First Brew Day - Thoughts

Some thoughts from my first day:

1. Homebrewing rocks!!!
2. Love the smells of the hops, boiling wort, etc.
   
3. LME is sludge - must heat up to make pouring easier
4. With my 8-gallon kettle no reason to do partial boil
5. Chilling took a long time w/ 1.5 gals, can't imagine how long for 5
   
6. Must make/buy a wort chiller
7. Don't get concerned if airlock activity takes a while
8. When's the next one?
   

Additional equipment to pick up:

1. Bottles (should have saved more!!)
2. Big spoon for stirring extracts
3. Floating thermometer
4. More ingredients!!
   
5. Wort Chiller material
   

Bubbling away after 24 hours



Check out that krausen!!



Blow tube rigged for overflow