Juzdu
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I can't help myself, i'm 42 and am stoked to have put down my first ever home brew yesterday morning.....I have so much catching up to do!
I got one of those all in one kits, with a Thomas Coopers Wheat beer can. The recipe is super basic, just can and 1kg of dextrose. I have seen that it's much better to substitute malt extract for some of the dextrose, and even to use a better yeast, specific to wheat beer, but I decided I really want to start my journey from scratch, so I can compare the results of using different ingredients along the way.
24 hours in and things seem to be working well, I have the FV (plastic barrel with screw on lid, rubber ring in it) in the cupboard under my stairs, and it seems to be maintaining 21-22 degrees. I put a t-shirt over it last night (you should have seen the look on my wife's face...classic) as the Melbourne weather has turned shocking the last couple of days.
Bubbling through my airlock started after about 10-12 hours, and I just noticed after 24 hours that i'd had a beersplosion, some of the wort has spewed through my airlock, not a lot, just a small area of about 3 or 4cm gathered at the bottom of the airlock (the S type) on my lid. I sanitised a clean rag, wiped it up, then removed the airlock, cleaned it then soaked it in the sanitiser (alkaline salt stuff that came with the kit) for 10 minutes before rinsing and putting it back. It's bubbling along nicely again now. Must rig up one of those blow off tubes for my next brew.
Anyway, the whole thing is ridiculously fun, shame it took me so long to discover this hobby!
Juz.
I got one of those all in one kits, with a Thomas Coopers Wheat beer can. The recipe is super basic, just can and 1kg of dextrose. I have seen that it's much better to substitute malt extract for some of the dextrose, and even to use a better yeast, specific to wheat beer, but I decided I really want to start my journey from scratch, so I can compare the results of using different ingredients along the way.
24 hours in and things seem to be working well, I have the FV (plastic barrel with screw on lid, rubber ring in it) in the cupboard under my stairs, and it seems to be maintaining 21-22 degrees. I put a t-shirt over it last night (you should have seen the look on my wife's face...classic) as the Melbourne weather has turned shocking the last couple of days.
Bubbling through my airlock started after about 10-12 hours, and I just noticed after 24 hours that i'd had a beersplosion, some of the wort has spewed through my airlock, not a lot, just a small area of about 3 or 4cm gathered at the bottom of the airlock (the S type) on my lid. I sanitised a clean rag, wiped it up, then removed the airlock, cleaned it then soaked it in the sanitiser (alkaline salt stuff that came with the kit) for 10 minutes before rinsing and putting it back. It's bubbling along nicely again now. Must rig up one of those blow off tubes for my next brew.
Anyway, the whole thing is ridiculously fun, shame it took me so long to discover this hobby!
Juz.