Roana held Brew Day Part 1 at her house on October 20, 2013.

11.5 brewers. 14 incipient beverages. Lemons, ginger, and apple cider on every available surface.

The attendees:

Roana Aldinoch

Alyse Smith

Aleator the Bohemian (with Nancy the Mini-Bohemian)

Wren Puplet

Lucas known as Jacob

Elizabetha of Wurm Wald

Oswyn of Baþon

Rowan Oswynson

William of Wurm Wald

Michelle of Wurm Wald

Lynette de Warenne

The incipient beverages:

• 4 liters lemon ginger ale (non-alcoholic)
• 1/2 gallon lemon ginger vodka
• 1 gallon lemon drop vodka
• 2 pints lemon infused Tuscan vodka
• 2 gallons apple cider
• 1 gallon pear-ginger cider 
• 1 pint spiced rum
• 1 gallon spiced cranberry mead
• 1 gallon anise mead
• 5 gallons Vienna lager

The equipment:

• Glass gallon jars ($4 at Friar Tuck, or free after consuming a gallon of a beverage that comes in glass gallons)
• Glass half-gallon jars (free if you drink Oberweis milk)
• Glass quart jars (the pear juice came in this)
• Corks that fit whatever jars and air locks you have
• Air locks (one per non-cordial beverage; $4 at Friar Tuck)
• Specialized yeasts:
• EC-1118 was the yeast we used for the apple cider, the mead, and the ginger ale.
• (Roana, what was the yeast that came with the lager kit?)
• Primary ingredients
• Cider: 1 gallon fruit juice per finished gallon
• Mead: 3 to 5 lbs honey per finished gallon
• Cordials: Vodka, rum, brandy, or your preferred distilled spirit
• Lager: (lots of bags and syrups and stuff, get the box, but double check that your box has all the stuff.... or just make mead or cider instead :D)
• Flavorings:
• ALL THE LEMONS
• Fresh ginger
• Juniper berries
• Rosemary
• Basil
• Frozen cranberries
• Cinnamon sticks
• Cloves
• Nutmeg
• Other bits and bobs
• 1 capful bleach per 1 gallon water for sanitizing things
• Funnels
• Strainer-sieves
• Small bowls for proofing yeast in
• Cheesecloth (for the lager)
• Thermometer
• Multiple large stock pots (some for heating, others for cooling)