Hey gang,
I dusted off my old account but I’m new to the forum and to brewing. Years ago I tried my hand at a few small batches which turned out OK, and I just dusted off my equipment from the garage during quarantine. I picked up a 5 gallon Kölsch-style Pineapple Beer Kit from my local brewing supply store here in Portland, OR, to get back at it. Jumped right into the deep end, eh...
But man - I have to say - there’s so much beer knowledge on this forum I’m not really sure it’s healthy for me.
I was feeling pretty good about my first six days of fermenting until I wandered into this joint. It’s easy to fall into some rabbit holes on this site. Now I’m second guessing every single step I’ve taken so far. Did I steep long enough, did I ferment too warm, was my aeration OK, would the kids wrestling each other in the hallway stress out my yeast...
So far this first batch looks and smells fine - but y’all got me stressed out. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks I guess!
I’ve got a 5 gallon single-hop IPA to cook up this weekend for round 2. And I’ve committed to read absolutely nothing except for the instructions in my recipe kit. Just to keep myself sane!
I’ll share my results and updates shortly...
I dusted off my old account but I’m new to the forum and to brewing. Years ago I tried my hand at a few small batches which turned out OK, and I just dusted off my equipment from the garage during quarantine. I picked up a 5 gallon Kölsch-style Pineapple Beer Kit from my local brewing supply store here in Portland, OR, to get back at it. Jumped right into the deep end, eh...
But man - I have to say - there’s so much beer knowledge on this forum I’m not really sure it’s healthy for me.
I was feeling pretty good about my first six days of fermenting until I wandered into this joint. It’s easy to fall into some rabbit holes on this site. Now I’m second guessing every single step I’ve taken so far. Did I steep long enough, did I ferment too warm, was my aeration OK, would the kids wrestling each other in the hallway stress out my yeast...
So far this first batch looks and smells fine - but y’all got me stressed out. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks I guess!
I’ve got a 5 gallon single-hop IPA to cook up this weekend for round 2. And I’ve committed to read absolutely nothing except for the instructions in my recipe kit. Just to keep myself sane!
I’ll share my results and updates shortly...