ballegre
Well-Known Member
First post here. Hi.
I just finished my first brew and had a few questions that I would like to run by the members here.
1. When I poured my wart into the primary, I left the hot break in the kettle. I thought this was the right thing to do but now I cannot find where I read it...Is this the correct procedure or should I just vigorously dump the entire contents through a course filter?
2. I took the OG just after I added the rehydrated yeast and it looked good but I was supposed to do it before yeast. Think this affected the reading?
3. When I sanitized stuff, I couldn't tell if the True Brew sanitizer was no rinse and it smelled nasty so I rinsed everything after I sanitized. Should I avoid rinsing after sanitizing and get the no rinse stuff?
4. To aerate the hot wart I just poured from a high altitude. Can I use SWMBO's electric mixer to really whip it up or is this overkill? I can also attach a large whisk to my drill...
I just finished my first brew and had a few questions that I would like to run by the members here.
1. When I poured my wart into the primary, I left the hot break in the kettle. I thought this was the right thing to do but now I cannot find where I read it...Is this the correct procedure or should I just vigorously dump the entire contents through a course filter?
2. I took the OG just after I added the rehydrated yeast and it looked good but I was supposed to do it before yeast. Think this affected the reading?
3. When I sanitized stuff, I couldn't tell if the True Brew sanitizer was no rinse and it smelled nasty so I rinsed everything after I sanitized. Should I avoid rinsing after sanitizing and get the no rinse stuff?
4. To aerate the hot wart I just poured from a high altitude. Can I use SWMBO's electric mixer to really whip it up or is this overkill? I can also attach a large whisk to my drill...