Dolemite78
Active Member
So below is a run-down of some mis-steps I had while brewing last weekend. Tell me if I'm doomed. Probably just paranoid, although there were a lot. It was just one of those days where I wasn't thinking straight and couldn't do anything right, lol.
Amber Autumn ale LME kit from Midwest. Brewed Friday afternoon.
1. Boil went slightly above my preconditioned line in my Aluminum kettle
2. When attempting to cool with my new Wort Chiller, one of the fittings came loose and misted/sprayed a minor amount of hose water in the top of my brew. Kettle was probably at about 215 degrees when this happened, I would imagine no more than a couple tablespoons got in before I could get the water shut off.
3. I didn't pre-boil the copper wort chiller. When it hit the Wort to sanitize for 15min was the first time it got wet.
4. I messed up when adding my yeast to 1/3 cup water. Directions stated to boil the water and then cool to 36-38 degrees before adding yeast. I didn't boil the water, but used bottled water. I also added the yeast at about 68 degrees then realized my error and stuck it in the freezer for the 15 min wait time.
5. I had serious timing issues when it came to pitching my yeast. Above I mentioned the temperature error, but more problematic was the fact that when the 15min were up on the yeast (per instructions) I hadn't sufficiently cooled my Wort. I tried to pick the lesser of two evils and decided to pitch the yeast at about 85 degrees vice letting the yeast sit around much longer than the 25 minutes that had already passed.
6. Not sure what the expectation should be, however I noticed my fermenter was bubbling at around the 8 hr mark. It bubbled for about 3 days, now it appears to have stopped. I plan to take a gravity reading when I get home today and see where I'm at. If I remember correctly my SG was 1.042, got it wrote down at home just don't have it with me.
Amber Autumn ale LME kit from Midwest. Brewed Friday afternoon.
1. Boil went slightly above my preconditioned line in my Aluminum kettle
2. When attempting to cool with my new Wort Chiller, one of the fittings came loose and misted/sprayed a minor amount of hose water in the top of my brew. Kettle was probably at about 215 degrees when this happened, I would imagine no more than a couple tablespoons got in before I could get the water shut off.
3. I didn't pre-boil the copper wort chiller. When it hit the Wort to sanitize for 15min was the first time it got wet.
4. I messed up when adding my yeast to 1/3 cup water. Directions stated to boil the water and then cool to 36-38 degrees before adding yeast. I didn't boil the water, but used bottled water. I also added the yeast at about 68 degrees then realized my error and stuck it in the freezer for the 15 min wait time.
5. I had serious timing issues when it came to pitching my yeast. Above I mentioned the temperature error, but more problematic was the fact that when the 15min were up on the yeast (per instructions) I hadn't sufficiently cooled my Wort. I tried to pick the lesser of two evils and decided to pitch the yeast at about 85 degrees vice letting the yeast sit around much longer than the 25 minutes that had already passed.
6. Not sure what the expectation should be, however I noticed my fermenter was bubbling at around the 8 hr mark. It bubbled for about 3 days, now it appears to have stopped. I plan to take a gravity reading when I get home today and see where I'm at. If I remember correctly my SG was 1.042, got it wrote down at home just don't have it with me.