This is a tasting of a partial extract beer I made which is a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone. After the tasting, I discuss home brewing for beginners, and what to watch out for. A special guest also has something to say about this.
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@CraigTube I get my o rings off ebay they are fairly cheap around $3.00 for a full set of rings
Craig, Well said brother. Love what you had to say about home brewing not being a competition. It is what we want to brew and the quest of looking for something new and different that we haven’t had. At least that is me take on home brewing.
As a side note, you said that your Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone turned out a bit hoppy? Just as a thought, have you ever had Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA? Maybe that might be a little closer to what you made.
In ant case, thanks for the advise.
I have a suggestion. Perhaps you should open your own homebrew supply shop. You have been a fantastic ambassador to the craft of homebrewing and I can’t imagine a better person for the job
So you are reviewing a Sierra Nevada clone, yet you have never tried Sierra Nevada? I think that would be a wonderful addition to the review, if you were able to actually tell if it tastes anything like Sierra Nevada
Wonderful video Craig and SteelJan, I watch you guys all the time as i’m a keen homebrewer. I’m going from liquid malt extract with a kit beer then to BIAB all grain; I hope it turns out the way i want.
you think that is hoppy, you should try some other brews from sierra nevada. their pale ale is weaksauce in comparrison, I’m about to brew a double IPA with 7 oz of hops, should be yummy!
hey craig did u boil the light malt extract? cuz i just made a batch of this and i boiled the lme and i got a burnt flavor to the brew…thanks craig cheers!
We all wanna make beer. If anyone knows something that will help us make beer, share it. That is the message. At least how I get it. cheers
how long do you steep the grains 4?
hey i live in nevada
(las vegas)
I think a good phrase to start throwing around to naysayers is “brew your own brew.” Fermented beverages have been around for thousands of years, long before anyone even understood enzymes, yeast, or really any other biochemical element of brewing. They just knew if you put this stuff together, waited, and then drank the liquid, you would get drunk. It’s just that simple. Good Job, and Brew your own brew!
ahahaha, I love the look on your face when you first taste it, Thanks for all the great videos, really helped me a lot with kegging (Im drinking one now). Cheers!
Great Video Craig!
Great video! I just finished my first attempt at home brewing. I used the extract technique that was recommended to me by my local home brew store. Keep up the good videos!
Craig, I am new to brewing and have seen most of your videos. Thank you! It has given me hope. Now, when you talk about the 1lbs crystal, I’m assuming you steeped that or is that thrown in with the wort.??? This is going to be my first batch, so we will see how I do. Any help is appreciated.
You & steeljan both are good folks with this hobby/craft. But beer isn’t all that cheap here. Craft beers (like the cloned one you discuss here) are $8-$12 per six pack! Even the usual culprits are $15-$19 per case of 12oz’ers. My cooper’s kit can make 60 of those 12oz bottles for about the same. And,as you folks have been saying,looks/tastes better (more of a “craft” brew) than miller’s,coors,bud,etc. And I don’t like how some of the all-grain crowd call extract “kool-aid”.
@polom79 That depends on how you made it and if you used anything to clear it. I’m not hung up on clear beer. Nothing wrong with a bit of haze.
Not sure how my Sierra Nevada clone should look in the carboy at 2nd stage fermentation. Should it be clear or somewhat cloudy? I have a picture, but not sure how to get it to you
Yes, Craig, you are right that beer can be pretty cheap here in the U.S. Recently at my grocery store they were selling cases of beer for $20.00. So that’s 83 cents per beer. So home brew may not be as cheap as that, but pretty close. The beers for sale were not just crappy beer but a few Mexican beers and some popular American beers. Homebrew will taste better, and it IS fun to make home brew. Just the satisfaction of knowing we made it for pleasure is worth it. It’s not just to save money.
The lacing on the brew looks quite nice! The color is a bit darker than SNPA (it may just be the camera) and if you’re not used to hoppy beers, that could be the explanation for the excess hoppy-ness you experienced, but for me… SNPA is just the tip of the hoppy-iceberg, if you will.
@Craigtube: What I’d suggest to improve this bad boy is the yeast. I’ve noticed even unadulterated strgiht coopers kits can be vastly improved with good yeast.
the good news, is the SAFALE yeasts are amazing, and as easy to use.
3 yeast varieties will work for almost all beers
Safale S-04 tastes amazing in almost any english beers.
Safale US-05 tastes amazing in almost any US beer
Saflager S-23 is a great lager yeast (remember lager takes longer and needs to be very cool)
Too easy!
Hi Craig
After moving from the UK to New Zealand I couldn’t find a beer that made me happy to drink it. So I went back to Home Brewing. Something I last did 15 years ago. Now I have made many types and used many ways of brewing. Like you I feel what every way you brew beer it’s still beer. I have had many good kits and many good whole grain brews. At this time I have 4 brews on the way and 2 are kit’s one is malt extract and the last is whole drew.. Roll on Christmas
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ahh gotcha.. fair do’s !
Keep up the great work mate.
@moedogger21 I have two 5 gal kegs and three 3 gal kegs. I need some replacement O rings for one of them. I hardly ever bottle. I’m doing a real Lager this winter, which I will bottle in glass for three months before tasting.
@GranulatedStuff No, but shipping across the border is expensive and with hops being a food product, I don’t know if it’s even allowed. We don’t have major grain and hop sources in Canada. We have to source from the US.