Hello everyone, I've wanted to get into home brewing for years now. I made the plunge, well realistically i've dipped my toes, and received a brooklyn brew kit (IPA). Its been fermenting for a day so far, I don't have much faith because I know I screwed up a couple steps. :smack: That's part of the process though. 
I'm excited to be here.
Just for S n' G's i'll post where I know I screwed up.
First of all the brooklyn brew kit is an all grain kit, and before I started I read some directions that you should boil 1 quart per lb of AG. I stupidly assumed because it was a one gallon batch, that it was one pound of grain. When I heated 1 quart of water to the right temp I added in the grains.. immediately I knew I screwed up. So i quickly did a googled to see what the weight was, and the first result was amazon.. yeah.. after adding 6 quarts to my almost overflowing boiler and having time to reflect on what I had hastily done, I realized that was the entire shipping weight of the kit. DOH! Watered down mash
Next I read it's better to get the dry yeast going with some sugar, and water after filtering out the grains from the mash. Retardedly I thought at the time what better yeast starter to use than the natural wort, after all it's sweet (yes I tasted every ingredient, and every step of the process) Well, I probably killed the poor buggers by scalding them.
Final error, since I assumed I probably killed my yeast, I pitched in some more dry yeast after cooling the wort. It started to bubble after an hour in the carboy, 6 hours later there was some foam, and a constant bubble rhythm going. A good bubble every 30 seconds or so. I'm wondering if I should just toss it, and start anew.
Cheers everyone! I'm sure to have some yeasty questions in the near future after I read a couple threads, i really love unfiltered wheat beers, and abbey style brews.
I'm excited to be here.
Just for S n' G's i'll post where I know I screwed up.
First of all the brooklyn brew kit is an all grain kit, and before I started I read some directions that you should boil 1 quart per lb of AG. I stupidly assumed because it was a one gallon batch, that it was one pound of grain. When I heated 1 quart of water to the right temp I added in the grains.. immediately I knew I screwed up. So i quickly did a googled to see what the weight was, and the first result was amazon.. yeah.. after adding 6 quarts to my almost overflowing boiler and having time to reflect on what I had hastily done, I realized that was the entire shipping weight of the kit. DOH! Watered down mash
Next I read it's better to get the dry yeast going with some sugar, and water after filtering out the grains from the mash. Retardedly I thought at the time what better yeast starter to use than the natural wort, after all it's sweet (yes I tasted every ingredient, and every step of the process
) Well, I probably killed the poor buggers by scalding them. Final error, since I assumed I probably killed my yeast, I pitched in some more dry yeast after cooling the wort. It started to bubble after an hour in the carboy, 6 hours later there was some foam, and a constant bubble rhythm going. A good bubble every 30 seconds or so. I'm wondering if I should just toss it, and start anew.
Cheers everyone! I'm sure to have some yeasty questions in the near future after I read a couple threads, i really love unfiltered wheat beers, and abbey style brews.
