Adventures into my first homebrew

[Cam]

Thought I would document my first attempt at homebrewing. Maybe you guys can tell me what I'm doing/done wrong.

Firstly the equipment I bought.
- High End Brew Pot Pot Size: 33l (For my induction hob and future proof for use with All Grain)
- Brupak's Bottle and Barrel Cleaner 200g
- Bubbler Airlock with Red Cap (2's)
- Young's Simple Syphon
- Emily Bottle Capper
- Wine & Beer Hydrometer with Plastic Trial Jar - "Alla"
- Safale US-05 Yeast
- The Kernel Brewery - Double Citra IPA EXTRACT Recipe Pack
- Better Brew Plastic fermenter with tap
- Crown Caps Black (100's)
- StarSan No Rinse Sanitizer 236ml
- Long Stainless Steel Spoon
- Little Bottler Complete

Terrible photo of equipment
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Manged to clean and remove labels (NIGHTMARE) from a bunch of bottles I have saved.
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Im planning on doing my first brew tomorrow so see how that goes and I'll update with how I get on.

[Cam]

Well not sure what I have done wrong with the images, that normally works on forums haha.

Forgot to say, the instruction say to agg 550g of brewing sugar to the boil so I need to get some of that before starting and think I might try some IrishMoss also.

[Matt12398]

Thought I would document my first attempt at homebrewing. Maybe you guys can tell me what I'm doing/done wrong.

Firstly the equipment I bought.
- High End Brew Pot Pot Size: 33l (For my induction hob and future proof for use with All Grain)
- Brupak's Bottle and Barrel Cleaner 200g
- Bubbler Airlock with Red Cap (2's)
- Young's Simple Syphon
- Emily Bottle Capper
- Wine & Beer Hydrometer with Plastic Trial Jar - "Alla"
- Safale US-05 Yeast
- The Kernel Brewery - Double Citra IPA EXTRACT Recipe Pack
- Better Brew Plastic fermenter with tap
- Crown Caps Black (100's)
- StarSan No Rinse Sanitizer 236ml
- Long Stainless Steel Spoon
- Little Bottler Complete

Terrible photo of equipment


Manged to clean and remove labels (NIGHTMARE) from a bunch of bottles I have saved.



Im planning on doing my first brew tomorrow so see how that goes and I'll update with how I get on.

[Matt12398]

You need a higher post count before you can post pictures.

[Cam]

You need a higher post count before you can post pictures.

Thanks for that.

[Cam]

Well I managed to get my first brew done on Saturday.

Began with getting all the ingredents sorted.


Brought the water to boil.


Rolling boil.


First experience with fresh hops, they smell AMAZING!


Put the pot in a cold bath to cool. Was suprised how quickly it did.


Just before it had reached 19 deg I rehydrated the dry yeast.


Fermentor filled.


Took my OG - 1.074


Wrapped up and sitting pretty (I hope)


Took a peek at it the next morning. Plenty bubbling and looks like a nice "crust" is forming.


Boring video of airlock.
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[Hogarth]

Looking good. Only a week to go, and then you can take a bath.

[BenB]

Looking good- at least now you know what break material looks like

[Cam]

Looking good. Only a week to go, and then you can take a bath.

Haha yeah, not much room in my flat. Tbh I think ive only had 1 bath since moving in 3 years ago, and that was when I was hungover.

[Cam]

Looking good- at least now you know what break material looks like

Yeah............ Totally............. Break material?

[orlando]

1.074 Not for the faint hearted, was it a deliberate move to go for just 14l or is that really the recipe strength?

[Cam]

1.074 Not for the faint hearted, was it a deliberate move to go for just 14l or is that really the recipe strength?

Following the recipe. Its a Double IPA. Says 9.5%

[Piscator]

Looking good- at least now you know what break material looks like

Yeah............ Totally............. Break material?

The cloudy goop wafting around in the sample in the hydrometer cylinder photo

[Cam]

Looking good- at least now you know what break material looks like

Yeah............ Totally............. Break material?

The cloudy goop wafting around in the sample in the hydrometer cylinder photo

Just looking into that. Hopefully it doesn't spoil my beer.

[Cam]

Well following the instructions I added the 100g of Citra as a dry hopping. Worried at this stage I'll infect the beer but I did boil everything first. I weighted down the bag with a shot glass but think it's not enough. Will report back tomorrow evening.