Be sure to aerate the cool wort before pitching the yeast.Thanks man... I’m using a dry yeast packet. I was told and the instructions say just to add the yeast to the wort when cooled. But I have read to help the yeast proof it first before pitching. Any thoughts?
My first kit was a Northern Brewer. Citus IPA. Turned out ok. Fermented two weeks. I should have let it go for 3 weeks. All in all I enjoyed brewing I ordered two more fermenters and have 3 different types of beers fermenting. Good luck!
My first kit was a Northern Brewer. Citus IPA. Turned out ok. Fermented two weeks. I should have let it go for 3 weeks. All in all I enjoyed brewing I ordered two more fermenters and have 3 different types of beers fermenting. Good luck!
Well all done. Will see how sanitary I was. Tried my best I think. Fist gravity reading was 1.072. Target was 1.063. So not sure if that super bad or not. Added the yeast when the wort was about 72 degrees. Got her sitting in the dark now...
If you took that gravity before topping off then the actual gravity would be lower if you had done so. ABV may not necessarily be higher. Depends what the yeast attenuates to.so question is.... since my gravity was high and I added no water. My ABV will be higher with less bitter hop flavor? I think my efficient was close but I did lose some when boiling.
After reading about glass carboys breaking and people going to the ER I used plastic fermenters from the get go. The one glass carboy I was given I threw in the garbage when the person was gone.On Friday night the family went out to dinner and when we came home I had 5 gallons of wort (and shattered glass) spread across my garage floor. Those childproof locking straps were clearly not carboy proof, they popped off the side of the fridge allowing the carboy to crash a few inches to the floor.
i made a collar around my minifridge from 2x4's, some sheet metal so the door magnets would hold it and I took the door insert off and used a piece of plexiglass in its place, a few hours of work and now I have a great chamber that can hold 32F no problem.
if you want i can post a pick of it.
My first brew was last Thursday. The non-removable shelves on my mini-fridge door kind of get in the way of the 5-gallon carboy. The carboy pushes against those shelves a little so I used childproof "lock" straps to hold the door closed. This forces the carboy to sit at a slight slant in the mini-fridge but my tests seemed OK.
On Friday night the family went out to dinner and when we came home I had 5 gallons of wort (and shattered glass) spread across my garage floor. Those childproof locking straps were clearly not carboy proof, they popped off the side of the fridge allowing the carboy to crash a few inches to the floor.
Until I can upgrade to better equipment (soon I hope) I will be upgrading to lashing around the fridge to make sure it doesn't pop open again. New carboy and ingredients will be here Thursday so hoping I can brew again this weekend.
Here is a pic of it, that's my Rice Lager in it now, doing the D-rest now.
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Interesting stories.
My first batch was an Irish Ale kit.
Everything conceivable a person could do wrong - I did wrong.
But by gawd I made beer and it was damm tasty.
I thought, this is easy! And immediately went to all grain using coolers.
My first all grain batch tasted like Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup.
OOPS!
Well all done. Will see how sanitary I was. Tried my best I think. Fist gravity reading was 1.072. Target was 1.063. So not sure if that super bad or not. Added the yeast when the wort was about 72 degrees. Got her sitting in the dark now...
congrats! your volume looks quite low, so some top up water would've brought the gravity down closer to your expected numbers.
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