We finally did it!  This weekend we brewed our first batch of beer.  It’s still fermenting, as we speak the wort is bubbling away in the fermenter.  At least, I think it’s called wort.  It has the yeast in it now, obviously, so perhaps it becomes something else?  Clearly I need to brush up on my terminology.

Here’s what it looked like right after I put the yeast in.

Brewing requires a lot of instructions.  Really though, I think it can probably be boiled down (no pun intended) to three things: keep things clean, follow directions, be patient.  Good life advice, really.

If all goes well we should be bottling about a week, then another week or two until we can crack one open.  I’ll keep you all posted.