The Pinter: Dark Matter Stout Taste Test

[@ScottReviewsThings]

Just got a Pinter. Loving these vids. Cheers

[@TravelandBrews]

Hope the Public House IPA comes out good for you Scott and Wanda.

[@Class68driver]

Looks like a good result, glad it worked out. Currently got the pilsner conditioning, I brewed it for 8 and Xmas day will be day 12 of conditioning so I'm going to see how it is then. After that I'm on to the lager, my light spray malt arrived and my aim is to add 200g and hopefully get it up to the 5% mark. So fingers crossed for a nice pilsner and hopefully my lager experiment will work. Cheers mate.

[@TravelandBrews]

12 days conditioning. Your certainly a more patient man than I am haha That should come out clean and crisp. I got my light spray malt through as well though not sure if I'll use it on the Saison

[@thumpdrum]

Out of curiosity, have you ever brewed a beer recipe in the pinter that is designed for say a Mr. Beer or Brew Demon? As the Fresh Press kits are about 1k and a 2 gallon recipe of Oktoberfest from Mr. Beer is 850g, that doesn't appear to be really that much of a difference. I imagine these two gallon kits would brew well in the Pinter!

[@TravelandBrews]

I havent tried that but i would take a guess a say they should work perfectly fine. Its just brewing after all

[@GezBeerReviews]

Never heard of the Pinter down Here TB but it producers a good looking beer and no mucking around bottling beer, . I did keg my HB a long time ago but this seems like a lot less hassle

[@TravelandBrews]

It ain't bad for producing smaller quantities of beer. Don't always want 23L (40pints) of the same beer, where this comes in handy for 5L (9pints) and quick brew times.

[@spellfireforge]

I just bought one of these and was watching videos to get ideas. You have me wanting to buy several more just so I can run experiments with the different sugars/malt extract! Did you ever find a solution for a higher ABV that you enjoyed?

[@TravelandBrews]

Honestly adding extra sugar and fermentables will increase abv but the beer flavours don't hold out. All depends how much higher you want to go If looking to go higher abv I would suggest getting a beer kit or grain kit that aims for 8%. Pinter does have some higher abv packs you can try adding fermentables to boost the abv But I would say as its only 5Ls it's all trial and error and thankfully not top much waste if it goes wrong

[@jamesgreen7314]

Good videos watched all of them so far. I have the apa ready to drink on the 23rd. Your videos convinced me to purshase one in the first place.

[@TravelandBrews]

Suddenly feels like a heap of pressure on me now haha Hope your brew comes out good on 23rd James. APA is still one I've not done myself yet, planning that one for mid-Jan.

[@jamesgreen7314]

Iv given it the longest suggested brew time and conditioning time so fingers crossed. Il let you know how it goes. Thanks

[@TravelandBrews]

How was the APA over Christmas?

[@jamesgreen7314]

The ale itself was lovely. Had a few issues tho... After I first tapped it it started fizzing out the carbonate dial which was OK as once it settle down the next day it was fine. Then the original tap started leaking a fair bit. Il say I lost over half pint of beer in the end. I'm hoping the new tap which I have now put in will solve this. And my next one will be the lager. But the beer itself was very good very easy to drink.

[@TravelandBrews]

I've had two fob up and out the dial. I've found if you don't want to wait is turn the dial towards a point where gas comes out but not foam. Then pour from Pinter. If you reduce the volume of liquid inside it won't foam out the back. Got my new tap on. The last one started to drip quite a bit towards the end. Let's see how this new one goes

[@paulfrancis4824]

Hey, I was so waiting to hear about how this one went, looks fantastic. I postponed my Dark Matter Stout for the Saison's Greetings which I'll let you know about. Merry Christmas for when it arrives 👍

[@TravelandBrews]

Do let me know how that one turns out!

[@paulfrancis4824]

@@TravelandBrews Hey, as promised, my Saison's Greetings is ready today, Christmas Day. I absolutely recommend it. It is so light and refreshing, extremely sessionable, It's so good I will definitely get it again 👍

[@TravelandBrews]

I was going to do mine today but will hold off till tomorrow as just chilling today 😃

[@paulfrancis4824]

@@TravelandBrews Cool, my next one is going to be Dark Matter Stout you just finished 👍

[@jonboydiego999]

Just a general wondering...When you switch the camera off, do you just get battered?

[@TravelandBrews]

By the missus, sometimes 😂 Edited: probably should add an actual answer to this as well. I wouldn't drink the whole Pinter in one go, esp as sometimes it tastes more rounded the next day, and I always try to bottle a pint or two, for tasting at a future date.

[@jonboydiego999]

@@TravelandBrews that's a shame on both accounts hahahahaha really enjoy your videos, looking forward to my first brew in a bucket next week 😂

[@geem4973]

So do you set it to carbonated from the start ?

[@TravelandBrews]

Yep. Carbonation at all times apart from when pouring

[@nsamuel61]

What about brown sugar instead of brewing sugar?

[@TravelandBrews]

You can experiment with different sugars. They will impart different flavours/mouth feels to the beer. Brown sugar had molasses in it with might go good with the stout

[@pauls3829]

Loving these vids. Cheers 🍺

[@TravelandBrews]

Cheers Paul. Was due to have new vid tonight but brew didn't go to plan so holding off 4 more days to see if it improves.

[@kevinkitching3844]

Looks great, have you had problems with the tap leaking? Or have you received the new quick flow tap? Sadly no fresh beer for Christmas for me my tap started leaking and after they said they would send a replacement over 3 weeks ago but nothing has turned up just emails saying sorry were busy 😡

[@TravelandBrews]

My tap has started to leak a lot more now. Originally I was getting a few drips after a pour then it would stop, but it seems to be dripping for longer now. I've got my new tap through though can't change it till after I finish this brew.

[@kevinkitching3844]

@@TravelandBrews Yeah thats what happened with mine, at first a few drop but then it wouldn't stop, I've still not received my replacement that they promised or the new quick flow tap 😔

[@madmanmardy]

10 days brewing might have made it a bit more dry and higher abv.

[@Nigellittle12]

Great Video, very informative. I've just got a pinter and had my first brew finished (Public house IPA) and was very impressed considering how easy it was. Would you recommend just liquid malt extract or would dried spraymalt work as well? Also what hydrometer do you have? I'm looking to buy one. Thanks in advance

[@TravelandBrews]

You can add spray malt to increase ABV and mouthfeel. I added a small amount of Spray Malt in my Saison (150g) as didn't want to whack it up above 4.5% My hydrometer was bought from Love Brewing, where I picked up most of my equipment. I been tempted to pick up a second one from elsewhere and then verify they both give the same reading :)

[@Nigellittle12]

@@TravelandBrews Awesome. Thanks for reply 👍 Think I'll add some extra dark spraymalt to the stout brew to bump abv and body.

[@CountDrunkula]

If you get a hydrometer try and get a single scale one that just shows gravity. The ones with multiple scales are an absolute effin ball-ache because the scale you want to read never faces you.

[@TravelandBrews]

@@CountDrunkula I can agree with that. Even harder to try and film as well haha

[@danbevin5870]

Hey great videos. Congrats on the brew it looks fantastic. Quick questions... In order to raise the % by 2 do you think the brew could take 400g of brewing sugar or Spraymalt or is there an upper limit of what you can add before it ruins. Cheers

[@TravelandBrews]

I'm certain it could take more and with a stout it would be harder to ruin than with a lager/pilsner, which should be clean tasting. I could have perhaps helped the brew to start with by having room temp water rather than cold tap. It may have helped the yeast convert more sugars. I'm tasting my four saisons with 150g of spray malt tonight, vid will be up tomorrow

[@danbevin5870]

@@TravelandBrews great I’ll give that a watch tonight Good luck

[@mikelee1923]

Great video as I have the Pinter myself! How much sugar did you put in? Cheers

[@TravelandBrews]

I believe it was 190g of brewing sugar which was dissolved in hot water. When filling up the Pinter I filled it up just a little short (500ml), so I could then pour in the extra sugar dissolved in hot water which brought it back up to the normal brewing line.

[@mikelee1923]

@@TravelandBrews Cheers mate I will give it a go👍

[@yorkshiresfinest2309]

U got a decent percent uplift on that though tbh alot tend to loose the percent because they arent using ir properly lol

[@TravelandBrews]

Oh happy with the 1% but would have been happier with more haha One of the brews I currently have on is looking at 5 - 6%. That really is the difference between brewing ending at 1010 or fully fermenting out to 1004.

[@yorkshiresfinest2309]

Defo i know alot r experimentin with this machine to get the best out of it and i think i read the company r also developing it further

[@sallysaile]

Good video, my dark matter will be ready for drinking on Christmas Day so hope it turns out as good as yours.

[@TravelandBrews]

Did you brew it straight or add anything? If brewed as per spec I'm very interested to hear how it came out. Wonder if more coffee taste

[@sallysaile]

@@TravelandBrews saw your original video so added just a little bit of sugar.

[@TravelandBrews]

Hopefully it brings the abv up and the increased sweetness is nice. Going to be having some more tonight. Starting to think this may not last me till Christmas

[@sallysaile]

@@TravelandBrews doesn’t sound as if it will if it’s that good. Just had saisons greetings delivered as a present from the kids supposed to be a surprise so look forward to brewing that too.

[@aaronhartley1637]

That looks like a lovely pint wish mine turned out like that. Can I have your advice? When I brewed my dark matter it’s came out too fizzy nothing like a stout it poured more like a lager. Any recommendations as to where I went wrong? Keep up the good videos.

[@TravelandBrews]

With the dark matter, you could perhaps condition for a shorter time or turn the dial to release pressure a few times during the carbonation phase. This will ensure excess carbonation isnt absorbed by the beer.

[@glenoxman7904]

Your selling this Pinter system to me . . . Must resist or not 😂

[@TravelandBrews]

Give in to the urge haha Or just pick up a few bottles from the shop to put the urge to the back of your mind...

[@glenoxman7904]

Just seen you commenting on Wraggys live beer chat say I though I'd check out your channel and subscribe. Cheers!

[@TravelandBrews]

Cheers Glen. Been watching wraggys channel for around a year now. Sometimes under my account other times under my personal KZbin haha. Discovered a few other great KZbin channels in that time who commented on his videos!

[@nsamuel61]

Did you brew for 8 days then?

[@TravelandBrews]

I believe I went with their longer timelines of 5 days brew and 7 days conditioning

[@dannypaterson8475]

From what I can gather, hydrometer measurements aren’t too reliable with carbonated liquids, the bubbles mess up the density and give a higher gravity reading. So maybe your brewing calculations were correct and you got a higher ABV than you bargained for!

[@TravelandBrews]

When taking the measurement I try to get the beer flat by stirring and leaving a while. A few days later I did the same and it had gone up in ABV but not by much. 1% increase was fine by me, made it more a proper winter beer with the extra ABV 😁

[@nsamuel61]

Found it👍👍

[@LesBurgess1867]

Has anybody used one of these pinters to make elderflower champagne ? Just waiting for delivery of mine ....unfortunately they didnt have the stout in stock so got the Pilsner and American ipa for starters ....looks good investment though

[@TravelandBrews]

Haven't looked at brewing anything besides beer. Champagne yeast is normally quite active, so would be a true test of the valve 😁