First brew finally in a Keg! Finally!

[afchad]

So...this has been a long time coming.....My very first homebrew! I finally brewed my Boundry Waters Wheat kit from Midwest Supplies. I fermented it in a brew bucket letting it sit for six weeks in primary. Then after opening my lid I thought I was doomed with infection. Of coarse I came on here and was told it was yeast rafts!
man was I pumped! I finally got my work into a keg and it currently priming at 12 psi at 36 degrees. Gonna wait 7 days and then test it out!

 

[Hello]

Congrats! You started kegging early!

 

[k1ngl1ves]

Maybe you should have bought a smaller kit, and used the rest of the money to fix your blinds... Lol!

Seriously though, I'm impressed! My first kit was a Mr. Beer that seemed to only produce horse piss...

 

[aiptasia]

That's about right for the wheat beer PSI-wise. It's probably going to take a little bit longer to carbonate completely but yes definitely test it out after a week. Be sure to dial back the pressure to a lower serving pressure, say about six PSI. I have that same valve system from Midwest and I find five to six PSI is about right.

For the rest of your blond ales (APA's, IPA's, etc.) you can set it and forget it at 10 psi.

 

[afchad]

Well, about 2 yrs ago I did make edworts apfelwein and bottled it...bottling was a PITA....So I knew my first beer brew was gonna go in a keg

 

[timrox1212]

wish i could have kegged my first batch. i had to bottle my first 18 before i got a kegging system


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[afchad]

Maybe you should have bought a smaller kit, and used the rest of the money to fix your blinds... Lol!

Seriously though, I'm impressed! My first kit was a Mr. Beer that seemed to only produce horse piss...

Yes, I have a 2 and 5 yr old, they are rough on my blinds! lmao

 

[afchad]

Now to decide on something to put in the primary,,,,,

 

[Hello]

I vote for another picture of the lego looking guy with the mustache on the right.

 

[afchad]

I vote for another picture of the lego looking guy with the mustache on the right.

Ha! that was out at Xmas time! its an Air Force nutcracker!

 

[k1ngl1ves]

Now to decide on something to put in the primary,,,,,

Be forewarned: Children love large bottles that bubble. I recently had a red ale fermenting with a small corvette stuck in the trub. The next week a few Legos mysteriously appeared.

Kids. Their curiosity is extremely infectious!!!

 

[passedpawn]

Post about the blinds made me laugh. Good job with your first brew. 6 weeks is a very long time for a ferment. When you get rolling, you can cut that down to 10 days for ales.

 

[Thedutchtouch]

You likely didn't need to leave it for 6 weeks in primary... Most of my wheats are done in somewhere between 2-3 weeks. Take gravity readings every day after 2 weeks, if they don't change, you're done and can keg. I see a bucket and two car boys on that table, time to start working on the pipeline!

 

[afchad]

Post about the blinds made me laugh. Good job with your first brew. 6 weeks is a very long time for a ferment. When you get rolling, you can cut that down to 10 days for ales.

Usually I have a habit of rushing my hobbies lol...Im trying to use patience...I also forgot to take an initial gravity reading so I wanted to do a lil overkill on time in primary..

 

[afchad]

You likely didn't need to leave it for 6 weeks in primary... Most of my wheats are done in somewhere between 2-3 weeks. Take gravity readings every day after 2 weeks, if they don't change, you're done and can keg. I see a bucket and two car boys on that table, time to start working on the pipeline!

lol...I hear ya on the pipeline...I just wanted to be sure I could actually get ONE in a keg infection free! lol Plus my military obligations had me busy as hell

 

[afchad]

Be forewarned: Children love large bottles that bubble. I recently had a red ale fermenting with a small corvette stuck in the trub. The next week a few Legos mysteriously appeared.

Kids. Their curiosity is extremely infectious!!!

I know, I lied to my kids and told them there were harmful chemicals in that bucket LMAO

 

[afchad]

Here is kinda the beginning of an idea for my Brewery label....Its called..Texas Gypsy Brewing Co.

The idea came from the Fact im from Texas and travel around a lot being in military