texasgeorge
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I have a friend at work who is interested in learning how to homebrew. He's always been curious since I started brewing myself and talking about it. The interest has piqued after tasting the Pale Rye Ale I made and he wants to come over to my place and help/watch me brew it for him again. He has offered to buy the ingredients.
I want him to take away enough info to feel comfortable investing in his own homebrew setup but not so much info as to overwhelm him and scare him away from the hobby. He's pretty sharp and analytical, but there's a WHOLE LOT of stuff to tinker with in this hobby of ours.
Obviously cleaning and sanitation will be lesson #1.
All-Grain 101 will encompass proper mash temp and conversion process. I'll hold off on Water Chemistry and what the differences in temp rests mean for now.
We'll boil, I'll have him do all the hop additions explaining why you add hops at different intervals.
Cool, pitch (my starter prepared in advance), clean. Explain what happens over the next three weeks (fermentation, secondary clearing, etc.)
Invite him back over for bottling day.
Anything I should omit to avoid confusion? Anything I'm missing that's critical that I just take for granted with experience?
I want him to take away enough info to feel comfortable investing in his own homebrew setup but not so much info as to overwhelm him and scare him away from the hobby. He's pretty sharp and analytical, but there's a WHOLE LOT of stuff to tinker with in this hobby of ours.
Obviously cleaning and sanitation will be lesson #1.
All-Grain 101 will encompass proper mash temp and conversion process. I'll hold off on Water Chemistry and what the differences in temp rests mean for now.
We'll boil, I'll have him do all the hop additions explaining why you add hops at different intervals.
Cool, pitch (my starter prepared in advance), clean. Explain what happens over the next three weeks (fermentation, secondary clearing, etc.)
Invite him back over for bottling day.
Anything I should omit to avoid confusion? Anything I'm missing that's critical that I just take for granted with experience?