We decided to seal up our
brewing process. So we cut a hole in the cooler lid and slid it over
the spurge, cut another hole in the wort bucket and ran the hose
thru. All in all this turned out to be a very nice, clean,
environment to create our wort.
Over an hour as passed and
the hot water has been transformed thru mystical powers into -Irish
Stout- wort. Getting closer now.
We've added enough water to
make 5 gallons and we're bringing it up to a boil.
Note: I believe this is what caused my starting gravity to be
only 1.035-1.036. We should have wort'ed all of the water and not
just the 2 gallons. Have to do a try-and-see on the next batch
We're up to 250 and some
change and we see our first boil. Drop the flame down enough to keep
a slow roll and no more. Next we added the all (1 1/2 ounces)
of the Northern Brewing Hops and let it roll on for 40
minutes.
