Brew day went off relatively hitch-free. Had the wort in both cornies and all cleaned up at around 1 PM, not bad at all! I removed poppets from the gas in post, zip tied some aluminum foil around the posts, and let them sit outside overnight since it was pretty cool out.
I put 1.5 oz of Cascade in one and 1 oz of Halletau in the other about 4 hours later (temps were reading 140). I hope this wasnt a waste and that the act of fermentation doesnt drive all the aroma out, we'll see.
This morning they were down to 70 so I threw them into the ferm chamber to cool down to 63 where I will pitch at when I get home from work tonight. RWS was chugging away this morning in my 2000 ml flask and stirplate and I expect it to be at high krausen sometime this afternoon, perfect to pitch tonight.
I should also be receiving my parts from Mcmaster to build a spunding valve so I'll see if I can get that hooked up as well. I may not hook it up just yet for fear that I will have blowoff from this beer, it ended up at 1.068. But I definitely want to use it a little later in the ferment to get some free carbonation.
So far so good!
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