my first brew day is over.....

So, my first experience with brewing the delicious adult beverage went a little sketchy. i will get to it in a bit. without further ado......

started by sanitising EVERYTHING i was going to use for the day. I had some cleaner that came with the initial equipment, but instead went and got some 1step and used it instead.

While everything was getting nice and clean, I put two and a half gallons into the pot and started to get it to temp so i could steep the specialty grains.

Steeping instructions were to steep for 20 mins. or until temps got up to 170 degrees.

Once the 20 min. was up, i discarded the grains, brought the water to boil, then put the lme into the boil.

At this point, it was a game of check the boil and help my wife study for her phlebotomy test.

THIS IS WHERE THE SKETCHINESS COMES IN TO PLAY!

I was going back and fourth between testing my wife and checking the boil. I didnt want to step away, but to save myself from an argument, i helped my wife.

I went back to check the boil and......the next pic explains it all.....

BOILOVER!

I blame my wife for this. I was so mad. I didnt think this would happen on my first batch ever, but a watched pot never boils over, an unwatched pot always boils over. i should have watched it closer.

That was only at the 10 min. mark.......ugh. I was so dissapointed in myself, but its a lesson learned.

I finished the 60 min. boil, chilled it back down to at least 100 degrees, filled my fermenter with 2 gal. of cold water. Then I transferred the wort into the bucket, filled the remaining 5 gal. of water, pitched my yeast, then sealed it. I put it in the spare bathroom tub cause we dont really use it that much. That way its undesturbed and will stay warm. I was worried because after a couple of hours later, I couldnt see any bubbles in my airlock. My wife reassured me saying "give it some time." I checked it this morning and I got BUBBLES!

Im so excited!

well, that concludes day one of my first brewing experience. I will post again when something happens again.

all for brew, brew for all!

ca7