...but I feel strangely complete...
I just tossed yeast on a Cooper's Irish Stout pkg, in my new second brew vat (# Two-I know, an ominous name). The original (now named # One) being reserved for the next starter kit of Cooper's Lager (light ale, as ya'all pointed out to me). As my original brew is now in week 2 after bottling and Cooper's is out of bottles (giving me the excuse to purchase their kit at a reduced price plus a 10% off coupon), I'll wait another week to start #One. I figure to drink at week 3, and take maybe a week drinking it, to clear my bottles for # One's next run.
I understand why Cooper's makes the vats clear, now: so "we" can watch as our precious' do their thing. Suddenly, I realized that I had been standing and watching (with a beer in hand) for about 10 minutes, after I set the Kraussen and lid, waiting to see my lil yeasties start to chew. (I imagine that septic tank enzyme commercial...I see lil "almost Pac-Man-like" enzymes munching on my precious ingredients striving to give me a beautiful stout)
What more could a man ask for? Ya'all know that I'll be asking a gazillion questions before this is through, so I thought I'd warn ya'all and share my happy and content state-of-mind. I reckon this post wil probably make ya'all think of that happy, warm feeling that ya'all get when ya'all toss yeast. At least, I hope so...
I just tossed yeast on a Cooper's Irish Stout pkg, in my new second brew vat (# Two-I know, an ominous name). The original (now named # One) being reserved for the next starter kit of Cooper's Lager (light ale, as ya'all pointed out to me). As my original brew is now in week 2 after bottling and Cooper's is out of bottles (giving me the excuse to purchase their kit at a reduced price plus a 10% off coupon), I'll wait another week to start #One. I figure to drink at week 3, and take maybe a week drinking it, to clear my bottles for # One's next run.
I understand why Cooper's makes the vats clear, now: so "we" can watch as our precious' do their thing. Suddenly, I realized that I had been standing and watching (with a beer in hand) for about 10 minutes, after I set the Kraussen and lid, waiting to see my lil yeasties start to chew. (I imagine that septic tank enzyme commercial...I see lil "almost Pac-Man-like" enzymes munching on my precious ingredients striving to give me a beautiful stout)
What more could a man ask for? Ya'all know that I'll be asking a gazillion questions before this is through, so I thought I'd warn ya'all and share my happy and content state-of-mind. I reckon this post wil probably make ya'all think of that happy, warm feeling that ya'all get when ya'all toss yeast. At least, I hope so...