zodiak3000
Well-Known Member
What a day! i"ll throw out the most important problem first cause i need a response to hopefully save my beer. id appreciate feedback to the other problems as well...
1. I just switched from buckets to carboys. For some reason the rubber stopper didnt want to stay on the carboy when i was positioning the blow off tube. So when i tried to push it in firmly to stay in the carboy it actually fell through into the wort. Yup, i see the SOB floating on top the wort right now. I sanitized some tin foil and covered the carboy lid. Anything else I can do? Will my beer turn out legit? What can I do in the future to prevent this?
2. During my sparge runnings i forgot to vorlauf for maybe about 1-2 pints worth. i did vorlauf my first runnings, just forgot about my second runnings for about 1-2 pints worth. i did go ahead and do a vorlauf on those runnings like nothings happened once i realized what i did. any problems with this? risk of astringency? i figure 1-2 pints isnt that big of a deal, but ive never missed any process of the vorlauf before...
3. Ive been AG brewing several batches now...on the stove top. First day with a propane burner. I was constantly fixing boil overs during the hot break and hop additions. It probably took me 90 min to do a 60 min boil. I satrted my 60 min addition clock once it got going good without having to kill the gas. When i was doing later ones though (20,15,10,5). I was killing the gas to a very weak boil. I wonder how my hop utilization was effected? I hit my OG fine. Any cure for this besides getting a bigger pot? I realize boiling 6.5 gallons on a 7 gallon pot doesnt leave much room for boiling, but i never had this problem on the stove.
1. I just switched from buckets to carboys. For some reason the rubber stopper didnt want to stay on the carboy when i was positioning the blow off tube. So when i tried to push it in firmly to stay in the carboy it actually fell through into the wort. Yup, i see the SOB floating on top the wort right now. I sanitized some tin foil and covered the carboy lid. Anything else I can do? Will my beer turn out legit? What can I do in the future to prevent this?
2. During my sparge runnings i forgot to vorlauf for maybe about 1-2 pints worth. i did vorlauf my first runnings, just forgot about my second runnings for about 1-2 pints worth. i did go ahead and do a vorlauf on those runnings like nothings happened once i realized what i did. any problems with this? risk of astringency? i figure 1-2 pints isnt that big of a deal, but ive never missed any process of the vorlauf before...
3. Ive been AG brewing several batches now...on the stove top. First day with a propane burner. I was constantly fixing boil overs during the hot break and hop additions. It probably took me 90 min to do a 60 min boil. I satrted my 60 min addition clock once it got going good without having to kill the gas. When i was doing later ones though (20,15,10,5). I was killing the gas to a very weak boil. I wonder how my hop utilization was effected? I hit my OG fine. Any cure for this besides getting a bigger pot? I realize boiling 6.5 gallons on a 7 gallon pot doesnt leave much room for boiling, but i never had this problem on the stove.