TheHungryRunner

I first made a simple IPA from a kit.  Then I made an imperial stout, but still from malt extract.  Next I wanted to make a beer with all grain.  My goal was to successfully brew a summer ale with only grain, hops, and yeast.  I also ended up putting some apricots in the secondary fermentor.  It has been in the bottle for about 2 weeks, so I tasted one yesterday.  It seems like I was only moderately successful.  I did everything right except that I must not have paid enough attention while sanitizing things.  The beer has a little tart taste to it.  Maybe it is from the apricots, which I left with the peels on.  Regardless it isn’t bad beer, and I learned something for next time.

Here are the grains before starting.

Next is my homemade mash tun.

Finally here is the boiling wort.