newbrewr4fun
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I brewed my first beer today!!!
It took me a good 4 hours to do it. Man that takes alot of time. I must be slow or something. I brewed a stout from a brew shop nearby. Here is how it went:
Place specialty grain in grain bag in 3 gallons of cold water and steep until 170 degrees.
Turned off heat and steeped for 20 minutes
Added my malt extract and stirred until dissolved
Turned heat on and brought to a boil.
Noticed foam on top and added first hops
Sanitized bucket, airlock, hydrometer, thermometer, strainer, spoon.
Boiled wort for 30 minutes then added gypsum and something else I can't remember what it is called.
Boiled wort for 20 more minutes and added last hops.
dumped out bucket and wiped down counter with sanitizer for equipment
Let bucket and equipment air dry with lid on for about 25 minutes (this was during the boil)
Filled sink with water and ice and placed pot of wort in it
Cooled wort for about 30 minutes until down to about 70 degrees.
took hydrometer reading
tasted beer GOOD!
dumped wort through strainer
added about 2.4 gallons of cold water rinsing hops in strainer as I went
placed lid on bucket and rocked back and fourth for about 2 minutes to areate.
shook vial of liquid yeast and pitched, no starter was requiried.
put airlock on bucket and placed in my air conditioned room at about 67 degrees.
The hydrometer reading was 1.080 which is higher than I expected. This beer as an abv of 6.5%.
So thats how it went! How did I do? Should I have done anything differently?
It took me a good 4 hours to do it. Man that takes alot of time. I must be slow or something. I brewed a stout from a brew shop nearby. Here is how it went:
Place specialty grain in grain bag in 3 gallons of cold water and steep until 170 degrees.
Turned off heat and steeped for 20 minutes
Added my malt extract and stirred until dissolved
Turned heat on and brought to a boil.
Noticed foam on top and added first hops
Sanitized bucket, airlock, hydrometer, thermometer, strainer, spoon.
Boiled wort for 30 minutes then added gypsum and something else I can't remember what it is called.
Boiled wort for 20 more minutes and added last hops.
dumped out bucket and wiped down counter with sanitizer for equipment
Let bucket and equipment air dry with lid on for about 25 minutes (this was during the boil)
Filled sink with water and ice and placed pot of wort in it
Cooled wort for about 30 minutes until down to about 70 degrees.
took hydrometer reading
tasted beer GOOD!
dumped wort through strainer
added about 2.4 gallons of cold water rinsing hops in strainer as I went
placed lid on bucket and rocked back and fourth for about 2 minutes to areate.
shook vial of liquid yeast and pitched, no starter was requiried.
put airlock on bucket and placed in my air conditioned room at about 67 degrees.
The hydrometer reading was 1.080 which is higher than I expected. This beer as an abv of 6.5%.
So thats how it went! How did I do? Should I have done anything differently?