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So after waiting 6 months for delivery of my 8 gallon kettle Christmas present I finally got to cook my first batch that isn't in a LBK. Along with the kettle I was given a can of Coopers Canadian Blonde which is a 1.7kg can of LME and hops and whatever. I don't actually know the vocabulary. The story goes like this:
I drove to Hop City in Atlanta (which I do not live near, but it is nearest Home Brew supply) to fill out the recipe and get some pointers (also fill growlers). The guy behind the grain counter was awesome and after I awkwardly described what I had at home ("some Cooper's kit. Light in color..." he was obviously only vaguely aware of what I might have) he provided some grain, 3lbs DME, 2 oz of hops and some yeast along with sundry hardwares and chemicals.
At home I have:
A few things of note:
I heated my water to 165F and turned off the gas, inserted my gallon of grain for 30 minutes. Dripped it dry, and raised the temp on the water to boiling. I turned off the heat and I added the 3lbs Briess Golden DME and Coopers Canadian Blonde LME and stirred until there was no more chunks. Brought it back to boiling and added the 1oz Northern Brewer hops and 10 drops of fermcap. Cooked those for 55 minutes added cascade and hydrated the Nottingham yeast, boiled for 5 more minutes and pulled the wort from heat and into the ice-bath. I inserted the wort chiller and 23 minutes later had dropped the 80C required to get the wort to 20C. I dumped the yeast into the wort and the hard poured the wort into the 5 gallon bucket to about 2 inches below the lid, inserted the bung and bubbler and put it in the house to watch it.
I watched it for about a day and put the bucket in the 8 gallon kettle in a dark cabinet. About 3 hours later my wife said "HEY! IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS?!?!" Sure enough the bubbler was full of gunk and foaming out the top. I jumped on here and used the search engine to figure out what to do and, from that advice, implemented a blow-off tube using sterilized water in an old tonic water bottle that I have since upgraded to a milk jug. That's where we sit today.
I drove to Hop City in Atlanta (which I do not live near, but it is nearest Home Brew supply) to fill out the recipe and get some pointers (also fill growlers). The guy behind the grain counter was awesome and after I awkwardly described what I had at home ("some Cooper's kit. Light in color..." he was obviously only vaguely aware of what I might have) he provided some grain, 3lbs DME, 2 oz of hops and some yeast along with sundry hardwares and chemicals.
At home I have:
- 8 gallon kettle with temperometer and ballvalve
- 2x 5 gallon food grade paint buckets
- tubes
- bubblers
- a home made copper wort chiller
- a large plastic tub
- a few bungs, and some screw in spouts and lids.
- star san
A few things of note:
- My stove is awesome. with 20 liters I can heat 1 degree in 30 seconds.
- I sterilized EVERYTHING including the cat.
- when I bought the 5 gallon buckets I was not thinking very clearly
- so I ended up buying some fermcap before brew-day
- picture set: Flickr Pic Set
I heated my water to 165F and turned off the gas, inserted my gallon of grain for 30 minutes. Dripped it dry, and raised the temp on the water to boiling. I turned off the heat and I added the 3lbs Briess Golden DME and Coopers Canadian Blonde LME and stirred until there was no more chunks. Brought it back to boiling and added the 1oz Northern Brewer hops and 10 drops of fermcap. Cooked those for 55 minutes added cascade and hydrated the Nottingham yeast, boiled for 5 more minutes and pulled the wort from heat and into the ice-bath. I inserted the wort chiller and 23 minutes later had dropped the 80C required to get the wort to 20C. I dumped the yeast into the wort and the hard poured the wort into the 5 gallon bucket to about 2 inches below the lid, inserted the bung and bubbler and put it in the house to watch it.
I watched it for about a day and put the bucket in the 8 gallon kettle in a dark cabinet. About 3 hours later my wife said "HEY! IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS?!?!" Sure enough the bubbler was full of gunk and foaming out the top. I jumped on here and used the search engine to figure out what to do and, from that advice, implemented a blow-off tube using sterilized water in an old tonic water bottle that I have since upgraded to a milk jug. That's where we sit today.