Split Batch Brewing: 1 Brewday = 2 Beers

[@nerijusva50]

I liked that cinematography... Soft, warm lovely video... Already waiting for the next one, Thank You.... ;-)

[@jmsnystrom]

I enjoyed emensly this video! Something new fresh an clearly explained things. Nice soundstage. I will chack more videos of you! 👍

[@andybaird7003]

Just found your channel... Great content. Have been brewing for a few years and recently retired and want to brew more variety than quantity. You have inspired me to get planning..... Cheers.

[@floridave]

Cheers to the writer, producer, editor, stunt double. Great video.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Cheers for that, I had to fire my split self stunt double as he ruined the end of my video 😅

[@chickenparmo]

Another crackimg video Glen. Thank you for taking the time to go through some nice additions. 2023 will be a year I step up my own recipe game. Not much brewing went on this year but I intend on putting that right this coming year. Cheers for the the video as always.

[@yvesdumulong5418]

on the web we can see tons of videos on the making of beer, but rare are those who take the time to describe the implication of the additions, what each grain brings to the character of the beer, it helps to become aware from what we can hope for as a final result... very good video!! we want more!! I am a big fan!!

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thank you so much, really appreciate those comments, that means a lot! It took a bit of planning to come up with each recipe and I wanted to share my reasoning for each piece of the recipe. Personally, I think it's very important for homebrewers to understand what each ingredient brings to the final beer. Way too often we throw in grains, hops and yeast and hope for the best. When I brew clone recipes I like to get into the mind of the recipe creator and ask myself questions around the choice of ingredients. Also, it makes a beer so much more interesting when you have a story behind it. Now, in saying that, I once had a friend over trying my beer, not sure if it was the beer or the story which put hime asleep LOL

[@AnalogueInTheUK]

Awesome cinematography.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks very much, a labour of love, might go easier on it next time tho so to get more content out

[@Goose_0187]

Awesome video man. Always look forward to them. Heaps of good tips and content. Keep up the good work man 🍺. More video would be awesome.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thank you so much Steven for those comments, means a lot! All in all I'm only just an amateur home brewer who loves sharing his experiences and learnings with others. I've inspired so many others, it's that drive and desire that keeps me going, so thank you!

[@seancooney5814]

Hey Glen. Glad you’re back. Really enjoying the new content. The way you are blending the cinematography into the videos is making this one of my favorite brewing channels. Love the recipe ideas as well… your Hoppy Irish Red has made it into my brewing rotation a few times now.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks a million Sean, that's awesome feedback! I've more videos in the pipeline which I've been busy with so do stay tuned. I must actually rebrew that Hoppy Red Ale soon, I really enjoyed brewing and drinking that one 😃🤜🤛🍺

[@philcordeiro288]

Man I’m really happy your back!!! Your video’s are exceptional 🎉

[@jquigley0412]

Amazing video Glenn. Love the production !

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Ah man, really appreciate that thanks 🤜🤛👍🍺🍺

[@exedus666]

Hi Glen, i don't usually post comments on YoutTube but your videos prompted me to do so. I just want to say thank you, your videos are just awesome. The style and quality of your videos ist outstanding. The way you move the camera, the great pictures, video scenes, the sound and so on. It must be a huge effort that I really appreciate. I would be very happy about more videos in the future. I wish you and your family a nice and relaxing Christmas and new year. Greetings from Germany.

[@ronanmurphy_explorer]

Great video Glen. Those colours looked amazing at the end! Nice that you credited the stunt double this time, with what you put him through!

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Cheers Ronn, yeah the colour of the Hibiscus is awesome, I wasn't quite expecting that. The Juniper IPA flows like a Guinness, really cloudy at first then clears to a lovely opaque lemon hue with a fantastic head, you'd swear I knew what I was doing lol. Da stunt double is a whiny fool, I might ask him back another time tho as some liked his highjacking at the end..... anything for attention that lad 😅👍🤟

[@TwoMorbid]

Fantastic video mate and seriously good production. Those beers look bloody amazing too.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Ah wow, thanks so much! A lot, if not too much, goes into my vids, am gonna do a few upcoming casual videos to fill those gaps lol

[@allegrini]

The stunt double act was great! Well done on another great video. Looking forward to trying the beers!🍺🍺

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Ah man, ya deffo need to drop over bud one of the evenings to try before I drink them all.

[@allegrini]

@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers let’s arrange it!👍

[@kkbell]

This was terrific. Thanks for putting in the work and sharing. I lean towards classic styles and hoppy non-hazy IPAs, but I'm all in on this split batch combo. This will be fun. Cheers!

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Yeap totally hear ya on the classics non-hazy, I've gone a bit mad for da hazy beers...... that aside, thanks so much for the comments, really appreciate the input 👍🤜🤛🍺🍺🍺😎

[@michaeleade4149]

2 good looking beers , i could almost get the aroma';s right here in down under Australia looking forward to your next video in your splotching opps split batching beers

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Hey Michael from down under, many thanks, aroma was delightful on both and very different from what you would get from hops alone. If I dig a deep enough hole I might be able to feed my kegerator line down to ya to try them 😅👍🍺

[@BrewabitRick]

They both look and sound incredible. I absolutely love the effort you put into your videos it’s absolutely epic. Super impressed again ( with the brews and the video quality ) cheers 👍🍻

[@BhoyMolloy]

Getting up at 6pm to brew beer, living the dream pal 🤣 great work as always 🍻

[@harveymaurice9865]

Love the videos, thanks Glen you aspired me to start home brewing

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

That's awesome to hear, thanks so much! Anything in particular you'd like to see more on the channel?

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

That's fantastic, thanks so much for the comments - my latest vid on the iGulu could be one to get ya into homebrewing lol

[@philcole2131]

Great to see you back

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks very much, hope you're enjoying the content 🤜🤛👍🍺

[@philcole2131]

It's your fault that I took the plunge into all in one systems, I found you when researching all grain a few years ago...you got me with the omnipolo raspberry vanilla clone....which was excellent and still mentioned in dispatches...you've been missed👍

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Hey Phil, great that ya took that plunge, no going back now lol. The Omnipolo clone recipe was unreal, there's many others from their catalog of beers I'd love to clone. Well I promise not to leave it as long for the next vid, check out those recipes too 👍🍺😎

[@jasongames6004]

Great video, will have to give this a go.

[@AndersRefsahl]

Really interesting and great video. The beers looks and sound so delicious. Will definitely try that split batch with your secondary additions 🍻

[@TheSparkysdog]

Great video, love the theme with the brew names. 🍻🍺

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks my man, yeah I think this new format works and will definitely develop more content using this theme going forward 👍

[@barrykeane8721]

Wow what a great vid amazing cinematography, u really upped the game well done man. Starting my first brew this week, thanks for the content from the mallow man

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Hey Barry, thanks dude 😎 Someone asked if I was making a movie or a brewtube vid.....a bit in between I think! What ya brewing?

[@barrykeane8721]

@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers it's a sir Simcoe pale ale all grain kit, didn't want to go to fancy for the first go, ur house looks the same as mine was it built by castlelands recognize the door frames 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Yeah Castlelands, I'm Castlerock in Midleton....mad ya noticed that lol

[@markblakemore1849]

Great video, inspired me to get more creative

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Cheers Mark, yeap sometimes ya just gotta move away from the standard brews and try something a bit on the different side, split batch gives ya that flexibility 👍🍺

[@markblakemore1849]

Can I ask how much Hibiscus you added to the brew, I have just made a Cherry beer and added 100g into the last 10 min of the boil, lovely colour to the wort, and a fantastic aroma. Hoping to add a tang to the final finish.

[@cabrinha2108]

Absolutely love this video

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

I think this one remains my own personal favourite episode! I wanted to try a more documentary style of story telling and I loved making this one! Epic beers too, I'll make them again! Thanks so much for the comments 🙌🍺🍺🍺👍

[@Rada-xs5ik]

Great video!

[@YeastFace]

Class video again Glen. Clearly must take an incredible amount of work to make the video look so good - just wish we didn't have to wait so long in between them 🍻

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Ah thanks, yeap I'm looking into some shorter, less time consuming content to fill those gaps between posts.... thanks for the comments!

[@blackwinged5536]

Great video as always Glenn. Just wondering if you could clarify on those additions such as the berries etc. You seem to be draping a hop net over your fermenter, I have the grainfather conical which won’t seal if I use a net like that. How are you adding those without clogging up the fermenter?

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks so much and great question! I basically use two different size hop nets when it comes to the fermenter. The first, a large a hop net, I use when transferring wort to the fermentors and removed once I fill the fermentors - just an extra step I take to grab stuff I don't want in the fermenters. Then I've a couple of small hop nets and hop canisters which I use when adding dry additions. Now with the second beer, I added the Juniper berries, lime zest and hops into another sanitised large hop net drapped over the Klarstein fermentor at the end of fermentation and leave that in place for about 3-4 days. I'm not too concerned about a perfect seal at this point and it's worked perfectly for me each time. Wort contact with additions is important, the smaller hop nets don't give enough room, the large hop nets work very well for maximum contact......never ever had any issues with that process either. Thanks very much, great question!

[@blackwinged5536]

Thank you so much Glenn! Much appreciated and I will definitely give that a go. Keep up the good work!

[@Dts1953]

What an excellent Video👍 My wife’s favourite beer is a Hibiscus pale ale. I first tried it in south Africa in 2019. I was so impressed I bought some dried South African Hibiscus leaves and wrote my own recipe with a few inside tips from the brewer😂 As for your juniper and Lime! Well just awesome👍👍👍 Top class video Glen !!!!!

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Ah thanks so much for the feedback, really appreciate that! I never tried a Hibiscus before so jumped into the deep end on this one. Delighted how both turned out and can't wait to continue the brewing experiments 🤜🤛👍🍺

[@richardnewton5057]

Dam that's nice bacon 🥓🥓🥓

[@richardnewton5057]

And good beer

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Am gonna wash a breakfast bacon sandwich down with this beer come the weekend Richard 😂👍🤟

[@worems1]

Great video, Glen. I have the G40 and I've been really struggling with the pump getting clogged prior to running the wort through the counterflow chiller. I ended up using a mesh bag too. Have you had any problems with it?

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

No issues like this, only when cleaning that I have to blow up the tube a couple of times.....have ya posted this one on the GF FB group?

[@worems1]

@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers I had a bad one this weekend where I blew up the tube and still remained clogged. Could've just been bad luck. I'll have a look at the FB group. I'll be brewing both your beers in this vid in the next week or 2! they look and sound tremendous.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Definitely check out the Facebook group as they're great with stuff like this. Now when I'm cleaning I find I've to blow a lot to clear the pump, but never really during the actual brew. Let me know how ya go on those recipes, BTW I added more Hibiscus to the keg too....I'll definitely brew these again.

[@samueldocs]

How much precaution do you take when adding your additions towards the end of fermentation? I'm still experimenting with timing and methods to minimise oxygen exposure. Any tips would be massively appreciated

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

My additions on these beers were a lot more open than my normal standards due to the fact it's video. I am fairly anal and most additions are either rapid additions or closed. The more you can limit exposure to oxygen during additions the better. If ya want to have a quick call on this some evening, am more than happy to chat?

[@samueldocs]

@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers man that would be awesome. I'm following on IG so I can hit you up there. Feel like you're the best to go to as we have a lot of the same equipment 😁

[@Unclejona]

Parti-gyle brewing?

[@africantwin173]

Does the G40 work with Brewfather ?

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Yes Brewfather has the G40 profile, I use Brewfather a lot actually

[@alw5632]

do you filter?

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

I generally don't, I do tend to run it through a hop net when going into the fermentors, a process which works for me.

[@alw5632]

@@TheBeardyManCraftBeers that's amazing, i run mine through a plate filter before bottling. clear beers end up sparkling clear