Hello, I have been lurking on here for awhile now seeing if I think home brewing is possible for me.
I just got the Brewers Best beginner kit for my birthday from my wife and yesterday I just brewed my first batch American Pale Ale. I have a great brew store down the street from me that helped me pick the kit.
On brew day I did mess some things up however.
- I used about a 1/2 gal of ice to help cool the wort down (i saw that on midwest supplies), I now have read that using ice within the wort is a no-no.
- I must of gotten a misreading from my thermometer because I thought it was 75 degrees F going into the fermentor when it really was around 87 degrees. This might have caused my OG to be off I got around 1.040 it should have been around 1.050.
I then just added the yeast and cooled it off quickly. I got it down below 70 within an hour.
Currently its in my basement at around 64 F on the floor. It has not been 24 hours yet but should I start seeing gas coming out the airlock tonight? or do you think I might have messed this batch up?
Also the helpful guy at the brew store talked me out of the deluxe kit because he said I can get the basic +auto siphon and a better bottle carboy for less. I got the auto siphon and I'm thinking about later this week getting the better bottle to use as a secondary. For my next batch of wort I'm thinking about getting a turkey frier because my wife all day yesterday complained about the smells, looks like my brewing will be in the garage...
I just got the Brewers Best beginner kit for my birthday from my wife and yesterday I just brewed my first batch American Pale Ale. I have a great brew store down the street from me that helped me pick the kit.
On brew day I did mess some things up however.
- I used about a 1/2 gal of ice to help cool the wort down (i saw that on midwest supplies), I now have read that using ice within the wort is a no-no.
- I must of gotten a misreading from my thermometer because I thought it was 75 degrees F going into the fermentor when it really was around 87 degrees. This might have caused my OG to be off I got around 1.040 it should have been around 1.050.
I then just added the yeast and cooled it off quickly. I got it down below 70 within an hour.
Currently its in my basement at around 64 F on the floor. It has not been 24 hours yet but should I start seeing gas coming out the airlock tonight? or do you think I might have messed this batch up?
Also the helpful guy at the brew store talked me out of the deluxe kit because he said I can get the basic +auto siphon and a better bottle carboy for less. I got the auto siphon and I'm thinking about later this week getting the better bottle to use as a secondary. For my next batch of wort I'm thinking about getting a turkey frier because my wife all day yesterday complained about the smells, looks like my brewing will be in the garage...