Hello all,
Suppose it was about time I pulled my finger out and started my thread on how I'm progressing.
Not done home brewing for nearly 25 years so I have spent my time researching up on the art and of course spending a few £'s on the way.
I've got to say 25 years ago it wasn't as hectic as it is now prob due to interweb accessibility.
22/10/13 My first batch was a extract kit Black Rock Nut brown Ale.
To say I flapped on getting the temp down b4 pitching the yeast is an understatement..but slowly with the I merged in cold water got it down to 20â¢C and pitched the yeast and got her settled in room temp!
23/10/13 Now having the big and all my kit arriving at the same time hit my next batch of Wilko's Golden Ale.
Feeling a lot confident and just took it easy with the water temp got it down to 20â¢C and pitched the yeast.
I was happy after reading that the wort temp would be higher than room temp got both batches sitting at 20â¢c after a flap on with the radiator controls.
I am going to bottle both batches in 500ml bottles, even though I've had the urge to keg...slow down Bri !
Got my fermenting chiller started in the form of a medium chest freezer got a small greenhouse heater and waiting for a completed stc1000..fingers crossed ill get that sorted.
As all that researching on AG brewing started to take its toll I couldn't resist and bought Fil's setup from this forum (top bloke see ya soon m8)
Looking forward to having him take me through the setup...but no doubt my tiny Geordie brain will go into info overload and ill end up ringing him on simple tasks lo
After having experience around the world visiting some fantastic breweries it was only right I have it a go :-)
It's school hols so unfortunately homebrew time is limited.
So I will stop boring you with my woffle.
Hoping to hear from any fellow members from the North East especially Northumberland on tips setups and especially good AG suppliers.
Have a good weekend to all.
ATB
Brian
Suppose it was about time I pulled my finger out and started my thread on how I'm progressing.
Not done home brewing for nearly 25 years so I have spent my time researching up on the art and of course spending a few £'s on the way.
I've got to say 25 years ago it wasn't as hectic as it is now prob due to interweb accessibility.
22/10/13 My first batch was a extract kit Black Rock Nut brown Ale.
To say I flapped on getting the temp down b4 pitching the yeast is an understatement..but slowly with the I merged in cold water got it down to 20â¢C and pitched the yeast and got her settled in room temp!
23/10/13 Now having the big and all my kit arriving at the same time hit my next batch of Wilko's Golden Ale.
Feeling a lot confident and just took it easy with the water temp got it down to 20â¢C and pitched the yeast.
I was happy after reading that the wort temp would be higher than room temp got both batches sitting at 20â¢c after a flap on with the radiator controls.
I am going to bottle both batches in 500ml bottles, even though I've had the urge to keg...slow down Bri !
Got my fermenting chiller started in the form of a medium chest freezer got a small greenhouse heater and waiting for a completed stc1000..fingers crossed ill get that sorted.
As all that researching on AG brewing started to take its toll I couldn't resist and bought Fil's setup from this forum (top bloke see ya soon m8)
Looking forward to having him take me through the setup...but no doubt my tiny Geordie brain will go into info overload and ill end up ringing him on simple tasks lo
After having experience around the world visiting some fantastic breweries it was only right I have it a go :-)
It's school hols so unfortunately homebrew time is limited.
So I will stop boring you with my woffle.
Hoping to hear from any fellow members from the North East especially Northumberland on tips setups and especially good AG suppliers.
Have a good weekend to all.
ATB
Brian