Hello, Everyone!
I got interested in brewing in Nov. 2014 and I joined these forums in Dec. 2014.
2 years later I finally bought my first setup.
I have been doing a ton of reading on these forums and I felt like now was the time to pull the trigger. In between Christmas and New Years of 2016 Adventures in Homebrewing and Beverage Factory had some pretty insane deals on gear. So I just went ahead and got everything I would need to brew and keg.
Last night was my first brew day.
I made a giant starter the previous day and I thought I had screwed it up, but it seems like it all turned out.
I pitched the yeast at 9 PM last night and as of 9 AM this morning the airlock is bubbling.
I bought a Kegerator and my first beer is a Lager so I am going to use the Kegerator to drop the temp of the primary to 50ish deg F.
Then later in the process down to 40deg F.
I actually wanted to build this beer for my Dad and I did not realize all of the steps and temp requirements before I got all the stuff for this beer. So I am really glad I got the Kegerator now lol!
Since this is my first brew. I have no beer so I have nothing to put in the kegs as of right yet. So this is going to work really well (I Hope).
Anyways, as I mentioned I made a Lager last night.
Everything went as planned.
The beers estimated OG was 1.059 and I ended up with an OG of 1.062 temp was 71.2F
I gave it a good shaking to ensure the water was mixed with the wort when I topped it off. I am fairly certain I got a pretty correct reading.
If all goes to plan the beer should come out about 6.43% ABV.
I am super excited!
Here are some photos below of most of my junk.
Enjoy!
Below is pictures of my closet I cleaned out to turn into a fermentation closet for my next beers.
Kegerator Photos:
First Brew Day!
I was drinking the New Belgium Ben & Jerry's Choco. Chip IC brew.
Thanks for reading and checking out my photos!
Finally glad to be officially part of the community.
Cheers!
I got interested in brewing in Nov. 2014 and I joined these forums in Dec. 2014.
2 years later I finally bought my first setup.
I have been doing a ton of reading on these forums and I felt like now was the time to pull the trigger. In between Christmas and New Years of 2016 Adventures in Homebrewing and Beverage Factory had some pretty insane deals on gear. So I just went ahead and got everything I would need to brew and keg.
Last night was my first brew day.
I made a giant starter the previous day and I thought I had screwed it up, but it seems like it all turned out.
I pitched the yeast at 9 PM last night and as of 9 AM this morning the airlock is bubbling.
I bought a Kegerator and my first beer is a Lager so I am going to use the Kegerator to drop the temp of the primary to 50ish deg F.
Then later in the process down to 40deg F.
I actually wanted to build this beer for my Dad and I did not realize all of the steps and temp requirements before I got all the stuff for this beer. So I am really glad I got the Kegerator now lol!
Since this is my first brew. I have no beer so I have nothing to put in the kegs as of right yet. So this is going to work really well (I Hope).
Anyways, as I mentioned I made a Lager last night.
Everything went as planned.
The beers estimated OG was 1.059 and I ended up with an OG of 1.062 temp was 71.2F
I gave it a good shaking to ensure the water was mixed with the wort when I topped it off. I am fairly certain I got a pretty correct reading.
If all goes to plan the beer should come out about 6.43% ABV.
I am super excited!
Here are some photos below of most of my junk.
Enjoy!
Below is pictures of my closet I cleaned out to turn into a fermentation closet for my next beers.
Kegerator Photos:
First Brew Day!
I was drinking the New Belgium Ben & Jerry's Choco. Chip IC brew.
Thanks for reading and checking out my photos!
Finally glad to be officially part of the community.
Cheers!