Inaugural Brew

So on Saturday February 19th we brewed our first two batches on the new rig-more affectionately referred to as Brewzilla...20 gallons of Pilsner and 20 gallons of American Brown. Both brews turned out pretty well from the the initial gravity readings. We had done two yeast starters earlier in the week to make sure that fermentation started off well. The Brown showed signs of fermentation by early Sunday morning but that was not the case for the Pils. Lagers go take a bit longer to begin fermenting but the time between pitching the yeast nd the beginning of fermentation, known as the lag, can be nerve racking. The last thing a brewer wants to see is a batch of wort go bad. Finally by Monday morning there were signs that the Pils was off to the races. Now only time will tell on how they ultimately turn out.