It's like 'Dear Diary', except we're brewing a beer, gettit? Our illustrious East London alehouse adventures begin. Look on, gentle blogobserver, and learn well.
The beginnings of a good day.... To find out why Vaseline is in this picture, continue reading...
The bucket is sterilised then rinsed.
We add the delicious ready-made beer goo to warm water - I think this just makes it stir in easily. It's like molasses but with a ready prepared golden Pilsner flavour to it (I neglected to look at the ingredients and understand how this is achieved. More learnings to be done!)
Goo goes in bucket.
Then more sugar, dissolved in hot water. Then a large amount of cold water (amounts vary based on your brew, so I won't go into it.)
The mixture must then cool back down to 20'C, while we wake up the yeast in just-over-room-temp water for ten minutes. Braumeister Heath considers the options carefully.
Mmmmmmm, super-sugary water.
Cooling down proved impossible as London was at an unprecedented 26'C, so the bucket was carefully placed in the cellar.
Finally cooled, we add the yeast and seal the lid with the airlock (this is why you need Vaseline, if you were wondering.)
The beer in its resting place, will brew in the initial stage for ten days before being transferred to our keg. Hopefully after a further week we will have something drinkable. Stay tuned!
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