Clone Brewing - Guinness Irish Stout - Grainfather Brew Day & Taste Comparison

[@greenisle4921]

Hey Derek, it's Dessie. Love to see you back posting videos. Always enjoy them. Loving the new setup. Looks awesome. Myself and Jen moved house about 18 months ago. Still in Raheny though, but have had to abandon the brewing unfortunately. We are looking at potentially moving again next year, with the aim of having more space, so I'll be looking at getting a new setup going. I'll definitely be needing to pick your brain about that. Would love to drop up to see your new setup at some point. My apologies, but I'm not on any social media anymore, so this is the only way to contact you. Hope yourself and the missus have a fantastic Christmas 🎄

[@CloneBrewing]

Ahh Dessie good man. Always welcome to check out the setup if you are in Cavan! Give me a bell on WhatsApp if you need any advice on the setup 👍

[@greenisle4921]

@@CloneBrewing nice one buddy. Will definitely be taking you up on that in 2025 😉

[@mgilmore46]

Brilliant , Great Video , good to have you back , I look forward to more in the future , Like the way you compare them at the end .

[@CloneBrewing]

Thanks 👍 Glad you enjoyed the video

[@owencampbell138]

Just did a guinness clone yesterday and the malt percentages and IBU were basically identical to yours. Hoping it turns out well. I am in two minds whether to add lactic acid to the keg. Happy Christmas and looking forward to seeing more in 2025

[@CloneBrewing]

I would definitely recommend the lactic to give it the tang. Even try 1ml initially to test it out

[@owencampbell138]

@@CloneBrewing Thanks, Yes might even split the keg to play around with it. Love the set up by the way, looks the business!

[@CloneBrewing]

Nice one pal 👍

[@DrunkDelilahBrewery]

Time taken to carbonate/nitro your keg is possibly due to fullness of the keg. I have certainly found that if I have a full 19L keg, to the brim - it can take up to 2 weeks to get the vols correct. Great video either way mate - nice new setup too. Merry Christmas mate.

[@CloneBrewing]

That's interesting. I've never had that issue before... I'm normally good to go after 3 days. I have a feeling that reducing the inner diameter of my beer lines may be having some effect also but hard to know.

[@DrunkDelilahBrewery]

@@CloneBrewing Beer lines will only effect the pour me thinks, it shouldn't alter the psi into the beer....I could be wrong. Either way - it will carbonate soon enough and it looks fantastic. I always thought about placing lacted acid into the beer for the twang...now I know it works. Did you get a pH of the final beer with the final added Lactic?

[@CloneBrewing]

@@DrunkDelilahBrewery No I didnt test the final PH. What range should that be in? I've never done that before....

[@owencampbell138]

Can i ask where you get your nitro set up? Stargas? Running everything off Co2 at the moment but not ideal for stouts

[@CloneBrewing]

Yes mate I get the 75/25 mix from Stargas - They deliver the 5kg bottle to your door but they are expensive unfortunately. It's my only option in Cavan