My first brewday! Northern Brewer's Honey Kolsch. Figured it would be a good entrance to hombrewing, as most of my friends and my gf drink utter crap for beer, i need to start them off light.
Gathering ingredients:
Set us up the pot! (check out my awesome brewpot I got at Home Depot for $15! It's a 30qt basket for a turkey fryer)
The Boil. Not much chance of a boilover, eh? I wonder how much more liquid I could fit in next time:
Chill out (I didn't have a lid for the pot, so I sanitized some aluminum foil)
Then everything happened all at once with no one to take pics of it, so it's all together here:
It looks like it's running a little warm (yeast tops out at 78deg according to the package), but bubbling wonderfully, so we'll see if it cools off today.
Wrap it in a wet towel and throw some ice packs around it. If I'm thinking correctly, Kolsh yeast work better (provide a crisper, smoother end product) when on the cooler side of things.
Good job, though!
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Originally Posted by olllllo
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yeah, it will still be a good beer, but the cooler the better...i keep mine at about 60. also, don't forget to age that kolsch...they have a kinda sulfur taste at first, but don't worry...in a month or so it'll be really good!
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