No! Ye fukka's! My Coopers Stout!
And there was me, getting all unnecessary and worrying about my yeast. Or, had I rinsed my bucket out well enough after washing it.
Well, I just wandered back in there. Literally telling myself, " Just to be sure (to be sure) it's doing nothing. " Looked at the bucket? Nahh. Nuff'n. Approached it. Looked harder. Nope. Cracked the lid and really couldn't take in what I was seeing in there! A fluffy pile of thick, crusty looking foam! We Have Lift Off!
Ok. What's to teach anyone who's reading this and wondering about trying a spot of Home Brew for themselves?
First of all; If it goes wrong? It's not the end of the world and is Most Probably due to human error. Some silly little thing ye simply over looked to do. Not slinging half a crushed tab in the water can fuck ye.
But, if ye going to try from scratch? Ye'll be so damn nervous, ye'll likely be reading Jim's as ye go along. Nipping back in to check what that guy on the forum said .....
I'm a bit more experienced. So, see how I doubted my ingredients, rather than my method? Most of my method is second nature. I do what I've always done. It's like getting dressed when I get up. I just do it.
Only, I suspect the root thing is that most people live in warmer places than I. Thus their brews normally kick off at around the 20+F. Mine's likely languishing at 19F. What I set the heater for anyway.
Means I got a slightly slower Blow time. Now it'll ferment out a day or two longer than some. No worries. Now I have to think about getting another brew on, in the next few days. Idea is to create a rhythm. Work up to where I always have a keg or two of nicely maturing beer to drink, and something else coming on nicely.
Get another kit on the go before this one even goes into the keg. Then another .....
That is how it's done ;-)
And there was me, getting all unnecessary and worrying about my yeast. Or, had I rinsed my bucket out well enough after washing it.
Well, I just wandered back in there. Literally telling myself, " Just to be sure (to be sure) it's doing nothing. " Looked at the bucket? Nahh. Nuff'n. Approached it. Looked harder. Nope. Cracked the lid and really couldn't take in what I was seeing in there! A fluffy pile of thick, crusty looking foam! We Have Lift Off!
Ok. What's to teach anyone who's reading this and wondering about trying a spot of Home Brew for themselves?
First of all; If it goes wrong? It's not the end of the world and is Most Probably due to human error. Some silly little thing ye simply over looked to do. Not slinging half a crushed tab in the water can fuck ye.
But, if ye going to try from scratch? Ye'll be so damn nervous, ye'll likely be reading Jim's as ye go along. Nipping back in to check what that guy on the forum said .....
I'm a bit more experienced. So, see how I doubted my ingredients, rather than my method? Most of my method is second nature. I do what I've always done. It's like getting dressed when I get up. I just do it.
Only, I suspect the root thing is that most people live in warmer places than I. Thus their brews normally kick off at around the 20+F. Mine's likely languishing at 19F. What I set the heater for anyway.
Means I got a slightly slower Blow time. Now it'll ferment out a day or two longer than some. No worries. Now I have to think about getting another brew on, in the next few days. Idea is to create a rhythm. Work up to where I always have a keg or two of nicely maturing beer to drink, and something else coming on nicely.
Get another kit on the go before this one even goes into the keg. Then another .....
That is how it's done ;-)
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