Chriso
Broken Robot Brewing Co.
Couldn't find much through searching, so I'll ask ya'll here. I did my RIS yesterday, came out 1.088 (yay!), and then pulled another 5 1/2 gal of 2nd runnings from the mash tun. All appeared to be well in brewtown, I boiled, cooled, and pitched the RIS, cleaned up a little, then went to work on the 2nd batch.
It looked and smelled quite dark going into the kettle, and measured between 5.5 - 6 gallons. I didn't take any readings because the wort was still warmish (130F) from its mash earlier. I boiled for 45 minutes total, adding a hop addition at 10 minutes remaining. Then, I just turned off the burner, and let the kettle sit for about 3 hours. (College football was on TV.)
Came back, temp had dropped from 210F to about 145F. Being safe enough for plastic, I racked into a clean fermenter, and brought it into the house to continue cooling. Checked on it this morning, and it was about 80F, so I pitched my yeast (S-04) dry, and then realized OH CRAP - I forgot to take a hydro reading.
Grabbed one quickly, and this is only at 1.020. Oops.
Going to the LHBS now, going to get some extract to boost it with. Anyone have a favorite for a vaguely dry stout?
It looked and smelled quite dark going into the kettle, and measured between 5.5 - 6 gallons. I didn't take any readings because the wort was still warmish (130F) from its mash earlier. I boiled for 45 minutes total, adding a hop addition at 10 minutes remaining. Then, I just turned off the burner, and let the kettle sit for about 3 hours. (College football was on TV.)
Came back, temp had dropped from 210F to about 145F. Being safe enough for plastic, I racked into a clean fermenter, and brought it into the house to continue cooling. Checked on it this morning, and it was about 80F, so I pitched my yeast (S-04) dry, and then realized OH CRAP - I forgot to take a hydro reading.
Grabbed one quickly, and this is only at 1.020. Oops.
Going to the LHBS now, going to get some extract to boost it with. Anyone have a favorite for a vaguely dry stout?