Tippsy-Turvy
Well-Known Member
Ok, my question is simpy "have I just screwed up?"
The instructions that came with my recipe kit basically recommends putting the hot wort into a sink with ice-water and stir every 15 mins to cool < 80F. It then states that once cooled, aerate like crazy (even pour repeatedly between 2 sanitsed buckets).
However, what I did was add half-frozen bottled water to the wort which only cooled it to ~100F so I panicked and stirred the wort like crazy thinking I could not only cool it asap but also aerate at the same time. Additionally, including putting into the fridge, it must have taken me some 4 hours to finally cool to < 80F!
My worries are, having just read John Palmer's advice on cooling wort he maintains that one should stir gently and "minimize splashing to avoid oxidation" (!) plus that one should cool within 30mins!
The instructions that came with my recipe kit basically recommends putting the hot wort into a sink with ice-water and stir every 15 mins to cool < 80F. It then states that once cooled, aerate like crazy (even pour repeatedly between 2 sanitsed buckets).
However, what I did was add half-frozen bottled water to the wort which only cooled it to ~100F so I panicked and stirred the wort like crazy thinking I could not only cool it asap but also aerate at the same time. Additionally, including putting into the fridge, it must have taken me some 4 hours to finally cool to < 80F!
My worries are, having just read John Palmer's advice on cooling wort he maintains that one should stir gently and "minimize splashing to avoid oxidation" (!) plus that one should cool within 30mins!