Al-Kaholik
Member
Hey guys,
I'm a guy in my mid twenties (maybe having a mid twenties crisis, I dunno) who just recently got into homebrewing. I recently bought a basic kit from a local homebrew store which contained two 5.5 gallon buckets for fermenting a bottling, an auto siphon, etc. I expanded on this with a wort chiller, brew kettle, water filter, etc. For a recipe kit I got a hefeweizen kit - which ferments at 70 fahrenheit and came with a 1 oz bag of hops, yeast, priming sugar, and two cans of LME.
Think I already screwed up though.. I started to use the wort chiller and noticed that no water was getting through the tube (it was just leaking out). I tightened it to no avail. As a result I decided to do an ice water bath in the sink but my sink was quite small for the brew kettle and as a result did not get the temperature down quickly enough. The wort was still quite hot when I pitched the yeast. Hopefully I didn't kill too many.. lol. I did attempt to rehydrate following John Palmer's instructions. I also forgot to aerate before pitching the yeast.
You live and learn I guess. I'll keep doing my research and hopefully will eventually get it right
It's been 20 hours and I didn't notice any airlock bubbling.. hopefully I didn't kill all the yeast
I'm a guy in my mid twenties (maybe having a mid twenties crisis, I dunno) who just recently got into homebrewing. I recently bought a basic kit from a local homebrew store which contained two 5.5 gallon buckets for fermenting a bottling, an auto siphon, etc. I expanded on this with a wort chiller, brew kettle, water filter, etc. For a recipe kit I got a hefeweizen kit - which ferments at 70 fahrenheit and came with a 1 oz bag of hops, yeast, priming sugar, and two cans of LME.
Think I already screwed up though.. I started to use the wort chiller and noticed that no water was getting through the tube (it was just leaking out). I tightened it to no avail. As a result I decided to do an ice water bath in the sink but my sink was quite small for the brew kettle and as a result did not get the temperature down quickly enough. The wort was still quite hot when I pitched the yeast. Hopefully I didn't kill too many.. lol. I did attempt to rehydrate following John Palmer's instructions. I also forgot to aerate before pitching the yeast.
You live and learn I guess. I'll keep doing my research and hopefully will eventually get it right
It's been 20 hours and I didn't notice any airlock bubbling.. hopefully I didn't kill all the yeast