Home Brew #1 - Stage 1, Brewing

Home Brew #1 (2-24-2007)
Originally uploaded by krisswanson2.

Home Brew #1 - Brewing Stage:

• 3 gallons Brooklyn tap water, boiled
• 6.6 lbs Munton's Light Malt Extract, plain
  
• 3 Tbs Fuggles pellets (60 mins)
• .5 Tbs Fuggles pellets (15 mins)
• 2 Tbs Fuggles & 1 Tbs Cascade pellets (5 mins)
• 2 gallons Poland Springs water, frozen
• 1 package ale yeast (Munton's)

This took about 4 hours - mainly cleaning and waiting for the water to boil (that takes forever). Also, something I will take into consideration next time - cooling the wort (that's what the brewing makes, pronounced "wert") with 2 gallons of ice & water doesn't work fast enough. Next time I'll try to cool the wort externally by filling the sink with cold water repeatedly until I get the wort down to 60 degrees. I'll let you know how that goes.