Mike COusineau
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So I just brewed my first batch last weekend and have a couple of questions:
1) I made a rookie mistake and had my mash tun on the ground, added water and then started to stir in the grain. About 30 minutes into the mash, I remembered I need to have it on my shelf in which I had to grab the mash tun and walk up 6 steps and goofed again and had to go back down the steps 10 min later as the shelf was too high, in which I believe at that time grain got under the FB. So when it was time to drain the wort nothing came out.
Tried to stick a metal rod in the tube but still nothing, ended up having to empty the wort into another cooler with and go from there.
So do you all believe that was the main cause to why it was stuck?
2) Its been 72 hours since I moved the wort into the fermentation bucket, and was getting one small burp every 10 seconds at the 48 hour mark but now I am getting nothing. I have read about the lid not being sealed, but I do have a very small layer of Krausen ..should I be worried or just wait it out until 7 days and test the SG?
1) I made a rookie mistake and had my mash tun on the ground, added water and then started to stir in the grain. About 30 minutes into the mash, I remembered I need to have it on my shelf in which I had to grab the mash tun and walk up 6 steps and goofed again and had to go back down the steps 10 min later as the shelf was too high, in which I believe at that time grain got under the FB. So when it was time to drain the wort nothing came out.
Tried to stick a metal rod in the tube but still nothing, ended up having to empty the wort into another cooler with and go from there.
So do you all believe that was the main cause to why it was stuck?
2) Its been 72 hours since I moved the wort into the fermentation bucket, and was getting one small burp every 10 seconds at the 48 hour mark but now I am getting nothing. I have read about the lid not being sealed, but I do have a very small layer of Krausen ..should I be worried or just wait it out until 7 days and test the SG?