk beer? Anyway, another great video. Thanks for doing this so I don’t have to 😉

[@Hellbrews]

Awesome experiment ! Cheers amigo 🍻🍻

[@TheBruSho]

I’d love to see your take on something like this with grocery stores by you!

[@trevor8049]

The only thing I love more than Grape Nuts is Supermarket Sweep.

[@TheBruSho]

😂

[@brotherjohn2002]

I do this time to time for funsies. Grocery store Graf is super super doable/easier than beer haha. Thanks for the content. Best channel ive stumbled on this year.

[@TheBruSho]

Great idea doing a graf! Will have to try that, Glad you found me

[@CorduroyBeard]

Interesting take on the challenge. I like the grape nuts find! What is that keg that you ended up racking to and serving from? It looked square, and I couldn't find it on your Amazon equipment list.

[@TheBruSho]

It’s a pressurized growler. Check my last upload before this video!

[@daduce222]

hello, i just subscribed to your channel the other day when i saw your sparkling wine video. i have only been making wine for about 4 months now and have made several batches. i started following one particular guy and have used only his recipes in every one of them. I have since seen others making wine that dont add all the other ingredients like Acid Blend, tannins, pectic enzymes, and campden tablets. is yeast nutrient all you add to your wines? I dont want to add anything that is unnecessary. love your channel by the way. thanks in advance, chris

[@anthonyfigueroa762]

DAMN THIS IS DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DanielWard79]

If you had boiled a package of bread yeast then let it cool you could have used that as a yeast nutrient one pitching the yeast. And papaya skin works as a as a pectin enzyme. substitute

[@nivek204]

I have made grocery store apple juice "dry hopped" with juniper berries - actually not that bad :)

[@cheekysaver]

It seems like every big grocery chain around me carries coopers and dry malt extract... dextrose, sanitization elements, wine kits ect. No hops tho. In Alberta, Canada... there is no beer or wine in a grocery store. But anyone at any age can walk in and buy some coopers or a wine kit. On that level Canucks have it made... it might not be good beer tho. I would probably try a Italian grape ale if I was doing it from cereals. whole corriander slightly crushed, a couple juniper berries and some orange rind. The cereals of choice... LOTS of Wheetabix cereal (WHOLE WHEAT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, CANE SUGAR, SALT, IRON, NIACIN, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE.) some oatmeal and the grape juice to bring up the abv would have to be concentrated or boiled down. The reason I would choose wheetabix is I think the flavor would bring forth real beer notes. It literally tastes like a sweet but not too sweet wheat and barley mix. Really, I know very little about brewing... but if I was going to do it... I would want to try and make something I would want to repeat.

[@kenbrockfarm8656]

This is super interesting! I love minimalist brews like this

[@thomasschwartz3970]

Brown sugar would have been my sugar go to. I've made a few beers with molasses too that turned out pretty good!

[@buffalojoe78]

Eden Malt syrup is available in stores if you can find it

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@elricthebald870]

I expected as much. But grocery store mead *DOES* work!

[@TheBruSho]

Same for cider! Thank god

[@elricthebald870]

@@TheBruSho Fruit wine, Gingerbeer, Vodka. The list can be quite extensive.

[@Murlockingqc]

Should have done a iodine test to check if all the starch had been converted. Anyway, I think you could have gotten a stronger beer if you had used sweet rice and mixed with the cereals, and used table sugar instead of the maple syrup. Pumpkin puree sounds gross, but maybe it's better than I imagine.

[@TheBruSho]

Yeah I’m sure there are about a million ways to do it

[@fox189]

That's funny I have done a Grape Nuts amber before. The only thing I would change is not toasting the Grape Nuts next time, because it came out with to much of roasted flavor that I was not wanting. I have seen a few of these and will try taking a shot at grocery store beer as well. Just have to many others lined up right now!

[@JeffTheHokie]

Not a beer, but a good supermarket brew is hard ginger ale. Sugar, ginger, limes, splenda (for backsweetening), yeast, and whatever yeast nutrients you can scrounge up.

[@TheEllegaard]

Nice one!

[@honeybrewer9455]

This reminds me of the first italian homebrewers that used flaked cereals and bakery liquid malt since beermaking was illegal at home till 1996

[@daddythecat4169]

Awesome video🍺

[@TheBruSho]

Thank you! 🍻

[@dudestewbrews]

Fun little experiment. Sure makes you appreciate having a homebrew shop, eh?

[@TheBruSho]

Seriously! Gotta support them and keep brewing

[@elmerenges]

Mango, banana, raw honey and egg yolk has amylase enzyme, so you could use these to help the conversion.

[@williamjohnson8146]

You could use grits, corn meal, dried corn, and stores have plenty of rice.

[@CrunchyAss]

4:05 Sorry I just have to ask (Canadian here), how is maple syrup a fall thing? I've always thought of it as a spring thing, since that's harvested and made

[@TheBruSho]

Not sure why but maple is in everything fall related these days. I know the sap is collected in spring and maybe because it’s stored is why it became a fall thing (at least here in the states) 🤷‍♂️

[@michaelcooney7687]

Which isle did you find the CO2 in? I made a heavy stout that has almost zero carbonation when I opened up the bottle so I fizzed it up with an over carbonated lager I had at 50% each … turned both into keepers…

[@sdm47]

Cornflakes and Rice Krispies could also work for this application since both also contain malt

[@fubar55676]

I remember when I was young my grandfather bought canned hopped malt extract from the local Apple's grocery store

[@Julioelorza]

Ha HA HA..!! Magnific.. Next time I brew I´ll consider to use a Campbell´s Chicken noodle soup on my beer

[@TheBruSho]

Hahah! Soup beer may be a new style 😅

[@melpomenean]

In stores in southern California you should be able to find malta drinks, they're literally unfermented beer, lots of people use them for yeast starters (diluted in half since they're usually about 1.060) and probably add the rest of them to the wort, though they're usually porter-ish with caramel malts

[@TheBruSho]

Never heard of this, will have to research more thanks for sharing!

[@Beerjunkieguy]

Nicely done! But this hophead has got to have hops. :)

[@TheBruSho]

Yeah never made a gruit before this and would be interested to revisit but I love me some hops tho

[@jonnaughton]

0:40 “Oh look. Toilet paper.” Me: I thought we were talking about beer. Not pruno…. 😅

[@T3hderk87]

You could do a kettle sour using probiotic yogurt!

[@TheBruSho]

Excellent idea!

[@T3hderk87]

@@TheBruSho You are a kind man.... I just realized that was essentially what you were using with the good belly, just minus the yogurt.

[@HOLDSWATH]

Interesting. In Canada you find barley at almost every store!

[@benjaminlebens2260]

Checked out when you grabbed the pumpkin.

[@Gothfield]

Would going with something like frosted shredded wheat or some other sugary cereal have increased the abv? Why not just add in molasses or straight cane sugar?

[@TheBruSho]

Yeah you totally go do that, straight sugar will thin the body out though since its highly fermentable, so I was trying to find a balance. But many ways to go about this!

[@secondhandfat3110]

In Australia we just have homebrew kits in our grocery stores... Ironically they can't sell alcohol though

[@ForgeFireCustoms]

I once made a "beer" with just molasses, following an old colonial recipe. I did use some fuggle hops and Nottingham yeast, so not a purely grocery store recipe. It tasted like a light-bodied Bass Ale.

[@tufaznail]

Sorry man, I love Grape Nuts. And appropriately, my love for Grape Nuts came from my grandmother. The trick is to pour your milk in, then microwave for 90 seconds. It will warm and soften them. Then cover them with sugar. Perfection! hahaha

[@TheBruSho]

Hahah!! I knew someone would come through with the right way to eat grape nuts. Might have to try this!

[@palrich]

You could maybe find some digestive enzyme supplements with amylase to help modify the starches. Also, sweet potatoes are full of amylase.

[@draggonhedd]

Hey it looks like your grocery store carries Bobs Red Mill grains, who i know for a fact sells grain barley by the bag. My grocery store has it and its a very normal new england grocery store chain. I also think you may have gotten better yield from the "grains" if you had boiled smaller bags. I think you ended up with a lot of stuff left in that huge bundle. I'd like to see you try this again knowing what you learned from this video.

[@TheBruSho]

Cheers! I think I may retry it again but would put a new spin on it.

[@markhadley1545]

Hey! I love grapenuts!

[@bobbob-ze9zo]

In the 90s this is what we did ! ( just remember stay out of your wife's baking cupboard ) like# 84

[@TheBruSho]

Haha pro tip!

[@hfidek8286]

where did you get the square keg?

[@TheBruSho]

Craft master growlers

[@DrHansBrewery]

Awesome video

[@TheBruSho]

Thank you Doc!

[@RecipeswithBen]

Did you ever think to use rice as part of the fermentables? Also when I was in the UK they were still airing Super Market Sweep that was definitely filmed in the last 5 years.

[@TheBruSho]

In the moment I didn’t think of that but you totally could, I’ve seen other people use instant rice with good success

[@blackironhawk_]

3:08 I'm 22 and I'm not afraid to say it, I love grape nuts 😂

[@yourleftisttesticle]

If you live in an area without a homebrew store, you should try the asian store. Angel Yellow Star, yeast balls, malted barley powder, nuruk, and koji are all good for converting starches to sugar and providing amylase. And all should be found in any Asian grocery store.

[@TheBruSho]

Ok might have to try this again some day with just going to Asian grocery store!

[@axey7476]

Hope you got 3 packs of that cheese cloth! BUY 2 GET 1 FREE lol

[@Greenz0]

"What if all homebrew stores disappeared?" *cries in town without LHBS

[@TheBruSho]

They are a dying breed for sure, lost my fav local one not too long ago

[@skepticfucker280]

As odd as it sounds to most people, hit the Korean grocery store.... A lot of grain and malt even.

[@TheBruSho]

Wow didn’t think about that! I will be checking my local one out thank you!

[@skepticfucker280]

@@TheBruSho :)

[@lazyplumber1616]

Doesn't Sierra Nevada use a non brewing yeast to bottle condition? Also, you should make a new video using the sparkling hop water that is now sold in grocery stores. Downside is that its expensive, 2-3 dollars for a 12 oz can.

[@steveschreiner8583]

The thing is I Don't have ANY brewing supply store s anywhere near me. I feel like I'm stuck with Amazon

[@Davidthestratman7]

How would you make the beer stronger? Also more importantly how would you make this beer, still sticking with the grocery store, taste to the point that you'd want to make more?

[@audiespellmeier7816]

GOSTEI MUITO

[@audiespellmeier7816]

Boa tarde será que tu pode me pode ajudar. Me manadar os ingredientes obrigado

[@covenant11]

Dude, I love Grapenuts...don't be talking trash on Grapenuts! Great video thanks!

[@RegicideBrewing]

Hey Trent! Just joined your channel, because it’s time I stopped lurking for all this time and begin supporting you and your amazing content. I have an ask for a video in the future: beer made with cactus water. Shiner has a beer line called TexHex. One beer is an IPA, the other is a double IPA, and a third is a hazy ipa. I just tried the double and it’s amazing. I was wondering if you’ve ever tried this and if you’d consider trying a beer made from cactus water in the future. It’s overall delicious and it seems like it would be something up your alley for the channel. Cheers!

[@TheBruSho]

This is an amazing idea! Where do you find cactus water?

[@RegicideBrewing]

@@TheBruSho I have zero idea Lol! I think you have to make it yourself but I imagine that would require A LOT of prickly pear fruit. I found a recipe on how to make cactus water online where they use 1-2 pear cactus fruit but unsure how much that yields.

[@theweekendwarrior6355]

I've never heard of grape nuts. Really thought you were going to say raisin bran.

[@Null_Experis]

You missed something vital for securing sugars from those grains. Chewing them up, spitting them out, and letting them sit for 15 minutes so the enzymes in your saliva convert some of those starches to sugars. Yes this seems gross, but you're going to boil it anyway.

[@mr.somebody1493]

Two grocery store ingredients I would have chosen. Beano for the enzymes bread flour.

[@TheBruSho]

Smart thinking with the beano Will try that next time!

[@JohnnyReverse]

What could possibly happen on Super Market Sweep that would necessitate in saying "you never know what's going to happen?"

[@louiswilliams9793]

I'm surprised that you couldn't get liquid malt as most Australian supermarkets carry it. It's not for brewing but I know people have used it.

[@bobbob-ze9zo]

So back in the day with no hops did they call it gruit or just beer ?

[@TheBruSho]

My guess is gruit is a more modern term but I’m not sure

[@johnmisrahi9922]

Some "sleepy time" sorts of herbal teas contain hops

[@TheBruSho]

Ooh good to know!

[@johnmisrahi9922]

Along with chamomile and other herbs- could be worth a try!

[@jkuhl2492]

Made this last night. Gonna see if this science experiment takes me to the same place it took you. And not gonna lie, the smell of the wort with the pumpkin and the herbs wasn't a terrible smell to flood my kitchen with lol. I kinda cheated and used a Nottingham Ale Yeast I had sitting in my fridge instead of bread yeast though.

[@BeardedBored]

Yay, I'm relevant! Very cool approach to the challenge:-)

[@TheBruSho]

Thanks for the inspiration! 🍻

[@BeardedBored]

@@TheBruSho Thanks for having a way cooler channel:-) Love your camera work and editing!