NO CHILL BREWING (epic fail…?)

[@kaiser_sose]

I survived Y2K. When do I get my dough?

[@skepticfucker280]

And the world's largest asch conformity test of 2021..... You might have failed or passed the test but you survived it. :) Cheers and much love to all!

[@zakryan2013]

This made me laugh out loud. I had to go back to check that I heard it correctly 😅

[@ClawhammerSupply]

Dude, the saying goodbye montage at the end had me rolling 😂😂😂. Great video!

[@TheWinkingPigBarBQ]

Dry yeast will outlive you and me in the freezer and I'm a 100% dry yeast guy these days. You might check your local grocery store for distilled water, mine carries it for about $1/gal. You might also see if you can find someplace with a water dispenser for filling the 5-gallon plasic carboys. Those dispense R.O. water which is what a lot of commercial breweries use. They also have one of those machines in my local grocery, there's also drive up kiosk thing that dispenses ice and water that dispenses R.O. water into your plastic carboys. It's relatively cheap too. A good video. Cheers!

[@TheBruSho]

anytime a dark lager is on the menu I am getting one! glad to see you back up and brewing, keep the dark lager grain to glass vids coming!

[@reevesdjosh]

As an Aussie, this was wild for me to hear an American guy say glad wrap! Love it.

[@nrhurley117]

Huh? We’ve had glad wrap out here since as long as I can remember.

[@olivercreed]

As a kiwi, i've only ever heard folk from the USA call it Seran wrap so also genuinely surprised here :D

[@nrhurley117]

@@olivercreed interesting. Might be a regional thing. They spam glad wrap commercials here in Nebraska.

[@reevesdjosh]

@@nrhurley117 I always hear Seran wrap, but maybe it is a regional thing?

[@ffwast]

They're just brands of plastic wrap.

[@hoodyhood8234]

Another entertaining video CH, love it! I've been do no chill for a couple of years now. An added bonus to no chill is you can pull a liter of wort from the boil kettle, chill it down, pitch your yeast and let the starter pull an "all nighter" while the wort is chillin.......keep up the good work

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Dude thats genius!

[@ffwast]

What method do you chill the starter with?

[@ffwast]

Just decided to try this myself since I was watching this during a brew with an expired packet. I put a tiny immersion chiller I had laying around into a tall narrow pot (from what I gather they call them asparagus steamers but I got it unlabeled from the thrift store) and it took a little wedging but it cooled very quickly and I split the packet between the starter and my fermentation vessel. I chilled normally but I was given a bunch of expired packets to use and want to start a yeast bank so this should really streamline both processes into a regular brew.

[@hoodyhood8234]

@@ffwast i throw the flask in a small bucket of ice water to chill it... nothing crazy

[@ffwast]

@@hoodyhood8234 Ah, I don't have borosilicate erlenmeyer flasks but I do have a perfectly sized miniature pot and chiller. I'm probably in the minority on that one but I'm loving this new addition to my process.

[@pjoter2243]

my first 2.5 yers into homebrewing - I never chilled - I was pitching tommorow morning. Every batch was ok

[@mnkybndit]

Aussie brewer here. I almost always no chill wort. Easiest way is to transfer hot, straight into a HDPE plastic cube. HDPE plastic can handle 100°c/212°f or more. Then it's pasteurised and ready when you are. I've left wort for months in the plastic cube before pitching into a fermenter and had no infections. Beer looked great CH. Cheers mate.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Can you send me a link? Thx!

[@mnkybndit]

Not sure where you can get sonething like thus in the states but I buy from brew shops or hardware stores. Fill them to the top and squeeze all the air out. As long as it's above pasteurisation temp, you're good.

[@mnkybndit]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE I msg you on instagram. It won't let me share links in YT comments.

[@JorgeAulestia]

Great vid!!! I tried the no boil method a couple times in a corny keg fermenter under pressure and it worked great. Dumped the wort after boil into a clean keg, purged it with co2, left it outside (during winter) and in the morning it was at around 86F. It was still a little hot but I had kveik so it was perfect. Then of course I went under pressure and it took around 3 days and I had great beer. 🍻

[@Joe-ui3nr]

Love your creative editing and dry wit. I always learn a lot while laughing my ass off. Keep making these great videos!

[@randyboyd34]

Thanks for the video CH.. been using the distilled water for the last 3 or 4 beers. Getting it at Walmart for about $1.20 a gallon

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Love dark lagers!!!! Dark lagers 4 Life!!! Cheers Braj and thanks for the shout out!!!

[@Scien11]

Your videos are the freggin best, I'm glad you are still making them.

[@richarddunne5709]

I always liked your videos and I learned a few tricks that helped me tremendously in my home brewing. I also use the no-chill method ( as you know in SOCAL water can be scarce) and is perfect if you ferment in corny kegs with spunding valves. Usually, the wort will cool down overnight inside and will temp in the high 70's mid80s Degrees F perfect pitch for kveik yeast. Reserve and chill some wort after brew day in the fridge and you can prep a starter for the following morning.

[@bloodynoobtubename]

What an emotional roller coaster. I’ll be honest, I’m Australian and I do the lazy man wort chill that consists of dumping hot wort into my fermenter and chucking it in the fridge until it’s at pitching temp. I’ve never had a batch go bad yet. One day I’ll save up the funds for a wort chiller.

[@jshall14]

There’s nothing that hits like a slump-buster batch. You have a couple batches that don’t work out, then you finally nail one.

[@oldrikky]

Tried two brews this way. First was just the same as always ( fermentation taste ) second time I had a fermentation stop at 2.1% abv. I think that if the wort has to stand too long while cooling the oxygen content can drop. Bought an aquarium air pump with lava stone. Aerated the wort for 5 minutes and 4 hours later its fermenting again. Next time I will aerate just before pitching the yeast.Hopefully problem solved. Still a great way to save water.

[@stripeyjoe]

In the UK we have kerbside RO water dispensers run by a company called Spotless Water. They’re used by window cleaners and mobile car washers. I just grab 40l or so in a couple of Jerry cans a few days before I’m planning to brew, costs me less than £2. Also great for making up StarSan as it doesn’t go cloudy.

[@richiedubs1062]

Great video. Quick question: why do you cool and pitch in your kettle, instead of hot transfer to the kegs (sanitizing them in the process), and then split your pitch between the kegs?

[@sambenard2844]

Man oh Man, So nice to see you Brewing Again !!!!!!!!

[@oldrikky]

Great video ,thanks. I have been into raw ale for a long time. I honestly can not remember the last time I boiled my wort. I do a 1 hour mash and always hit 1050 sg. while mashing I make a hop tea in 2 liters of hot water using the same amount of hops as when boiling. It gets added at sparge. Cooling is faster due to no boil,and cleaning is so much easier. Gonna try no cooling on the next beer. Its plenty cold here in Holland so it should work. Next experiment is with a dry Irish stout with juniper added to the hop tea. Greetings..

[@scrampys2548]

Underrated KZbin content creator. Keep up the good work big dog!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Appreciate it!

[@mattmckay9409]

I've had a bit of a brewing slump too. Just bought an grainfather s40 to upgrade from my BIAB. I think I'm going to have to try this dark lager recipe of yours as my first brew. Have you ever considered using collected rain water to cool your wort instead of out of the tap? We collect rain water from gutters and use it to water our garden, I've been looking at a pump loop that could use the cold water from that and circulate it bad into the vat. Probably no good in your winter snow months but might work

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

never heard of that idea but I like it! Cheers Matt

[@timothywilliams2021]

Interesting idea. Even if you just ran the water from your hose through the cooler and into a barrel it would not be wasted. Always interesting to see how people deal with different issues. Definitely not an issue in my area. Water everywhere.

[@mattmckay9409]

@Timothy Williams tbf thats how the idea started. Instead of just saving it for plants, use the free water from the sky. You have to be extremely careful none gets in the wort though 😅

[@cfelux6]

Awesome to see you back brewing again. My brother and I never chill our beer anymore after boil, we rack to SS fermenter and let cool overnight then pitch yeast next day. RDWHAHB!

[@bre08005]

I know these grain-to-glass videos are hard to make, but its great for people like me who barely understand to see the process 30 times with different recipes. I pick up a little knowledge each time.

[@DoNotUseNearBirds]

Are you adjusting your water profile or just str8 distilled water? Nashville water tastes str8 like bandaid

[@this_is_stupid-x3b]

you can also move that big oring around until it seals. Just keep trying and spray some sudsy starsan on the openings as it pressures up. If you bought a used keg from a merchant of any sort they do test them before shipping. So its gotta seal. Also, there can be different methods for closing the lid that can cause "imperfect contact". Just ask the Matt Damon dude from Interstellar.

[@Cerevisi]

Alice from the Brady Bunch had a thing with Sam the butcher. The Beastie Boys even made that a lyric on "Paul's Boutique". Like "Sam the butcher giving Alice the meat!". Good vid!

[@G-townbrewer]

Seems like I need some dark lager in my life! Distilled water doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK unless you're using it to top up your car battery, so will have to make do with regular bottled water. Love the videos, keep up the good work mate. Cheers!

[@jcinsaniac]

CH! Dude, you are so close to 40K subs...I don't know if any of the other brewers on YT are near that. Ya, 5 mos for Liquid yeast is probably a bridge too far - I would have made a starter to check. This approach is why you have 40K subs...you brew for the little guy, no super premium gear, you make it fun, and you impart good knowledge while doing it...major kudos, Braj!

[@mitchellmorgan3030]

I love no chill brewing. Easy going, go with the flow. I challenge you to try no boil!

[@kevinfidler8074]

Funny seeing you out in the snow! Last brew I did I opened the windows in my brew room and left the mesh bag with the hops in the wort until it got down to 70f, from 210f. Took about 6 hours. I finally emptied the yeast out of my keg fermenters that I had been reusing for a year and a half, had about 2.5 gallons worth. If you're going to be using distilled water only why not get a water distiller? Or make a pressure cooker still "just for water"

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I'm definitely down to get a distiller

[@Khaladas]

I feel your pain on losing half of a batch. I lost an entire batch due to multiple compounded errors that I hopefully will never make again. The killer was leaving the blowoff valve dunked in sanitizer while cold crashing. Negative pressure drop caused all the sanitizer plus a bunch of air to suck back into the keg. Also lost a half batch due to a split evabarrier line ( got pinched in the fridge door and I didn't notice ). This one was bad because I had 5 gallons of beer spritzed all over the inside of my fridge and running into my garage, etc. Took hours to clean up, double sadness beer + time loss.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

😔

[@LagerThanLife]

I cut my boil hops by ~75% for no chill and it’s still pretty harsh. But, it saves a lot of cleaning and time.

[@johnlbanks]

CH, I'm so glad you did this, I was getting worried. Looks amazing and I'll definitely be trying that recipe. Won't be with a liquid yeast though as I struggle getting it reliably round my area. Much love.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

🍻 ❤️

[@saxonlights2872]

Lol. Love it. Perfect brew days are rare

[@K9Trooper]

I brewed a no boil beer a few years back. Mashed at 152 for an hour and pasteurized at 180 for 1.5 hours. It turned out great. Was sweeter than I wanted but was 5.75 ABV.

[@joshuabarnes3719]

Lotion next to the couch?! My man's living dangerously 🤣

[@Woahitsjurb]

Was really hoping for an MBC not really sure what to do with my beer now..

[@Bigboj44]

I didn't realize how much I missed these videos until today. I finally feel like being again!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

🍻 💯

[@Bigboj44]

I really meant "feel like brewing again" but these videos definitely help my being too, both are equally valid

[@NWsmallbatchBrewing]

I just had my first dark lager a few weeks ago. I'm a fan. Good stuff.

[@christopherwietfeldt3983]

Another great vid braj! I’ve been thinking about an all in one system for awhile. Any condensation issues in the house while you were boiling?

[@brewingbadTN]

My life motto; focus on the beers that are here 🍻

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

💯

[@MinnesotaFats]

CH I'm glad you're back

[@BrewNub]

Digging the edit. I love the thought of your neighbors wondering what the hell your doing posing on your porch, especially in this type of weather ✊🏾✊🏾.

[@will5430]

Cheers! I just brewed an IPA Sunday with espe kveik yeast that was dated August 12th but I made a starter. It was erupting out of the blow off tube in 12 hours. It krausened up in the starter so I knew I was good to go. Gotta get on that lager train

[@MadMax00215]

Glad I'm not the only one that makes dumb mistakes. Thanks for your honesty.

[@shanethoroughgood]

'Just for shits and giggles' Great Australian phrase. You're alright 😊

[@Ajyn4Life]

These edits! Love seeing you brewing again Braj!!! 👍🏻

[@Kyle-ts5th]

Lol seems like every brew day I make some dumb mistake. Glad I’m not the only one 😂

[@NitsujWrenches]

I haven't brewed in over a year, and it's precisely because I couldn't get down with wasting the water using my immersion chiller system. I'm thinking of giving the chill cube thing a go.

[@pollysteinhart4003]

I live in Soddy Daisy, but would like to make a trip to your home brew store! Is it worth hitting both of them up there?

[@JoeVirella]

Hands down best brewing channel on the internet!!!

[@SmokeNFermentables]

So happy to see these videos back braj! Missed ya and love the vid!

[@dillonolson5051]

Most underrated channel on the Tube

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

Split batch heartbreak vs perfection! Cheers man, glad the system is working out good for you!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Me too! 🍻 ❤️

[@garagebrewingsince2020]

Saúde, seu NO CHILL foi profissional do cervejeiro caseiro! Muito bom, também faço assim!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

💯

[@AllenDrewesBuilds]

Dark lagers and ales are my favorites. I've brewed many with Schwarzbeir being in my top 3. Cheers

[@hatherlow]

been doing no chill for a year except I pour the hot wort into a closed plastic container , leave overnight (put it in the lounge overnight to warm the room!)

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

It doesnt melt the container?

[@hatherlow]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE no the container is made of the same stuff as fermenter buckets and some folks boil wort in them. I wait until temp is 70 c fill the container put the top on an tip it so the hot wort sterilised the back of the lid. Aussi call the containers cubes Check out this guy he uses the same technique kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5qlfKGmYsqbf68

[@mightymikethebear]

I have a dumb question. What is the difference between a dark lager and a Porter? Since it is winter here in the midwestern USA I enjoy the dark beers until April.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

The yeast

[@mightymikethebear]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE thanks, good to know bro

[@GenusBrewing]

That thumbnail friggin kills

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

😘

[@NikitaVorontsov]

Congrats on the 40k!

[@nsmith1388]

I just brewed two raw ales... no boil, no chill, no problems... well I hope that's the case, they are still fermenting...

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

ballsy! (but I like it)

[@dudestewbrews]

Glad you got the itch to brew again. Entertaining as always!

[@SteaminPile]

Your editing is TOP NOTCH!!!

[@gillachapelle4988]

Braj....been no chilling for anything dark or hazy cause there's a tad of chill haze....its great man....beer comes out great!!! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@stevehilary435]

Nice video! Question for you - what brewing system do you like more, Clawhammer or the Anvil?

[@DaFUNKEYMONKEY99]

The new intro is awesome 👌

[@chrissmart4421]

Did you put any water salts in?

[@stevencoffey5010]

Great vlog very informative and funny 👍

[@AlCapwn351]

I’m stuck picking between claw hammer and anvil foundry. Thoughts?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Ask me again in two years

[@codebowl]

Welcome to the full clawhammer family! I have been loving mine, only a few issues which customer service took care of without question. I have to hold off on brewing because I do not want to go back to bottling and I cannot get my 10lb co2 tank exchanged as AirGas does not have any. Guess I will research until I can get more co2. I hope your yeast works, I have a batch now that is stuck at 1.019 after starting at 1.059 and now have to bottle this because again no co2. My yeast was expired by 4 months and it was Munton's yeast so I get what I pay for right lol Debating whether I want the bottling trouble or just dump this batch!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yeah i'm not using liquid yeast again if it's expired by more than one month

[@lazyplumber1616]

Man, I gotta have that...doing it for sure! Do IT!

[@happycampster1]

Love the brewing videos! Great writing and editing, like usual. Dude you have skills. Glad you're back in the saddle. I've done several no-chill brew sessions, always when I only have time for the boil. Just leave it in the pot covered until the next day, then transfer to fermenter. Super clear wort too.

[@LiamJFord]

I only do no chill for this exact reason - means I can get up early and brew then just finish when the boil is over and get on with tmy day (though I usually draw off a litre or 2 of wort and chill that to kick off a starter - but not always). Never had an issue.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Much appreciated!

[@azerbouf]

I live in Israel and jumped into a no-chill method last year. I must say: its a game changer! BUT! The only thing that you should consider: adding last addition hops into the kettle on a high temperature. I've made a few terrible batches using high amount of hops in whirpool (100gr for 21l). It cause the beer to be grassy and almost undrinkable with a huge unpleasant bitterness. Had to flush it into the toilet :(( You can avoid it by decreasing whirpool temp by 85c and using less hops on a flameout. Some people using hop spider just in case.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Duly noted!

[@stripeyjoe]

If I’m no chilling I transfer to a HDPE Jerry can and leave it in that overnight. As long as your FV isn’t PET (eg, fermzilla style) you can just transfer hot.

[@chrisbarry4724]

We’ve been only using 34/70 dry yeast for all our lagers and cold IPAs, it’s the California ale of lager yeasts; strong fermenter, clean profile, durable af

[@timothywilliams2021]

If you don't want to waste water or time cooling there is another way. Do a partial volume boil and add ice. I tried it by Freezing water bottles then cutting the plastic and dropping the ice in. Reused plastic water bottles with same water i brew with. Kept adding till my volume was right.

[@CaledoniaGardener]

Great to see you brewing again CH! I too brew on a Clawhammer 120V system and love it. I’ve brewed your dark lager before-FIRE!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Good stuff!

[@alvaradobrewhouse6387]

Lol, great video my dude. Now I'm inspired to brew a dark lager.

[@GameNautilus]

Absolute top tier content

[@dylanfromm7656]

How many gallons of water are you typically starting out with? I’m still honing in on the correct volume on my clawhammer and figuring it out in brewsmith.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

7 every time

[@dylanfromm7656]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE that’s what I was thinking myself. Thank you

[@eddiane]

Loved the video. I pulled in about a quart of starsan to a brew once when cold crashing and forgot to seal and pressurize my Spike fermenter. No effect on the beer but 1.5 gallons is a bunch. Damn. Keep em coming. Swarzbiers are awesome.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I would've dranken that amount too!

[@ronzimmerman9591]

Diggin the vids, Papa-Georgio. A dark lager is the perfect midday snack. PROST.

[@justhomebrew]

Inspired me to brew a dark lager for my next brew:) Looking forward to the next hb4 life video!

[@gileus1]

The distilled water is becoming a pain to find in-stock. A little hack in the baby section they have distilled water for baby formula same price at Walmart. You can also set up a curbside pickup limit of 12 gallons did that recently pulled up 13.50 and dude loaded in car

[@TheGingerBrewers]

Those 8 minutes felt like 2. Crackin' vid. Black ipa's are becoming massive this side of the pond.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Love black IPAs!

[@theslyrylan]

I love this channel. Got some really good tips thanks!!

[@John-ob8vm]

Schwarzbiers are the shit. I've got one lagering right now, and I might just have to have one on tap at all time from now on.

[@HerobotDJ]

Another great video dude, how much are you spending on distilled water though? I live in the UK and enough for a 5gal batch would cost the equivalent of like $35

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

$10 for 7 gallons roughly

[@nonameDELANEY]

I've mentioned before and I'll do it again. We should brew one day if possible. I'm only 20-30 min away in Maryville and I have a clawhammer system and an electric 20 gallon biabasket setup as well

[@gardencity3558]

Long time no brew! I thought you were just getting old busting out the licorice allsorts and watching Matlock on a repeat loop. Good to see you back at it!

[@TroubleBrewing]

Awesome video! Entertaining as always, cheers!

[@willieharvey8273]

Love the fermentation station it's best brew store in Knoxville 👍

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Damn dude that beer lookin good. And yo distilled, spring, and RO are all good options. I’d use spring water when you’re not adding salts 🤘🏼🍻

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I'll look into that, cheers Dan!

[@jerrywoodard9357]

Great video braj. Cheers 🍺🍺

[@benjaminharris9863]

I was worried you were out of the brewing video business, so glad you are not. Thank you!

[@watsonspringston]

What a rollercoaster of emotions braaj!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

THANK YOU WATSON!!

[@adamgorka368]

Glad to see you back with a new video, and inspired to brew more beers!! I love your stuff dude the day you stop would a sad day. Also, new intro is WILD I love it. Cheers!!!!!!

[@2289273]

I had use 2 gallon ice to chill the beer, I throw it right in the fermenter, pour the boiling wort and hope for the best, haven't a had problems so far but it's scary Af

[@OleBjerkholt]

Totally on board with the dark lagers! 😎