Yesterday, I bottled the first batch of homebrew I've ever made.
What I've learned, in no particular order, so far (please feel free to chip in your own thoughts):
1. I'm not going to mess with boiling the water/wort on an electric stove again. I'll use a propane burner. To get the water to a rolling boil and to keep it there, I had to leave the top on the wort kettle.
2. I think I should have given the yeast a little more time to rehydrate, 20 minutes instead of 10.
3. I think I racked to the secondary too soon ( about 5 days).
4. I think I left it in the secondary too long, 12 days.
Sunday evening I'm going to crack open my first bottle and see how it's doing,
I hope that bottle aging makes a big difference, based on the taste when I bottled it.
Oh well, on to the next batch.
EBS
What I've learned, in no particular order, so far (please feel free to chip in your own thoughts):
1. I'm not going to mess with boiling the water/wort on an electric stove again. I'll use a propane burner. To get the water to a rolling boil and to keep it there, I had to leave the top on the wort kettle.
2. I think I should have given the yeast a little more time to rehydrate, 20 minutes instead of 10.
3. I think I racked to the secondary too soon ( about 5 days).
4. I think I left it in the secondary too long, 12 days.
Sunday evening I'm going to crack open my first bottle and see how it's doing,
I hope that bottle aging makes a big difference, based on the taste when I bottled it.
Oh well, on to the next batch.
EBS