Teufelhunde
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Well, the first five gallons is in the bucket.....now the waiting begins......
It took about 3.5 hours start to finish, about a half hour longer than I had expected, but not bad...All in all it went pretty well, I think......No trouble getting it to boil on my electric stove, which I had seen some folks have an issue with....and I do like the smell of the hops left in the air now......No problem with boilover, my stove appears to be pretty easy to dial in the heat just right.
My starting gravity was a bit low, about 1.045, I think because I left too much wort to go down the drain with the sludge from the hops. Next time I will strain as I pour to avoid that...even with the low gravity, if all goes well, should end up around 5%, I think.
Yeast pitched at wort temperature of 68 degrees.....and lesson learned.....pitch the yeast BEFORE you carry the bucket through the house and put it in the mini-fridge.....that way you can avoid carrying it BACK to the kitchen and having to open it up and pitch the yeast at that time......
I am kind of worried, however, that I screwed the pooch pretty badly, as I forgot the MOST important steps......drinking a beer while monitoring the boil, and another waiting for the wort to cool......
Now the waiting.......
YMMV
Lon
It took about 3.5 hours start to finish, about a half hour longer than I had expected, but not bad...All in all it went pretty well, I think......No trouble getting it to boil on my electric stove, which I had seen some folks have an issue with....and I do like the smell of the hops left in the air now......No problem with boilover, my stove appears to be pretty easy to dial in the heat just right.
My starting gravity was a bit low, about 1.045, I think because I left too much wort to go down the drain with the sludge from the hops. Next time I will strain as I pour to avoid that...even with the low gravity, if all goes well, should end up around 5%, I think.
Yeast pitched at wort temperature of 68 degrees.....and lesson learned.....pitch the yeast BEFORE you carry the bucket through the house and put it in the mini-fridge.....that way you can avoid carrying it BACK to the kitchen and having to open it up and pitch the yeast at that time......
I am kind of worried, however, that I screwed the pooch pretty badly, as I forgot the MOST important steps......drinking a beer while monitoring the boil, and another waiting for the wort to cool......
Now the waiting.......
YMMV
Lon