Zach's beer

Today is a beer brewing day. 

1. First was sanitizing the brewing keg. 
2. We added 2 gallons of water to the pot and started the fire.
3. We added the grains and brought the wort to just a boil.
4. We turned off the fire and steeped the grains for 30 minutes with the fire off.
5. After 30 minutes, we removed the grain and added the malt extract. 
6. We began the 60 minute boil.
7. Cooled down with the chiller.
8. Topped off the wort to 10 gallons and transferred to the two carboys.
9. Yeast added, airlock in place and put in a back bedroom in the dark to ferment.

Zach's keg for boiling the wort. 

Steeping the grains for 30 minutes

These supplemental hops are our hops we grew in the back yard (Cascade)

Zach adding hops to the boiling wort. Boiling hops, irish moss and finishing hops.

We used Zach's chiller to cool the wort before transferring it into the carboy.

One of two carboys ready, with yeast added, to ferment for 3-5 days.

Zach will keg the beer in 1 to 2 weeks.