Did anyone see the San Francisco Brew Dogs episode? A couple of thoughts came to mind... -there seemed to be zero concern for sanitation (why the heck do I care so much) -only 3 days for fermentation?
Yeah, I'm sure that beer was garbage, lol. And who knew the "ULTIMATE" SoCal IPA would have seaweed, super hot peppers, and thyme (or whatever shitty herb they threw in it)? And here I thought that the ultimate SoCal IPA would have butt tons of....HOPS!
Is the Brew Dog show available on-line? I've heard them talk about the show a little on an audio podcast but that's all. Is the DF show on-line anywhere?
yep they are promoting beer in a positive light, so i can't give them too much shit but the gimmickry drives me nuts.
I'm sure they edited out some of the sanitation steps for the sake of time, but I was more interested in the fact they made zero mention of a potential infection from open rooftop fermentation.
I have an admittedly short attention span, and high standards, but five minutes of that show was 4 minutes too many.
It's not very good but I like to dvr them and watch them when nothing else is on. Maybe YouTube? YouTube brewmasters. There was only like five episodes but its better than brew dogs so far.
Looks like some of them are on youtube. One of them looks like it is Episode 6, Ancient Ale, so if you've only seen 5, maybe there's another one out there you can watch.
Really wanted to be into this show and I end up switching channels a few minutes in. The SanFran episode was just a little too out there for me. Brewing on a roof, throwing stuff in a barrel and voila! perfect beer. Then another episode adding in the deceleration of independence in a beer. Can't get into this show at all.
My theory on the whole thing is that they do the pilot brew for show. They are going through the motions to half get it right. Then they actually brew a full-scale beer on a pro set-up somewhere in the city they are in. The dead give-away is the final scene at the end of the episodes when about 100+ plus people are hold full pints of beer yet they only brewed a 5 gallon batch.
Most of your ales should only take 3 days for fermentation if you are treating your yeast correctly. A typical fermentation should be 2-4 days, plus a few days of conditioning warm. The beer is then ready to be cold crashed, which should take about 3 days if you use finings (gelatin for most homebrewers) and the clear beer is ready to keg or bottle.
I have watched 3 episodes. I like when they get people to try craft beer that usualy drink BMC or wine. I am not into brewing with goofy ingrediances however I find the show mildly amusing.
I thought it was pretty well done for a show with such a narrow topic. I mean it's not a show to learn how to brew, and I don't think it's targeted to brewers. It seems to be targeted more to beer geeks and the general pubilc. And it has to be a bit crazy and amusing to get the general population to watch. It may give the wrong message in some cases (ie craft beers all use crazy ingredients), but I think it might get more people to try something they otherwise might not. In the end I think it helps promote craft brewing to the masses in an entertaining way. Anything that helps grow the craft brewing pie is a good thing in my book. You have to have constant promotion to keep the growth going.
My brother in law is a produce for the show, so take my comments how you will.... Apparently the show had much more brewing related stuff: more in depth tastings, more descriptions of the brewing process, longer segments on them brewing the beers and the actual tastings, but the network cut a lot of it out and removed a ton of the details. Also, regarding the beers, my brother in law said that 90% of them were actually pretty good. I can't remember the one he wasn't super fond of.
