Milk stout. Step 8. Fermentation.

Put the brew to bed. Taped thermostat to carboy. Wrapped with a towel and set frig to turn on at 22 Celsius off at 17 Celsius.  72-64 Fahrenheit.

Will check back in 4-6 days for FG (Final Gravity).   Then bottle.

Milk stout. Step 8. Pitch yeast and transfer to carboy.

Milk stout. Step 7, Read Original Gravity (OG) and add water

2.5 more gallons spring water. Total of 5.5 so far.  Original Gravity (OG) was 1.060.

Milk stout. Step 6. Putting wort on ice til 70 degrees

Milk stout. Step 5. Cluster hops

Add and boil 10 more min.

Milk stout. Step 5. Magnum hops.

Smells good. :-). Boil for 50 min.

Milk stout. Step 4 complete.

Milk stout. Step 3&4 wort boil and more ingredients

Milk stout. Step 3. Steeping.

Milk stout. Step 3. Step 1&2 are setup and cleaning

Milk Stout. The Beginning

Third batch - Milk Stout

Hope to detail the process step by step in next couple days.  Got the kit and bottle washer from the local store Home Brew Party http://www.homebrewparty.com/

Dedicated Brew fridge

So after some advice from a fellow brewer that temperature control of fermentation makes for a better brew I decided to rehab an old fridge. 

1 compressor would not start.  Bought and installed new capacitor

2 freon was low. Bought a line tap for the low side.  Had an old can of r12 and charged to 12 lbs when running.

3 built a digital temp controller w spare parts and a controller off eBay. 

Now I can cool the batch to the degree.

Second batch - New Castle Brown

This batch was an attempt at brewing one of my favorite off the shelf beers, New Castle Brown Ale. 
I'll try to detail more about it later, let's just say it was too fruity for me.

First batch - Coopers Dark Ale

My beautiful family bought me this mix for Father's day last year. As well as a home brewing kit from San Antonio Homebrew Supply.
It came out great! Beginner's Luck?

Starting a new blog to document my home brewing for myself and others.