Hi from Sminings!

idover · Dec 20, 2011

Hi all, I've been brewing with extract for about six months and just completed my first all-grain this past weekend. This site is a GREAT help. I selected what looked to be the simplest (and least expensive) recipe to start and am reading more about the science of mashing. My target gravity was 1.045, and I was really surprised that I was able to stay at temperature for the hour and succeeded in reaching OG 1.042. I really thought I'd screw it, hence the cheap recipe. I pitched Wyeast 1272 at 70 degrees 48 hours ago, but can't see any activity. If I see nothing tomorrow before leaving for work, I plan to pitch a packet of Nottingham and hope for the best.

Sminings, by the way, is Smyrna-Vinings just northwest of Atlanta. I'm both too poor and unhip to live in REAL Vinings.

Cheers!
Ike

Brulosopher · Dec 20, 2011

I'd give it a little more of a chance before pitching the Notty... just believe

idover · Dec 20, 2011

Thanks, my first AG was as fun and terrifying as my very first batch. Terrifying, as in "what did I do wrong?" Maybe I need to pitch myself some Xanax!