Greetings all. I've been intrigued by the idea of homebrewing for many years and after touring the Yazoo and New Belgium breweries I decided it was time to try my hand at it. After receiving most of the equipment to do my first batch back at Christmas, I finally made my first batch yesterday June 16th. Long story involving knee surgery to explain the delay, but finally it is done! And I sure have quite the learning curve ahead of me.
First batch stats:
Now to learn about wort chillers, better heating equipment, and the ultimate decision to bottle or keg.
First batch stats:
Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout kit by Brewcraft USA
- 8 hours from start of cleaning/sanitizing to pitching the yeast (whew!)
- Scorched the grain bag on the bottom of the kettle, so lots of grain I had to attempt to filter out and I got most of it. Learned that I need a much better heating system.
- Yeast- White Labs English ale yeast
- O.G.- 1.063
Now to learn about wort chillers, better heating equipment, and the ultimate decision to bottle or keg.
