mrduna01
Well-Known Member
So I am a complete beginner at this and the people on this forum seem to be very knowledgable so let me throw this one at you before i throw my first brew down the drain.
I made a couple big mistakes I think in the brewing process. First, it was recommended to me at the brew shop to use a 16 qt pot. Instead I used two 8 qt pots and split the ingredients in to each. Everytime I got a decent boil going on it would foam up and boil over. So I am not sure if I boiled it good enough.
Next, after my very low boiling for the instructed time and during cool down I found a price tag sticker in the wort from the plastic stir spoon. lol
Lastly I made the mistake of sanitizing everything at the beginning but not throughout the process such as after setting the spoon or other equipment on the counter and then putting back in the wort. At least I think it was a mistake.
Problem is, it has been 72 hours and nothing has happened in the fermenter. I peeked under the lid of my plastic bucket and it looks the exact same as it did when I poured it in there to begin with. I also, while peaking through found another dag blamed piece of that price tag and then (i know i know don't yell at me) removed it with my unsanitized fingers. lol So last night at about the 36 hour mark I put in another batch of yeast but at 72 hours it still has not done anything.
Any advice?
I made a couple big mistakes I think in the brewing process. First, it was recommended to me at the brew shop to use a 16 qt pot. Instead I used two 8 qt pots and split the ingredients in to each. Everytime I got a decent boil going on it would foam up and boil over. So I am not sure if I boiled it good enough.
Next, after my very low boiling for the instructed time and during cool down I found a price tag sticker in the wort from the plastic stir spoon. lol
Lastly I made the mistake of sanitizing everything at the beginning but not throughout the process such as after setting the spoon or other equipment on the counter and then putting back in the wort. At least I think it was a mistake.
Problem is, it has been 72 hours and nothing has happened in the fermenter. I peeked under the lid of my plastic bucket and it looks the exact same as it did when I poured it in there to begin with. I also, while peaking through found another dag blamed piece of that price tag and then (i know i know don't yell at me) removed it with my unsanitized fingers. lol So last night at about the 36 hour mark I put in another batch of yeast but at 72 hours it still has not done anything.
Any advice?