Thursday, November 22, 2012

Autumn Amber Ale (7-2-11)

So, this is my first ever batch.

Got the pot and mesh spoon at a restaurant supply store. The pot is all aluminum.

Preparing the area and ingredients.


This is where I brew. It is nothing special, so never fret about making beer. I am using an outdoor camping stove since propane burns hotter than natural gas.

This bucket is really useful.

Water extraction. Killing it then cooking it.


Crushing up the grains with a roller.


Need to get a better thermometer. The steam burns my hand.



Hydrating the dry yeast in water.




Getting ready to clean my bottles.


I used the dishwasher racks.

This sugar will be fermented to create gas to carbonate the beer inside the bottles.


Siphoning beer to the bottling bucket.


I added the priming sugar water solution to the bucket beforehand.

Very first bottle!

The whole filling operation.

Leftover yeast. It is a yeast cake.

This is all of it.

Letting it condition in a cool place in the house.

Good first batch.


The beer kit

And so it begins...June 20, 2011. This is a starter brewing kit from Midwest Brewing.
Came with a Amber ale extract with specialty grains kit