Not a virgin anymore !

[JoeBlow]

Brewed my 1st and 2nd batches yesterday. Not without some excitement.

Batch one – Everything going great (too good). Put the water to the wort chiller, hot water from the return line, then pop! About a quart or so of tap water into my boiled wort. F@#$, friggen clamp was not tight enough. Brought it back to a good boil for 15 minutes add some more Hallertauer, changed underwear.

Both Batches are bubbling away

Batch I -
Recipe Joe Blow's Hamburg Wheat I
Style German / American Wheat
Brewer Joe
Batch 5.25 gal
Extract

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.054 OG Estimated FG 1.014 FG
Recipe Bitterness 21 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.3%
Recipe Color 6° SRM Alcohol by Weight 4.1%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
3.25 lb German Moravian two-row barley Extract
4.25 lb German White Wheat Extract

Quantity Hop Type Time
0.50 oz Hallertauer Pellet 15 minutes
0.50 oz Hallertauer Pellet 45 minutes
1.00 oz Hallertauer Pellet 70 minutes

Quantity Misc Notes
No extras

Recipe Notes
Williams Brewing - GERMAN WEIZEN EXTRACT 8 LBS(An extract made with 60% German White Wheat and 40% German Moravian two-row barley.

*Wyeast Activator XL 1010 AMERICAN WHEAT (A dry fermenting, top cropping yeast which produces a dry, slightly tart, crisp beer, in American hefeweizen style. Flocculation low, attenuation: 74-78%. Ideal temperature: 58-74° F.)

Batch Notes
Very First Brew - Dec. 12th 2009
6.25 Gallons of Tap Water
60 minutes pre-boil (Stove Top)
Chiller Blow Out (~1qt) / Reboil rapid 15 minutes / Paper Towel
Added .5 oz more Hallertauer due to Blow Out
@ 80F/30 minutes w/chiller
Tubed to Fermenter
SG = 1.050
Pitched @ 75F (Hindenberg - Starter 1:1 LME/Water 48hrs)
18 Hours @ Room Temp ~72F
Moved to Basement @ 63F

 

[Pappers_]

Welcome to manhood . . . oh you meant something else

 

[chefmike]

i would not have bothered reboiling or adding more hops. a quart of tap water is no problem... if you can drink it, the beer will like it.

Congrats on your first brews... now the hard part. 4 to 6 weeks of waiting!

 

[JoeBlow]

i would not have bothered reboiling or adding more hops. a quart of tap water is no problem... if you can drink it, the beer will like it.

Congrats on your first brews... now the hard part. 4 to 6 weeks of waiting!

Yeah, I considered not going for the re-boil.

Being a little "clinical", but after it started I was glad as a paper towel boiled to the top. I left that embarrassing fact out. I guess during the panic I dropped it in.

Everything looks good. My second batch went without any problems. I'm going out of town for two weeks, so I get a jump start on the patience.

 

[chefmike]

I was glad as a paper towel boiled to the top. I left that embarrassing fact out. I guess during the panic I dropped it in.
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I saw the / paper towel in your notes and I thought to myself "self, what the heck does that mean?"

You take great notes, which is a great habit for any brewer. And I understand being a little clinical on those first batches. You will look back and laugh one day (I wish I could find the thread where the guy finds crayons in his secondary that his kid was putting there....)

I forecast a lot of GREAT brews in your future. Have fun and enjoy your home brew (in a month or so... )