GeekBrew
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Hi everyone. Great forum filled with amazing information. I had my first brew night last Friday in Saturday morning, and it was great. I figured I'd share a few funny notes along with a pic to make sure everything looks normal.
I purchased the morebeer premium kit when they had it as a deal of the day and I couldn't be happier. The 8.5 gallon pot seems a bit thin, but no complaints. morebeer's customer service was also a pleasure to deal with. The kit comes with their American Ale extract kit including Safale US-05.
Here are some of my funny lessons learned
- when you read on homebrewtalk that 6 hours is good time to set aside for the brew process, don't assume you can do it your first time in 4 hours. 2AM was quite a late night for this old man when i finally finished up.
- Working in the driveway, random people walking by will be interested in what you are doing. When you tell them you are making beer, they are even more interested.
- Bring cash to the propane tank exchange because their credit card machines go down.
- just because I got a good burner doesn't mean I know how to use it. Cleaning the black off the bottom and side of the pot wasn't so bad though! more oxygen next time for the burner.
- make sure the clamp holding the hose to your wort chiller is tight or at least have a screwdriver ready for when water starts shooting out!
Overall, everything went pretty smooth and now I'm just waiting to bottle. Some pics below.
I purchased the morebeer premium kit when they had it as a deal of the day and I couldn't be happier. The 8.5 gallon pot seems a bit thin, but no complaints. morebeer's customer service was also a pleasure to deal with. The kit comes with their American Ale extract kit including Safale US-05.
Here are some of my funny lessons learned
- when you read on homebrewtalk that 6 hours is good time to set aside for the brew process, don't assume you can do it your first time in 4 hours. 2AM was quite a late night for this old man when i finally finished up.
- Working in the driveway, random people walking by will be interested in what you are doing. When you tell them you are making beer, they are even more interested.
- Bring cash to the propane tank exchange because their credit card machines go down.
- just because I got a good burner doesn't mean I know how to use it. Cleaning the black off the bottom and side of the pot wasn't so bad though! more oxygen next time for the burner.
- make sure the clamp holding the hose to your wort chiller is tight or at least have a screwdriver ready for when water starts shooting out!
Overall, everything went pretty smooth and now I'm just waiting to bottle. Some pics below.