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Ten days in to first brew...pleasantly surprised
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Thanks guys for all of the help. I'm glad I was successful my first time around. I definitely want to improve on the process, the product etc, and I fully expect to have some failures and setbacks; but I'm just glad the first time ended up encouraging me instead of discouraging me. It's a lot of work to end up with something that you don't like. Here's a pic of my first batch. I'm sure I can improve the clarity with more time in the bottle, a secondary or not boiling the extract the entire time. I'm sure I can improve the flavor by controlling my fermentation temp better. I look forward to these things, but for now...I made real beer and it tastes good...and that's cool!
Cheers!
BTW, I chilled the glass, so it's a "bit" clearer than the photo appears and the glass was clean. It looks nasty in the pic, but I did clean it.
Cheers!
BTW, I chilled the glass, so it's a "bit" clearer than the photo appears and the glass was clean. It looks nasty in the pic, but I did clean it.
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Good job, that's awesome. Looks really good too.
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Alrighty numpty...I am a couple days behind you.
I put one in the refrigerator 4 hours ago and just now opened it:
After an aggressive pour I was greeted with a 3/4 finger head, that lasted 7-8 seconds before settling down to about a 1/4 inch.
There are a number of bubbles rising from the bottom racing to the top....fantastic!...it is carbonating...whoohoo!
The taste is pleasant ,but immature. If I just bought this at the store, and saying it was carbonated more - I would rate the beer about a 6.5...which I think is great considering how young it is.
Success!! - I can't wait till another week or so till fully carbonated and conditioned.
I put one in the refrigerator 4 hours ago and just now opened it:
After an aggressive pour I was greeted with a 3/4 finger head, that lasted 7-8 seconds before settling down to about a 1/4 inch.
There are a number of bubbles rising from the bottom racing to the top....fantastic!...it is carbonating...whoohoo!
The taste is pleasant ,but immature. If I just bought this at the store, and saying it was carbonated more - I would rate the beer about a 6.5...which I think is great considering how young it is.
Success!! - I can't wait till another week or so till fully carbonated and conditioned.
Awesome! And yep, I'm addicted to this now. I only have about 8 left that I'm saving for a couple of friends to try. They just kept getting better...maybe only in my mind, but good nonetheless.
I went and bought some Torpedo 'cause I didn't want to finish mine...and it's the first time I was bummed buying beer. I just want more homebrew. Time to convince the wifey that I need another afternoon to brew again. I think I'm going to try a 10 gallon batch. Do I just use two extract ingredient kits? Double everything? Priming sugar too?
A ten gallon batch should last a bit longer considering I just want to share it with everyone.
I thought about doing the Caribou Slobber again just to see if I can do a better job. I've also thought about trying an IPA since that's generally what I'll choose. Any suggestions? All grain is coming, but for now I want to feel comfortable with the extract process before adding more steps.Thanks again everyone for your input on this great forum.
If you're splitting 10 gallons onto two 5 gallon fermenters,you'd use the normal amount of priming sugar.
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