For the sake of not bumping an older thread, I'll post my experience with my first brew so far here:
In my eagerness to get started, I steeped my grain pretty much immediately after sanitizing everything that arrived with my brew kit. As I started to steep, a creeping feeling that something was wrong washed over me, so I decided to double check my kit...
...my yeast was omitted by the supplier. So, I unfortunately am going to have a less-than-stellar first brew as I resorted to using a bread yeast for this batch. I'm well aware of the differences in yeasts, and I'm so incredibly disappointed that not only did I fail to double check my shipped contents but that my first brew is not going to be that good and will probably taste a lot like stale bread.
At any rate, I'll probably post some progress as things move along. I just needed a bit of a place to vent my frustrations with my supplier/myself.
In my eagerness to get started, I steeped my grain pretty much immediately after sanitizing everything that arrived with my brew kit. As I started to steep, a creeping feeling that something was wrong washed over me, so I decided to double check my kit...
...my yeast was omitted by the supplier. So, I unfortunately am going to have a less-than-stellar first brew as I resorted to using a bread yeast for this batch. I'm well aware of the differences in yeasts, and I'm so incredibly disappointed that not only did I fail to double check my shipped contents but that my first brew is not going to be that good and will probably taste a lot like stale bread.
At any rate, I'll probably post some progress as things move along. I just needed a bit of a place to vent my frustrations with my supplier/myself.