Homebrew Batch 001

Thanks to gaylord fokker for his inspiration for me to start homebrewing my own beer.
Luckily we live near a homebrew store and they where more than willing to ensure me that I was getting everything I needed and that I was capable to make my own brews. So basically I got one of their starter kits which included everything I needed to make my 1st batch. There was a bunch of different extracts to choose from but I ended up going with an Irish Stout.


For my own records and anyone else reading this, here was my mixture:
INGREDIENTS

• 1 Can Coopers Irish Stout Malt Extract
• 3 Cups Dextrose (Corn Sugar)
• 2-1/2 Cups Muntons Plain Dark Malt Extract
• Yeast supplied with Coopers Extract

PREPARATION

1. Sanitized all equipment
2. Added 1 gallon water to stainless steel pot
3. Brought water to a boil
4. Removed pot from burner added all above ingredients except yeast
5. Stirred thoroughly until all sugars were dissolved
6. Placed back on burner and brought to a boil again for 5 minutes
7. Removed pot from burner and placed in sink full of cold water for 15 minutes to drop the wort temperature
8. Filled up fermenter with approximately 3-1/2 gallons of cold water
9. Dumped wort into fermenter and checked the temperature was approximately 79 degrees
10. Topped off with cold water to reach my 5 gallon mark and temperature maintained its 79 degrees
11. Added yeast to top of wort and let sit for 10 minutes
12. Lightly stirred top just to make sure the yeast was covered up
13. Sealed up lid on fermenter and added fermentation tube
14. Placed in basement around 2:30pm on 09/23/2007

As of this morning the fermentation tube was already active and was at 68 degrees. I am allowing this batch to ferment for 10 days, then I will do the bottling and report back with the end results.
Cheers!!