So i was planning on writing this thread to ask one question, but after my brewing session i have another. The brew is from northern brewers, an IPA that has a pound of hops. I was doing my normal brewing session adding the lme and the hops in increments when i decided to add some of the hopps without turning the gas off. BIG MISTAKE! Im brewing on my stove top, and for those of you who havent experienced this, turn off the gas. The instant the hops hit the boil, that sucker boiled over like you cant believe, what a mess. The front and sides of the stove weren't too bad to clean, but the top where it had burnt on, man oh man, my hand is throbbing. So my first question is, will it turn out the same. I lost about 3 quarts of the wort, had a little more than half of the hops already added, the rest were added after the incident. Im thinking it might be a little on the weak side, what do you guys think?
Second question, the instuctions say this beer needs 2 months to age, 2 weeks primary then on to a secondary. It says secondary is recommended. I was thinking that 2 weeks in the primary isnt long enough, but with a pound of hops im not sure. I thought i would do a month in the primary and a month in the secondary and then keg. Whats your thoughts on this?
Thanks for the help!
Second question, the instuctions say this beer needs 2 months to age, 2 weeks primary then on to a secondary. It says secondary is recommended. I was thinking that 2 weeks in the primary isnt long enough, but with a pound of hops im not sure. I thought i would do a month in the primary and a month in the secondary and then keg. Whats your thoughts on this?
Thanks for the help!