ndtyank49

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Me and a buddy of mine made German Altbier, i must say the smell was amazing. I think it came out great but as a newbie i got some more questions for you guys.

1-After putting the hops in, some water evaporated an the water level went down, leaving the hops stuck on the side above the water level. I took a sanitized spoon, and got the hops off the side and back into the wort. Was i right to do that?

2-After siphoning the wort out of the pot into the fermenter you have to add water up to the 5 gallon mark. I poured the water in but that caused a lot of bubbles and added O2, is that ok? What should i do next time?

3-Does it matter how long it takes for the wort to cool? I do not have a wort chiller so i put the pot in my bathtub filled with ice water.

4-Are Heineken bottles ok to use to bottle, i'm going to try to get darker ones though.

hungry4hops

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1-yup
2-make as much bubbles as possible o2 is good!
3-a little youll be fine!
4-yes but keep them away from sunlight
your right on track let us know how it turns out!

unionrdr

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LyonsViper27

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1. thats what I do

2. o2 is a very good thing, most homebrewers do something to add air to the wort prior to pitching yeast, I inject pure o2

3. The faster you can cool the wort the better, I started out doing what you do with the ice bath.

4. heinekien bottles are fine as long as they are pry offs, keep them in a dark place because light with skunk your beer.

You seem to have everything inline to make so good beers, one thing i would suggest in a way to keep your fermation temps in check
GOOD LUCK

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Kegged: House Pale Ale, Dry Irish Stout, SWMBO Spiced ale, Phat Tyre clone, Apfelwein

Bottled: First batch Pilsner, RIS, Blackberry wine, Welsh wine, Rasberry Riesling, Lemon wine