Getting Started - First Brew Day

Today I set about learning how to home brew using a beginner homebrew kit from Cooper's.

This blog will record my experiences of this brew and hopefully, many more brews to come.

The ingredients: Cooper's Lager Concentrate, Lidl Spring Water and Cooper's Brew Enhancer No. 1

I picked up 24 Litres of Spring Water in Lidl @ 49c for 2 Litres. I had hoped to find a couple of large drums of water to reuse as a secondary fermenter but had to settle for the 2 Litre bottles, this batch will have to go straight to bottle from the fermenter.

Adding the yeast to the wort, probably the most important step in any homebrew.

The wort was a lot more frothy than I had expected, I hope this isn't a bad sign.

Finshed mix, in the Cooper's fermenter

For now, I'm keeping the fermenter indoors, I have a brew belt so I could move it out to the shed if it gets smelly.

Starting Gravity reading

I recorded a starting gravity of 1040, which should hopefully give a final ABV of around 5%.

And now the waiting game.....