I do! well, not as much now but when I first started it was a great resource. Don osborn, northern brewer, beer geek nation, etc. also newfound brewing video when I built my kegerator. That being said there are tons crap out there so be careful…
I still watch them from time to time…I now mostly watch videos for unique setups. Craigtube and Basic Brewing Video (met them at NHC 2015 and they are great at answering your questions) got me into homebrewing, but I stopped watching Craig as much because he focuses on the kits I would rather not brew…not to diminish the great effort he has put in and the knowledge he as imparted, but he comes off now as the Bill Nye of brewing. He is the guy you should first watch, but after you have had a few beers under your belt, you tend to not watch him as much.
What I don’t like are how there are homebrew channels who no longer brew as much and just post random videos that have nothing to do with brewing like Home Beer Brewery with his drones.
Thanks, Brewing on the Ones is great. I can’t find Drew’s saison talk though, which he mentioned in the video.
I’m not offended, should I be?
Brewing TV was great, Chop & Brew is good but infrequent, some of Don O’s videos are pretty good. I’ll watch a basic brewing video here and there. But the videos recorded on an old flip phone with bad sound of a guy in his basement brewing a barrel aged quad with malta, raisins, and bread yeast are awful.
I pretty much only watch videos dealing with new (or imported from commercial) processes, equipment, or techniques. I’m a visual learner for that sort of thing. Reading spec sheets or white papers really isn’t a substitute.
I don’t watch basic how-to-brew videos, but they do have their place. Not everybody has a local club to do a brew day to hang out and heckle somebody else’s process and learn.
+1. I picked up a lot of the early techniques that I wasn’t understanding in printed form by watching somebody do it in a video somewhere. My schedule isn’t conducive to homebrew club meetings so I have to leverage this kind of thing if I want to watch somebody else brew.
I do, but not as much as before. As mentioned, it’s something to kind of do to see what other brewers are doing. We all have our own methods, techniques, tips, tricks…etc. I like to pick up on something if I can. Another reason to watch is for the very same reason I may have watched a video here and there when first learning. I now might watch a video to check something out that I’m not familiar with…say decoction mashing or brewing a certain style of beer.
I wouldn’t say it’s stupid, I’m not watching to learn “how to brew all grain” but someone starting out might be looking for exactly that. The fact that EVERYONE and their mother has a video on it is just how it is. For some making the video is just as much a hobby that they may also enjoy.
I think there’s some “pride of craftsmanship” or “pure joy of sharing” aspect to posting these videos, too. Sort of similar to our “Pics of Recent Brews” thread that’s been active for nearly six years and has over a hundred pages of “pride” pictures. You could argue that there’s not a ton of value in them (I do think there is), but nobody requires you to watch them…
Boom!
Crazy. I too listen to Scandinavian death metal when adding roast malts at the end of mash. Deep down, aren’t we all really just the same.
Close, but that’s Tampa death metal all the way.
Honestly, I would party with the Mongster any day of the week. He has an excellent sense of humor, IMO.
One of my brew days was scored by Dethklok’s Death Album III. It was brutal.
I review videos just to see if someone is doing something that I can learn from. I learned how to build by mash tun from watching videos on youtube. Other great ideas are constantly being posted there, but, agreed, most are a repeat of the same thing. But if I stop watching, I may miss something as revolutionary as “Batch Sparging”. Who knows what is next?
The vids about All Grain Brewing for Beginners are hilarious. Usually, a vid is produced by a clueless beginner demonstrating to other clueless beginners his version of producing the first all grain batch of beer that he has ever made. The best part is that vid producers come on as being a great authority on brewing beer, but after a few minutes of watching, it becomes obvious that they have no idea about what they are doing.
A vid deserving an Oscar is the vid which a guy produced on how to brew all grain session ale for beginners. The best part of the vid comes when the guy pulls out a blackboard and draws a pacman head on it and with added pacman sound effects he describes how yeast eats Alpha and produces sugar that does not ferment and how Beta does almost the same thing, but at a slower pace. Then at the end of the blackboard dribble, an expression that a chimpanzee exhibits when he sees himself in a mirror for the first time came upon the guys face and he then said, “I really don’t understand any of it.” Another great part comes when hundreds of viewers who have absolutely no knowledge of brewing beer gave him accolades for producing a fine, instructional vid.
Must see…
