Just about to start the boil on my first AG!!

[IBUPIMP]

Things have gone fairly well so far. I missed my mash temp a bit due to temp loss durnig the hour... but I am not freaking, I know the rest of the evening will go great. Nothing a homebrew or 2 can't fix.

 

[sudbuster]

Things have gone fairly well so far. I missed my mash temp a bit due to temp loss durnig the hour... but I am not freaking, I know the rest of the evening will go great. Nothing a homebrew or 2 can't fix.

Great! having fun is the best part of this hobby.. cheers

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Enjoy it and congrats!

 

[Walker]

whew! looks like it's going to be a late night for you. It'll definitely be one to remember.

have a good one!

 

[IBUPIMP]

Chiller just started working its magic! Boil went off well, love that smell. Luckily I do not work tomorrow AM so this is time well spent!

 

[electric_beer]

LUCKY!

 

[IBUPIMP]

Just about ready to pitch my White Labs Irish Ale Yeast starter. Then a small bit of clean-up and its off to dream about future brews.

God Bless Wisconsin, it appears that I will have some snow to shovel in the morning...

 

[mordantly]

nice!............

 

[Limited Visibility]

I should have about 2 feet to shovel by tomorrow

 

[MilwaukeeBrewGuy]

so how long did it take you to brew this? Looking to finally start my first batch.
btw, what did you brew?

 

[IBUPIMP]

Start to finish it was in the 5 hour range, but i was multi-tasking i.e. taking care of my daughter. I'm guessing I could easly knock off some time if I was just brewing. The recipe was a Dry Stout from Northern Brewer in Milwaukee.

 

[MilwaukeeBrewGuy]

ah yeah. Pretty cool store they just opened there.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Congrats man. 5 hours is pretty good especially for first time. I've not seen anyone before post times of less than 4.5h. I'm usually around 6 because my HLT is my boil pot and I tend to not clean as I go.

 

[MilwaukeeBrewGuy]

is that fly or batch sparging?

 

[IBUPIMP]

I used the batch sparge method.

Racked to my secondary last night; I tasted the sample I used for my gravity reading and almost went back in for more... It was Amazing!!!