I am really glad you came to see my channel. My name is Brad, aka The B.E.D. Brewer.
Why is home brewing the best hobby ever? What other hobby ends in beer?!
I am a longtime home brewer and have introduced the hobby to many of my friends. Every-time someone picks up the hobby we all try to help streamline the learning curve, equipment setup, and reduce cost and increase efficiency. My goal is to help you get better, more comfortable and confident, and give you ideas that you may not have considered in your own adventure in this awesome hobby.
Tune in Mondays for home brewing equipment reviews, troubleshooting, builds\\modifications, ingredient ideas, as well as various personal reviews that required a lot of research.
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Very interesting mini education on malt liquors, and the tasting analysis is always informative! I’d be lying if I didn’t mention the entertainment value here. 😂
I am really glad you asked. I can and generally do drink my beer at the same temp I lager (50 degrees). But yes it takes about 8 hours to cool down a mini keg in a refrigerator (doing this with ice is insane). It takes an hour or so to cool down a can … so yes it needs about 7 extra hours - but seriously you have waited for 4 weeks to drink your beer already so yeah drop your mini-keg in the refrigerator at 8 AM and by beer-o-clock you are ready to drink. But additionally - unlike bottles vs kegging- this isn’t activity on your part - bottling you have to be there - chilling you don’t.
Yes, actually when I first received it it leaked - for me the handle (and the screw-in part just below it) wee loose …. Tightening those it has worked like a champ for years :-)
Thanks for the vid I really enjoy doing blind taste tests w/family gatherings. I try to have at least 6 people involved, and it's sometimes VERY surprising how products (food and drinks) get ranked. We all have our go-to's and usually we can identify our favorite out of the bunch. But the others (or if you don't have a particular fav) half the time surprises all of us. Three recent ones we did were fast food burgers, BBQ chips, and dill pickles. All of us were surprised that a McDonalds burger ranked high (none of us go to McD's for burgers). What-a-burger was CLEARLY #1 We were all suprised at how different the BBQ chips were from each other. Lays was #1 for 5 of us. And a unknown / local pickle brand was better than about 8 other national brands we tried. If you want to try a real shocker.. city drink tap water vs bottled water. (you'll realize just how crappy your city water is) Fun stuff IMO
Don’t cut it to width. 24 inch will tuck nicely it the top and bottom channels and hold it in place much better. One can also roll some of the leftovers and tuck them into the right/left channels
This is exactly what I needed to see. I am a 65 yr old female. I think I can handle doing this. I want to buy a chest freezer but have no room in my apt. kitchen, so I want to keep it on the side of kitchen. Only problem is that the floor is carpeted. I was thinking of a metal pan of some sort, but this makes more sense. What do you think? Will it be good on carpeted area? I'm thinking a 5 cubic deep freezer. Thank you!!
I love the honesty of your reviews and also appreciate the “live” results of your testing! Also you must clean up really well 😂 bec your space always looks spotless!
No fruits - it was 12.12 lbs grain (2-row) zzz 7 gal of water, 1.1 oz Saaz (1 hour), and 1.1 oz Willamette at 5 minutes to the end. This was the third keg from the dry hop experiment… I am floored - no idea where the sourness came from
@@b.e.d.brewing3909 Just thinking here (as I am not an expert on this), but, could the excess CO2 pressure push more of the reaction toward carbonic acid? Do you have a way to check pH of your brew?
@@b.e.d.brewing3909 i’m saying say i buy a 5L keg at the store, i finish it. Can i then just pour a bunch of canned or bottled beer in the empty keg and plug it in? also i bought this used and don’t have the Heineken adapter, do you know where i can buy one?
Mmm no - canned/bottled beer would be a slightly different animal. You can pour the beer into it - however it is less expensive to just purchase the 5L kegs full of beer. A few caveats - the more beer is exposed the more change of infection. You will need to clean and sanitize the keg - or you will have mold, mildew, and a whole bunch of other things that will ruin your beer.
Here is a link to the 24” - I bought it in person at Home Depot - but it does not appear on their site right now: Reflectix BP24010 Series Foil Insulation, 24 in. x 10 ft a.co/d/0MARTDO
@@jeffweber8244 i’m sorry that my comment looks like I was being a wise ass to you. I really wasn’t. Personally, I like Bud Light the best but I do like Keystone, so I buy Keystone because it’s cheaper
