First Brew Day

[sirgeoph]

Had my first brew day yesterday. After my ridiculous amount of lurking on the forums and reading and learning, wife and I finally had the time to set aside to start brewing.

No major mishaps, and everything worked as well as intended. My home-made immersion chiller cooled the wort down to 75 in under 20 minutes, so I was happy with that. Check the thermostat on my temp controller on my mini-fridge fermentation chamber and it's holding well, so another DIY project seems to be working just fine.

Definitely a great experience. Assuming fermentation and then condition happen in a good time, my first home brew should be ready for drinking in time for our annual crawfish boil. Obviously, I'll give it a test run before I start sharing with my friends. Prooobably don't want to give everyone crappy beer if I failed my first attempt.

 

[AmandaK]

No major mishaps, and everything worked as well as intended.

That's more than I can say for my first batch! Good on ya!

 

[brewmedic43]

Congrats on the brew day!!! Even better to have your wife involved. Welcome to the addiction. Im impressed you already made a wort chiller and fermentation fridge PRIOR to your first brew. Thats awesome. Heres to a successful crawfish boil

 

[boo boo]

my first home brew should be ready for drinking in time for our annual crawfish boil.

I can't wait for the spring lobster and snow crab fishery to start.
I had a feed of crab this weekend, but there is nothing like fresh seafood.

Shoot, forgot to wish you good luck and congrats on your first brewday.

 

[sirgeoph]

Congrats on the brew day!!! Even better to have your wife involved. Welcome to the addiction. Im impressed you already made a wort chiller and fermentation fridge PRIOR to your first brew. Thats awesome. Heres to a successful crawfish boil

Haha, thanks. I've always been one of those "If I'm going to do something, I'm going to DO it" type guys. I didn't want to leave anything up to chance. Plus, I like making things. And, being in New Orleans, our summer heat is about to make fermenting a challenge, so I wanted to make sure all was safe before screwing up a batch.

 

[sirgeoph]

Drank the first 2 bottles of this first ever batch. Came out great! Great color, really nice head retention, and, most importantly, the flavor was spot on!