Batch #18 - April 21, 2009 (Lefse Blonde)

All three of the brewmaster's were together for this brew!

We used Buhl water and brewed this 5 gallon Norweigan style ale for Jon's heritage. We brewed in the garage as it was pretty windy outside but the temperature was nice in the 40's.

Below is brewmaster Ron and Jon chillin' the wort.

We left the wort to chill in the cool running water and went inside for a bit to eat. We cam back later and brought it inside, took out gravity reading and added the yeast.

The S.G was 1.066

I think the wort was to cold because the yeast appeared to stay dormant abter being added. So, after the first 24 hours, I turned on the heat in the room to bring the temp up to 68 degrees. They yeast woke up and was very excited to be there! The wort orginally had a green tint from the hops but as the days go by, the color is turning brown.

May 2, 2009 - Moved to secondary fermenter. Oh yes, the time is getting near!