Archive for October, 2008

The deed is done

28, Oct 2008

So last night I bottled my first batch of beer and out of the whole brewing process this is definitely the most longest and boring step in the process.  But I’m sure next time I will be a lot faster.  With like everything else in the process, sanitizing everything is number one priority and it defintely [...]

My first Home Brewing day is out of the way

12, Oct 2008

First off, before I start I just want to give a big thanks to Bill, Brad, and Aaron for all their advice.  Without you guys my first time would a total mess instead of the little one that occurred =) 
I woke up at 6am, I couldn’t sleep.  I don’t know if it was because I [...]

Checklist revision #2. Hack away homebrew experts!

7, Oct 2008

 - 5 hours before scheduled pitching of the yeast, take the yeast out of the fridge and smack it to activate it.  Package should blow up like a balloon within the 5 hours before the pitch
 - Clean out the primary fermentor
 - Fill primary carboy with 5-6 gallons of water with lopophor solution.  Submerge the following [...]

Rough checklist for my first batch

7, Oct 2008

I’ve made a quick and dirty checklist for brewing day. For you experienced home brewers out there please feel free to hack this up and add (or take way) whatever you want. I have also put in some questions.  You’ll also notice I’m missing times on when to add hop pellets and such.  That will [...]

Please excuse the mess

6, Oct 2008

Please don’t mind the mess while I try to figure out what layout I want for this site. I figured since I was going to brew this weekend that I wanted to get at least something up but this layout now is fighting me.

Batch #1: Big Honkin’ Stout

5, Oct 2008

It’s been a long time in the making but this Saturday coming up I will be making my first batch of Home Brewed beer.  I went with an extract kit to get a feel of the whole process.  I’m sure I’ll be making extract kits the first few times I homebrew.  Why did I choose [...]


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