Notes from Brew Day

  • True Brew All Malt Pale Ale Kit (Beer Depot). Instructions used – from kit. Tap water from Paul’s apartment.

  • Brewpot rinsed

  • Stirring spoon sanitized

  • Tablespoon sanitized

  • Measuring cup sanitized

  • No yeast starter jar

  • Fermentor and lid sanitized

  • Airlock sanitized

  • Thermometer sanitized

  • Hydrometer sanitized

  • Initial Boil: 1.5 Gal. Oven Rack over electric Stove.

  • Steeping grains cool for 30 min.

  • Malt added, smells like Pumpkin.

  • Mash on stove for too long (no sterilized water) but heat was turned down after 25 minutes

  • Slightly less sterilized water than recommended <3 gallons

  • Cooled mash before adding to carboy

  • Buy sterilized water (keep in fridge)

  • Added yeast to still hot wort

  • Buy 5 gallon bucket

  • Did not stir in yeast, swirled.

  • Did not take gravity measurements before fermentation