Hello all,
Man, I am excited. I bought a kit about a week ago (one of the 5 gallon jobs) and boiled my wort yesterday. This is for a pale ale and came with the crushed grains for steeping before adding the DME. Also, 4 varieties of hops added at different times during the boil. Centennial, Simcoe, Warrior and Cascade hops.
Anyway, My airlock on the fermenting bucket is going like gangbusters! Maybe too much as it has shot just a small amount of sanitizer right out the top. I think it's ok though. There seems to be plenty of liquid left in the double bubble airlock. Definitely fermenting good.
I tried this years ago and darn near made it. Problem was, I was a little poorer then and could not afford the stainless steel pot so I boiled the wort in pure steel. Yeah, I know and I even knew then that was going to be a problem. I brewed a Sam Adams copy and all was good except for picking up that steel in the taste.
Now I did a partial boil in stainless and made sure all was sanitized. I don;t have a wort chiller but I was able to get it cooled down in about 2 hours using ice bath.
Sorry of this post belongs somewhere else but it seemed a good place since it was called yeast and fermentation.