First Homebrew Attempt

It’s been at least a couple of years since I first toyed with the idea of brewing my own beer.  Last week, my roommate and I finally bit the bullet and split the purchase of a basic homebrew kit with a large stainless steel pot from Austin Homebrew Supply.  Yesterday (Wednesday) I finally took the time to head to the homebrew supply in person to pick up our first recipe kit. I settled on an extract kit, as suggested by one of the employees there. 

After dinner that night, my roommate and I went ahead and sanitized everything and put together our first batch.  After about 21 hours, the wort+yeast mixture has finally started fermenting and we’re seeing the very first traces of life: a bubble out of the airlock once every twenty-ish seconds.

Now, I’ve been told not to expect much out of the first batch.  Very often, something goes wrong in the sanitization process or elsewhere and the beer is probably going to be not very good at best.  But it was certainly a lot of fun, and the guys at AHS did a great job putting together a pretty comprehensive kit and great documentation.

I remain optimistic about the results.  Regardless of how this batch turns out, I’ll be making another one by the end of the summer.