First Brew Day

[cheesecake]

Well i picked up everything to get my first brew day underway. i am starting with a Brewers Best American cream ale kit.

I am boiling the water now and as soon as i Find the batteries for the camera i will get some pictures.

 

[Warped04]

Congrats. Enjoy the brewday.

 

[humann_brewing]

woohoo.... beer, beer, beer, bed, bed, bed

 

[SporkD2]

yay beer and pictures of beer! My FAV

 

[cheesecake]

Water is on The stove. LME is in the sink in warm water

Here are the rest of the ingredients laid out

Here is my helper

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Congratulations! Hope everything goes well and I can't wait to see pictures.

 

[cheesecake]

I now have Wort according to the directions LME and water waiting for the boil to come back so i can add the hops

Then follow there time schedule.

 

[cheesecake]

And i just had my first boilover.. wow it came from no where..... oops

Do i just throw the pellet hops into the wort and let boil... i really hope so because thats what i did

 

[Brewin06111]

yes but add them slow or it'll boil over

 

[cheesecake]

Well it boiled over before i added the hops so far with the hops its boiling good but not boiling over

 

[cheesecake]

Hops have been boiling for about 20 minutes in the wort only 20 more minutes to go before i add the LME and corn sugar

 

[TechyDork]

When i brewed on the stove i found that once i got the boil going i had to dail down the temp just about 1/8th of a turn to keep the rolling boil going. i am sure each stove is different, but it worked for me.

congrats on the brew!!

 

[cheesecake]

Boilover mess

And wort with hops added in

 

[cheesecake]

When i brewed on the stove i found that once i got the boil going i had to dail down the temp just about 1/8th of a turn to keep the rolling boil going. i am sure each stove is different, but it worked for me.

congrats on the brew!!

Thanks ill give it a try

 

[cheesecake]

Well its in the fermenter. its at about 80 degrees so im waiting to pitch the yeast
....

My helper fell asleep halfway through

and well here is my og

 

[Warped04]

Looks tasty.

 

[cheesecake]

I pitched the yeast and its in the fermenting closet.


I also made a pumpkin mead tonight while i was waiting for the temp tp drop on the american cream ale

 

[bigin31]

FYI, I threw in the pellets ONCE. I think my beer was about 80 IBU. You can use old panty hose and cut it up or a Moslin bag from LHBS for $.50.

 

[cheesecake]

the directions said to just throw them in. next time ill get a hop bag

 

[bigin31]

Yeah most of the time they do. I just had a bad experience I guess. Im sure yours will turn out fine though. I had many complications with my first AG. Which was also my first true brew, outside of Mr. Beer.

 

[cheesecake]

Still no airlock activity but its still early ill wait it out before i have any concern

 

[Warped04]

I know it's tough to be patient...you'll be bubbling away just as you lose hope that it's not going to start

 

[cheesecake]

Ive got bubbles once about every 20 seconds YAY and thanks to those that helped me here and in chat yesterday i appreciate it :rockin::rockin:

 

[Warped04]

Congrats