UnrulyGentleman
Active Member
Working on my second batch ever, and realized a couple of errors that I was wondering if they can/should be corrected. Working on an Imperial Stout, OG was 1.091 and used White Labs California Ale. Now, the things I messed up:
1. Chilled wort quickly, but poured into primary and then topped off with cool water as opposed to pouring it into water already in primary.
2. Pitched the liquid yeast without a starter ( honestly, didn't know much about starters till I found this forum).
3. Probably did a poor job aerating, just mild rocking and the movement of walking it to it's new home in the bathtub.
It's now day 3 and the airlock is showing plenty of life ( 1 bubble per second) and there is quite the sweetish smell in the air. Guessing the smell is from the airlock not having enough vodka in it at first or the lid not being perfectly on. Anyway, while I am a huge fan of RDWHAHB, just wondering if there is something that needs to be done to prevent a stuck fermentation since the lack of aeration/starter happened. Any thoughts or should I shut up and go grab that home brew now? Thanks!
1. Chilled wort quickly, but poured into primary and then topped off with cool water as opposed to pouring it into water already in primary.
2. Pitched the liquid yeast without a starter ( honestly, didn't know much about starters till I found this forum).
3. Probably did a poor job aerating, just mild rocking and the movement of walking it to it's new home in the bathtub.
It's now day 3 and the airlock is showing plenty of life ( 1 bubble per second) and there is quite the sweetish smell in the air. Guessing the smell is from the airlock not having enough vodka in it at first or the lid not being perfectly on. Anyway, while I am a huge fan of RDWHAHB, just wondering if there is something that needs to be done to prevent a stuck fermentation since the lack of aeration/starter happened. Any thoughts or should I shut up and go grab that home brew now? Thanks!