Well I know there is a lot of begginer stories on the forum, so I figured I would toss mine into the mix. Me and my brother brewed our first two batches last night. We did a "Blazberry Honey Wheat" (raspberry, blueberry, and wheat beer with honey). The brew process was very easy. It was a partial mash recipie. My brother is a cook and I do the science end, so it was a good mix of brains on the matter. We enjoyed it very much. And nothing went wrong. We were sanitary (probably over sanitary) but that is a good thing! The initial SG of the batch was 1.060, and it tasted good, we had to steal a taste of the wort! And we had yeast action within the first hour after pitching. We will secondary it this saturday , depending on the activity on it, then bottle two weeks from them.
The second batch we did was a Holiday Spice Ale, a recipe we got out of "The Brewmasters Bible". It again came out awsome. Our specifig gravity was dead on the recipie. Also had quick yeast action on that batch as well. And now 24 hours into it, the action is good and heavy, and we have not had any spill over!!!! So I will update on the secondary and then bottleing! I can see how this can get obsessive.
-Punn
The second batch we did was a Holiday Spice Ale, a recipe we got out of "The Brewmasters Bible". It again came out awsome. Our specifig gravity was dead on the recipie. Also had quick yeast action on that batch as well. And now 24 hours into it, the action is good and heavy, and we have not had any spill over!!!! So I will update on the secondary and then bottleing! I can see how this can get obsessive.
-Punn