Toil and Boil- brew and bubble...

If you were here two posts ago, you may recall I proclaimed my love of dark beers.  But I'll let you in on another little secret: I like other beers too.  I like them so much that I had a bit of a panic when Aaron told me we only had a little bit of beer left in one keg.  EH?! What?!

He planned on brewing some more so I asked if I could brew some too so that it would be ready for the coming summer.  My choice was a Honey Hefeweizen (which I thought I should name the 'Honey-don't Hef'....because "Honey" didn't brew this one-Ha ha!).  My wish was granted (or will be after 6 weeks of fermentation...)

So it started with this kit:



                                                                and this equipment:

burners and tanks



(my brewing socks)

AND my brewing instuctor

First water is warmed up then grains are added, and then?



                                                     And it ended up looking like this:

Then came the boiling, adding ingredients and stirring.

Fun.

After an hour, the ingredients are placed inside the white bucket to the left of me.

Then the ingredients ferment for 6 weeks.

The fermented ingredients then turn into real beer.  My beer!

It is as simple as that.

I can't wait to try it!