My first brew

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Made my first homebrew yesterday. A few mistakes but it seems to be working.

Mistake number 1. I had my equipment soaking in my bucket of sanitizer, I forgot the airlock was in there and when I dumped the bucket in the sink, I turned on the disposal to make the sink drain faster. Needless to say the airlock was toast.

I fixed that mistake with a barbed fitting in the bucket lid, 2 feet of hose and a glass of sanitizer worked in a pinch.

Mistake number 2. I forgot that liquid yeast needs time to kick. Instead of the 24 starter batch, my yeast got 2 hours in the pouch before I pitched. I didn't really think it would work. When I got home tonight it was bubbling like mad. I was able to replace the makeshift airlock with a real one and it is still bubbling away.

 

[Orpheus]

Congratulations!!

Nice to see you didn't panic and fixed the situations. Should be a fantastic beer! Let us know how it turns out!

 

[Fatgodzilla]

Every journey starts with the first step. May all your mistakes be little ones and may your beer always taste good !! If not, say "Bugger" and start again. Good luck.

 

[Georgian Novice2]

Sounds all good and congratulations on your brew. Excellent post.

 

[FlyingHorse]

Congrats! And kudos to your grace under pressure. A lot of noobs would have had at least two hysterical "help-did-I-ruin-my-beer?" posts out of that experience

 

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I bought 2 more kegs last night so this weekend I'll be brewing up another batch. It's a black ale from Midwest.

I'm currently out of beer so I am going to have one keg filled at the Michigan Brewery while I wait for the others to do the aging thing.

Besides the great taste of a home made beer, I really like that I no longer have empty glass bottles to return. Just wash a few pint glasses by hand and I'm done. The wife and I are collecting pint glasses from all the breweries we visit and handwashing extends the life of the artwork on the glass.