First brew! With pictures

[nostalgia]

I know it isn't a problem if you are careful with the splashing, but damn clean that sink if you are going to be brewing in there. I mean I play fast and loose with the sanitation sometimes, but yuck.

That doesn't look delicious to you? I added a bit to the wort for flavor.

In all seriousness, I didn't expect to be using the sink when I started the brew. It was only after the boil that I realized I should probably make an ice bath to cool the wort. I didn't think it would be necessary to sanitize the sink, since the outside of the brewpot wasn't going to come in contact with the wort.

Point taken, though.

-Joe

 

[nostalgia]

When I came home today I was getting a bubble every 10 seconds. So I guess we had some lazy yeasties in there that needed a good shove to wake up

And this morning it's bubbling once every 5 seconds. I'm guessing this is because I didn't aerate the wort, beyond pouring it into the fermenter bucket. I'll know for next time.

-Joe

 

[nostalgia]

6th day in the secondary and fermentation has *finally* slowed down to about a minute per bubble.

Gravity was 1.012 at 65F. That's a little more like it!

The beer is clearing nicely (doesn't look like OJ any more) and tastes pretty good. It had very fine bubbles in it in the test tube.

Going to take another reading tomorrow and likely bottle on Wednesday.

-Joe