So this then is the first step in our grand new adventure of home brewing. We have bought ourselves a brewing starter kit from our local home brew shop
Black Rock Pilsener Kit
Black Rock Pilsener malt
Petone Aquifer Water (23L)
1kg brewing sugar
All done exactly as per the instructions - no trying to get clever on the first run :)
Only one small problem - I forgot to take the Specific Gravity at the start, so we won't be able to figure out the Alcohol Volume when it is finished. Not really a biggie though I guess.
Fermantation started very promptly - under way by midday the next day.
I must say, this process brought back some very fond memories for me. The kitchen was awash in the lovely smell of hopped malt. Unfortunately the kitchen floor ended up a bit awash in water. I have a broken arm at the moment, wrapped up in a plaster cast and I found it a bit difficult to control the 20L container of water when it came time to pour it into the fermenter. A lesson learned for next time perhaps.
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