First Brew Day

Opening day of brewing season has arrived. I had decided that I wanted a beer brewing package for my birthday, so I did lots of research and bought the deluxe package from Northern Brewing. Our daughter, Ashley, was planning to be in town for the Roger Waters The Wall concert and we decided that would be a good time to brew up that first batch.


Here is the spread as we were getting started:

The first batch is an Irish Red Ale, steaming forth from the pot:

Our support team hard at work:

Of course you can't be brewing beer unless you're drinking some, too. Ashley posted this to Untappd, and Magic Hat Brewing promptly tweeted their encouragement!

Brewing done, primary fermenter filled, and taking the OG reading.

Racked, pitched, corked, and ready for action. Now we have to wait, bummer.