Used the supplied yeast (made into a starter, cheers DaaB) but I've got an ale yeast in reserve just in case.
Sanitation city:
Lubrication ready:
Starter on the go:
Softening the can:
Aerated wort:
Taking the OG:
Lid on, ready to move to a safe place:
OG was 1042 although I could hardly see the reading for froth, where's Frothblower when you need him?
the smell took me right back to being nine or ten years of age, used to walk passed Gibbs Mew on the way to swimming lessons every Wednesday. Weird how a smell brings back a forgotten memory.
only to be replaced with a nice big brown head and lots of glug glug gluging 
