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24th October 2021 Today was my first home brew day. It is an all grain kit from Brew Bros and seems pretty spot on. The kit contained a grain bag, grain, thermometer, hops, yeast, air lock, dextrose, bung and a 5l keg. In addition to this, I had to get a mash vessel, funnel, measuring tube, hydrometer and a measuring jug. For the mash vessel, I bought some jam making thing with a great measuring system. It would be even better if there was a way of fitting a tap but... meh. I have a 2 week wait for the yeast to do what it does best and turn sugar into alcohol. I might have boiled for less than the required time but the wort (pre-fermented beer) seems sticky enough. Worst comes to worst is that the beer might be less than the intended 4.5%. The kit is for an american IPA and was very cloudy. The hop pellets disintegrated in a rather bleurgh manner. I spent a fair bit of time filtering using the grain bag. Keeping a temperature during the mash was more difficult than I would like. I have a gas stove and so there was lots of guess work. I think I will get an inductive hob for next time to get the temperature control. That or a tea urn. It felt rather simple to do time wise. I ended up taking 4 hours which is not bad considering there was 70 minutes of mashing and an hour of boiling. We shall see if it is worthwhile in a month. There are 2 weeks for the yeast to do its thing and 2 weeks for carbonating the beer. If you ever do try home brew, do not try drinking the wort sample for taking the original gravity reading. It is sweet and bitter with little need to try more than a sip. While brewing I was listening to the T20 cricket world cup match between India and Pakistan. For those who are not aware, cricket matches between India and Pakistan are always great. These teams care only about beating the other rather than winning the tournament. It is still happening with Pakistan needing 117 runs from 15 overs. This is rather achievable and it seems India should be panicing. India got 151 runs for 7 wickets. Pakistan are currently doing 41 runs for 0 wickets.