Greetings!
My name is Jason and I'm addicted to homebrewing.
(all together now: "Hi Jason!")
Okay, now for the recipe:
Brew date: 10/28 2:30pm EST
5 Gallon Starter Kit from LHBS. Plastic fermenters. All equipment sanitized thoroughly beforehand.
Kit: Brewers Best PSA IPA.
Boil Size: approx. 2.75 gallons
Dry Grains: Carapils and Caramel, 2oz and 6oz respectively, made a "tea" with them at 165-170 for 20 minutes.
Increased to boil, added 6.6lbs light LME.
Hops and flavorings:
60min: 1oz Summit
20min: 1oz Palisade
15min: 1lb Dry light malt extract
Flameout: 1oz Ahtanum
Cooled the wort in an ice bath, took about 15 minutes to hit 70deg. Siphoned off wort to fermenter and added cool water to bring to 5gal. Pitched yeast and stirred it in. OG 1.063
Now for the questions:
How can I measure the temperature of the wort? With the fermenter sealed, is it safe to open it and add a sanitized thermocouple?
It's about 26 hours after fermentation started and it seems to be very vigorous. I'm getting bubbles, some longer than others, every 1.5-2 seconds. Is it possible it's running a little hot?
How long is a normal fermentation for an IPA? I'm shooting for about 9 days, or November 6th for bottling. iBrewmaster is telling me to expect a FG of 1.020. Does that sound about right? I'm planning on warm conditioning at room temp for 7 days and cold conditioning for 7 at about 40deg.
Your help is appreciated greatly and I'm looking forward to your advice!
Thank you!
-Jason
My name is Jason and I'm addicted to homebrewing.
(all together now: "Hi Jason!")
Okay, now for the recipe:
Brew date: 10/28 2:30pm EST
5 Gallon Starter Kit from LHBS. Plastic fermenters. All equipment sanitized thoroughly beforehand.
Kit: Brewers Best PSA IPA.
Boil Size: approx. 2.75 gallons
Dry Grains: Carapils and Caramel, 2oz and 6oz respectively, made a "tea" with them at 165-170 for 20 minutes.
Increased to boil, added 6.6lbs light LME.
Hops and flavorings:
60min: 1oz Summit
20min: 1oz Palisade
15min: 1lb Dry light malt extract
Flameout: 1oz Ahtanum
Cooled the wort in an ice bath, took about 15 minutes to hit 70deg. Siphoned off wort to fermenter and added cool water to bring to 5gal. Pitched yeast and stirred it in. OG 1.063
Now for the questions:
How can I measure the temperature of the wort? With the fermenter sealed, is it safe to open it and add a sanitized thermocouple?
It's about 26 hours after fermentation started and it seems to be very vigorous. I'm getting bubbles, some longer than others, every 1.5-2 seconds. Is it possible it's running a little hot?
How long is a normal fermentation for an IPA? I'm shooting for about 9 days, or November 6th for bottling. iBrewmaster is telling me to expect a FG of 1.020. Does that sound about right? I'm planning on warm conditioning at room temp for 7 days and cold conditioning for 7 at about 40deg.
Your help is appreciated greatly and I'm looking forward to your advice!
Thank you!
-Jason