Yesterday I decided that I wanted to do another "beer brewing sunday". Then I got the idea to call up my dad and have him come over and brew with me and have a few beers and shoot the proverbial breeze. Off to the LHBS I went and picked up another Bucket and a kit of Cream Ale. Came home, sanitized everything, a knock at the door and my Dad comes in to join the party. Everything went smoothly, the boil went off without a hitch, I let my Dad do all the ingredient additions while I monitored the temps and made sure everything remained clean (Hey with 3 other people coming through the kitchen, you can't be too sure right?).
After the boil, the wort was cooled in the sink like last time, this time with the help of some added weight to the top of the Pot to help keep it from floating and stirring all the precipitated particulates back into suspension. This wort looked a LOT different than my brew from Last sunday. It looked cleaner as I poured it into the Primary, more sediment had fallen to the bottom of the pot. I was very excited that I got the temp to 70* so quickly and had thoroughly mixed the Wort, aerated it, and pitched the dry yeast packet all on schedule.
This was about 7:30 last night that the Yeast was stirred in and the Primary was set in the 72*F closet to ferment (hopefully). Everything is going as planned, thus far. So I ate some dinner and napped on the couch. This morning I woke up, checked the primary and what do ya know, Fermentation! Just like with my first batch, the fermentation was steady, about once every 4 seconds on this one. Now... we wait.
After the boil, the wort was cooled in the sink like last time, this time with the help of some added weight to the top of the Pot to help keep it from floating and stirring all the precipitated particulates back into suspension. This wort looked a LOT different than my brew from Last sunday. It looked cleaner as I poured it into the Primary, more sediment had fallen to the bottom of the pot. I was very excited that I got the temp to 70* so quickly and had thoroughly mixed the Wort, aerated it, and pitched the dry yeast packet all on schedule.
This was about 7:30 last night that the Yeast was stirred in and the Primary was set in the 72*F closet to ferment (hopefully). Everything is going as planned, thus far. So I ate some dinner and napped on the couch. This morning I woke up, checked the primary and what do ya know, Fermentation! Just like with my first batch, the fermentation was steady, about once every 4 seconds on this one. Now... we wait.
