With batch 1 of the 2012 in the fermentor it is time to enjoy a 20oz reward & catch up with the Giants vs Packers game. I had managed to watch most of the first half in stolen moments during the day so I should just about have the energy to watch the remainder before the day’s toil catches up with me.

All the new equipment seemed to work pretty well, thought there’s a few tweaks to make to get everything working perfectly. I managed to spill some wort thanks to a tubing mishap when connecting the wort chiller to the fermenter (operator error) but as new-equipment mistakes go it wasn’t too bad. Gravity was bang-on target & the wort passed the taste test with flying colors so it’s all in the hands of the yeast now.