this is for all you cool dudes (and dudettes) that have held my hand this far. just started my first all grain brew! i will give you the low down as i go here. so far, i have witnessed the end of the world. seriously. a huge motherfukin storm just hit as i stood in my back yard screwing in the hose for my wort chiller. how huge? i heard a giant cracking sound and looked across the alley as a huge tree disintegrated. a huge chunk of it flew end over end all slow motion-y like in a special effects movie and bounced off the roof of a garage. this is either a good sign or an ominous one, but it was REALLY COOL. i am making a one gallon (to test my equipment and get my feet wet) batch of pliny the elder. if you can't live in california, how else ya gonna get some, right??
because i got overly excited i didn't write out all my steps to follow. dammit. i forgot to salt up my brewing water first (i am following a thread on homebrewtalk about how to simply alter distilled water for different beer styles). no biggy, i added it into my sparge and call it good. it's a learning process here right? i know i know, i promise i will write it out the next time. mash is going and only 3F off my target temp, pretty happy about that. more to come.
because i got overly excited i didn't write out all my steps to follow. dammit. i forgot to salt up my brewing water first (i am following a thread on homebrewtalk about how to simply alter distilled water for different beer styles). no biggy, i added it into my sparge and call it good. it's a learning process here right? i know i know, i promise i will write it out the next time. mash is going and only 3F off my target temp, pretty happy about that. more to come.