"Beer Masters" Amazon Prime videos

[Ross M]

A week to brew all the beers and 5 to 6 weeks to ferment

Wow, only a week to brew?

 

[Leon103]

Wow, only a week to brew?

One a day

 

[Braufather]

One a day

so our if interest, what do you think you would have entered for each round?

 

[Hoddy]

so our if interest, what do you think you would have entered for each round?

I’ve not really thought about that. Can someone remind me what the beers were after “easy drinking pale” in round one.

Maybe me and @Leon103 should put our heads together on that one.

 

[Braufather]

You should!

Next was an abbey style beer, then there was a dark strong beer so a quad or barley wine, the last was Pilsner. I’m missing one.

 

[Leon103]

so our if interest, what do you think you would have entered for each round?

I haven't watched them all so don't know the style guides

 

[Sadfield]

I think this of brewing generally, but from the two episodes I watched, the issues were all technique and process related, and success was dependent on that, rather than the recipes or ingredient choices. I suspect @Leon103 and @Hoddy would have done well, whatever they brewed.

The tripel episode being an example, that most failed through getting the carbonation completely wrong. And possibly too much colour development in the boil from too high a wort pH.

 

[Braufather]

I agree to acertain extent but if it was solely down to that the Italian pair would have won I reckon. They were the best brewers it appeared but were maybe to safe with their styles.

 

[Leon103]

I think this of brewing generally, but from the two episodes I watched, the issues were all technique and process related, and success was dependent on that, rather than the recipes or ingredient choices. I suspect @Leon103 and @Hoddy would have done well, whatever they brewed.

The tripel episode being an example, that most failed through getting the carbonation completely wrong. And possibly too much colour development in the boil from too high a wort pH.

It is safe to say, we would have thrown tonnes of hops at every beer

 

[Eskimo John]

I watched the whole series and enjoyed it as a bit of light entertainment on a subject close to my heart.

However I think that to some extent it was flawed.

The brewers were from all over Europe but the beer styles were very "continental" for want of a better word. For example there was no chance to see Dutch, Italian and Belgium brewers make a traditional British bitter. This may have put the Brits at a disadvantage from the start.

I also think that there wasn't enough on the brewing process, it would have been nice to see some features on aspects of the brew process spread over the programs. I know that most of the audience would be drinkers and not brewers but perhaps an opportunity to draw people into the hobby and to provide some professional advice with some detail was missed.

Let's hope series two is better.

 

[MickDundee]

The winning beer is available on Beerhawk now. It’s a bit pricey (£18.99 for 6x330ml plus postage) so I added a German Lager box for my dad for Christmas at the same time to make it more worthwhile. I ordered mine yesterday and it should be coming today.

https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/beer-masters

 

[Braufather]

The brewers were from all over Europe but the beer styles were very "continental" for want of a better word. For example there was no chance to see Dutch, Italian and Belgium brewers make a traditional British bitter. This may have put the Brits at a disadvantage from the start.

i thought that too. I think three of the five rounds featured a belgium beer of some description. next series could be - ESB, US IPA, Stout, sassion and Munich Helles., or maybe broader - UK style, US style, German style, Belgium style and rest of world.

 

[MickDundee]

i thought that too. I think three of the five rounds featured a belgium beer of some description. next series could be - ESB, US IPA, Stout, sassion and Munich Helles., or maybe broader - UK style, US style, German style, Belgium style and rest of world.

This is my main criticism as well. To me Tripel, Strong Dark and Abbey style ales are all fairly traditional styles that can be semi-interchangeable, and the whole point of being “beer master” should be to be a good all-round brewer of multiple styles.

It looked like they were restricted to breweries linked to ABInbev but I would have thought it would have given them enough scope to test multiple styles.

 

[MickDundee]

Here it is. I don’t usually drink strong dark ales but this is quite nice. Rich smooth and fruity raisin/fig flavours. Doesn’t taste 9%.

 

[Ross M]

Looks great but too dark for me.

 

[Pickinghops]

I got my hands on some and it’s ok, easy to drink for 9% not too complex with a figgy undertone, but is it europes next great beer? I fear not.
But don’t let that stop you, what do I know?

 

[sifty]

James is quite amusing. Like his self deprecating humour...

 

[Paul7189]

It was refreshing to see a competition type show that didn’t punish mistakes with being kicked out of the competition. Would have been good to see an anything goes round where you just make your favourite beer!