My first brew! How is it going to turn out?

[BeerBeast6]

Hi guys

I plan to be come a master brewer but I am doing my first brew at the moment and are slightly worried after reading all the posts on here! Everyone is talking about a load of stuff I've never heard of before!

I've got a bucket, a pressure barrel, two cans of thick gloopy sweet smelling black stuff, some yeast and some water and sugar. I warmed the cans up and put them into the bucket with a load of water (40 pints) and yeast. Then i left it for 6 days, yesterday I transferred it into the pressure bucket and added 100 grams of sugar. Now I am leaving it in a warm place for 2 days and then putting it in a cooler place for 14 days.

Does this sound like it'll work?

Simon

 

[rodwha]

A pressure barrel is a European cask, right? I'm not familiar with them. Why does one allow it to warm up for a day and then cool it back down?

And what is warm and cool?

 

[jekeane]

You'll make something... what i'm not all that sure. What you did seems a little hard to redirect into the proper methods of brewing as it seems like you got some brewing supplies threw them in a bucket and said go. I would suggest reading at least this chapter from "How to Brew" before anything else. http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/index.html

 

[BeerBeast6]

It is a home brew kit and I just followed the instructions... I want to work towards brewing with all the raw ingredients. I'd also like to start an allotment and grow all the ingredients myself as well...

 

[rodwha]

You are in the right area to learn! And How To Brew is a great place to learn a quite a bit.