Ok so first brew is now in the fermentor. Came out at 1.052 ish. Had a couple of problems through the day...
1. Used to much water in the boil before the extracts, took some out and slowly added it as I had some boil off. Managed to put most of it back into the boil.
2. Added my 20 min addition at 40mins so reduced the boil time by 10 mins. Making my 60 mins 50 mins and my 40 (should have been 20) min 30.
3. After putting the fermentor into its resting place with airlock attached I pulled a bit off to bottle and take in for our brewer to taste and ended up pulling some liquid from the airlock into the fermentor. I got told to use some vodka or something in the airlock, but all I had was a little gin so now expecting some ****ing odd tasting beer lol
At the very least it's my first batch down, bring on the next one.
1. Used to much water in the boil before the extracts, took some out and slowly added it as I had some boil off. Managed to put most of it back into the boil.
2. Added my 20 min addition at 40mins so reduced the boil time by 10 mins. Making my 60 mins 50 mins and my 40 (should have been 20) min 30.
3. After putting the fermentor into its resting place with airlock attached I pulled a bit off to bottle and take in for our brewer to taste and ended up pulling some liquid from the airlock into the fermentor. I got told to use some vodka or something in the airlock, but all I had was a little gin so now expecting some ****ing odd tasting beer lol
At the very least it's my first batch down, bring on the next one.