Pumped in North Carolina!

[tgerts17]

I just successfully bottled my first 5 gallon batch ever! I am so excited because I tried some and it tasted great. Can't wait for it to condition. Just hope I didn't screw anything up.

I made an American Hefeweizen. I added some orange peel to the boil and it added a nice flavor.

This site was so instrumental in getting me through this. So thanks.

I can't wait to drink it!!


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[RM-MN]

Welcome to the obsession. What are you planning to brew next? If you time your brewing right you won't run out of beer.

 

[tgerts17]

Good question. My local store has some good products on sales this month. I was thinking a red or a steam beer. Maybe an IPA. Not sure yet. I will probably go to the store and see what calls to me.


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[RM-MN]

Somethings to be aware of (I wish I had known some of them) is that fermentation temperature makes a big difference in the taste of your beer, that time in the fermenter gives you clear beer without a lot of sediment in the bottles and lets the yeast clean up byproducts, and that darker beers take longer to be ready to drink. I drank a lot of sub par beers when I started brewing because I didn't know these.