Another newbie, first beer in primary...

[Travt2000]

Put my first brew in primary last night... airlock is bubbling happily as I type and the next Sweetwater 420 awaits.

English Pale Ale
7.7lbs Briess Pilsen Light LME
1lb Crystal 60

Hops
6aau (2oz, I believe?) Warrior
1.5 oz Goldings

1 pkg Nottingham yeast

Dry Hopping with 1oz Fuggles.

Recipe called for the hops to go into the boil for 30 minutes... being a bit of a hop fiend and far too experimental, I said to heck with that and did 50 minutes of a 60 minute boil.

Since fermentation seems to have already taken off pretty quickly, I'm curious to see when the little yeast monsters decide to slow down to a halt. I'm looking at moving to secondary either on Wednesday (big assumption) or on Sunday - probably Sunday, though.

 

[WyomingBrewer]

Congrats on your first time!

 

[Travt2000]

Thanks. Helped a friend brew Wednesday night and decided to quit thinking about it and pick up my gear and a kit yesterday afternoon on the way home (big thanks to the folks at Alabrew, too - very helpful).

 

[Clann]

Welcome to the addiction.

sweetwater makes a pretty good beer. I had their sampler 12pack a couple of months back

 

[dgoldb1]

Congrats Travt2000 on your first home brew! What temp is your fermentor at.

You can probably just leave your beer in the primary for the entirety of the fermentation and beyond (3-4 weeks), no real need to rack to a secondary unless you're adding fruit or other fermentable sugars.

 

[Travt2000]

Congrats Travt2000 on your first home brew! What temp is your fermentor at.

You can probably just leave your beer in the primary for the entirety of the fermentation and beyond (3-4 weeks), no real need to rack to a secondary unless you're adding fruit or other fermentable sugars.

It's at a pretty constant 70 degrees in the closet where the fermenter lives.

Even with it being the first, I'm still planning on going to secondary with this one since it's supposed to be dry hopped. Probably wait 9-10 days before moving to secondary and then the real hard part starts - waiting while I can actually see what it looks like (waiting isn't real hard right now when all I can see is the bubbles in the airlock).

 

[dgoldb1]

Dry hop in your primary.