kjackson82
Well-Known Member
I bought Palmer's book a week ago and read it in a few days (understanding as much as a new brewer could). I bought my kit thursday and read the directions for a few days, read Palmer's first section on extract brewing and then finally brewed yesterday (Sunday). I had issues getting a rolling boil. All i could get on the stove was a gentle boil. I guess expecting a rolling boil, i had a lot of boil off ending up with a little less than 2 gallons of wort (1) what issues could this cause? Everything was going pretty smooth until racking into the primary. I was told this should be an extremely clean beer and that i needed to keep the cold break out of the primary. My siphon stopped up with a few inches of wort left in the boil pot and i freaked! I grabbed the only funnel in the house which wouldn't funnel skittles being so small, then i grabbed a paint strainer to filter the wort. Of course, everything being so small i stopped up the strainer and spilled wort. I then just said the hell with it and poured everything left into the fermentor. After this, i pitched the yeast with everything around 70 degrees and then shook it up to add oxygen to everything. (2) Was i supposed to oxygenate before pitching? and (3) What could i possibly due to correct the cold break going into the primary?
Lastly, what would be a good book explaining the differences in different beers? ie stouts, barley wine, boch, dopplebochs?
Thanks in advance!
Lastly, what would be a good book explaining the differences in different beers? ie stouts, barley wine, boch, dopplebochs?
Thanks in advance!