So, my first ever batch is in the bottle. Anxious is an understatement. I was hoping someone could tell what to expect because I had some steps in the process that didn't go perfectly right.
5 gallon Northern Brewers Caribou Slobber
1. Water boils at 212 F but I could only get my water with specialty grains up to 207 F. It was steaming but not boiling when I added the first round of hops. When that was added it actually started to boil.
2. I forgot to take an SG reading...(I blame it on the beer I was drinking at the time of brewing)
3. I used a space heater to control the temp in the room I would place my primary in. However, I didn't know that the thermostat on said space heater was broken so even though I set the temp at 72 F before I went to bed when woke up the next morning I found the room temp to be 86 F and my airlock looked like it was boiling. I adjusted the temp to get it back to 70 F and the next morning there were no bubbles. I opened the lid and saw there were still lots of bubbles on the surface so I closed it back up.
4. After one week there was no bubbling on the surface so I racked to a secondary and took a gravity reading of 1.024. 5 days later I took another gravity reading and it was still 1.024 so I decided to go ahead and bottle.
Some things I think might happen.
-lower than anticipated ABV%
-over carbonation
-exploding beer bottles
Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks in advance.
5 gallon Northern Brewers Caribou Slobber
1. Water boils at 212 F but I could only get my water with specialty grains up to 207 F. It was steaming but not boiling when I added the first round of hops. When that was added it actually started to boil.
2. I forgot to take an SG reading...(I blame it on the beer I was drinking at the time of brewing)
3. I used a space heater to control the temp in the room I would place my primary in. However, I didn't know that the thermostat on said space heater was broken so even though I set the temp at 72 F before I went to bed when woke up the next morning I found the room temp to be 86 F and my airlock looked like it was boiling. I adjusted the temp to get it back to 70 F and the next morning there were no bubbles. I opened the lid and saw there were still lots of bubbles on the surface so I closed it back up.
4. After one week there was no bubbling on the surface so I racked to a secondary and took a gravity reading of 1.024. 5 days later I took another gravity reading and it was still 1.024 so I decided to go ahead and bottle.
Some things I think might happen.
-lower than anticipated ABV%
-over carbonation
-exploding beer bottles
Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks in advance.