Finally bubbles reduced enough that I can read this (sort of)
Beer 2
Of course I can read that.
Bread and beer are my specialties. Look at that head!
hot break
Vorlaufed, and it started running clear (maybe not in this pic yet) but still ended up with grain in my boil.
Empty primary vessel
Lots of grain making it into the boiler.
Go baby go.
New thermometer!
Not my clearest beer. There was dry hopping and no secondary.
On the way to boiling. Extract brews seem to have a perfectly consistent foam.
Perfect carbonation after a shake
Some people put a Ziploc bag over the mouth of their santized vessel. I prefer a StarSan forcefield.
Tasting. It was not very delicious.
Here it is, ready to be bottled.
Nice color, decent taste, but flat.
There it sits. Right next to that power strip. Brilliant.
Read (and tasted) this a couple hours later.
This is not what went in the beer.
1.005! I think.
Ok, so I dumped about half of this.
Took a taste. Delicious, flat beer! My best so far. No off-flavors, and a nice bitter hoppiness!
This is not really a head from carbonation, as there is none yet. It’s just from splashing and pouring (and Star San foam?)
So clear!
My first-ever mash
Back in place and will soon be wearing a T-Shirt
mmmm, hops. The smell is up there with coffee.
bottom of carboy…. mmm, science.
Rehydrating yeast
I knew this was gonna happen. Don’t fear the foam they say.
bottling
The ol’ Spent Grain pile. Which I just started.
Pretty clear
Beersmith is damn good at estimating the color.
The critical moment: pull out the siphon before we start sucking up other goodies.
Everything’s good but the color. But if use less extract to lighten it all the other paramaters get outta whack.
Already delicious on bottling day!
Yum
Krausen at about 40 hours – This beer is bubbling constantly and the airlock smells SO GOOD.
Next morning… looking good. Lots of chunky guys in here.
Iodine test
bottling assembly line. Somehow it goes from right to left.
A nice closeup of the head, but this doesn’t really capture it’s true lighter, more reddish color.
snifffff
FG: 1.003
I forgot to pour mine aggressively! I had that head nice and pillowy last time…
soon that glass will say humble man brewery on it.
Flat. The bubbles are just from pouring.
mmm
Cost per beer
Irish moss
Artsy US-05 pic
Brew #4: BeerP0rn
Taste test vs. Yuenling lager, because that’s what I had around.
Getting it done
Unfortunately this many bottles is a little optimistic for this batch.
blowoff tube – necessary?
last swallow
The Cascade is doing better than the Centennial
PBW + Krausen = what looks like…
On my 6.5 gallon carboy, I wasn’t sure how much this is. Got 43 bottles out of it!
Proteiny!
Brew #2 – bottled
Big teabag of specialty grains
about 4.5 gallons
Brew #4
Now confident enough to follow the rule “drink a homebrew while you homebrew” In my glass is beer #4. I could probably wash this yeast and re-use it, but not quite ready for that.
