FuelshopMcgee
Well-Known Member
Everything went well...things got a little hazy towards the end because we were drinking a lot of beer (chimay being on that list) but otherwise things went well...At the end after cooling down to 80 I took my hydrometer reading and got a reading of 1.068 the recipe kit I used was expecting 1.070 - 1.074 im just wondering what kinds of things would bring my reading down lower then the target...what things should I try to work on that would bring it up a tad next time?
BTW the wort sky rocketed into active fermentation w/in 5 hours or so of pitching..its sitting in a dark closet at temps ranging from 68 to 72 I will let it sit in the primary for 2 weeks before I move to secondary regardless if the airlock stops giving me signs of yeast fornication ....Still not sure if im going to move to secondary or just go from primary to bottling...I read so many different sides on the subject im still stuck...And also I think a little of the crappy watermelon smirnoff vodka I had in the air lock got into the wort..but only a tiny bit so hopefully im not making a watermelon brew on accident
this is a double India Pale Ale btw that is supposed to be hopptastical...cant wait
BTW the wort sky rocketed into active fermentation w/in 5 hours or so of pitching..its sitting in a dark closet at temps ranging from 68 to 72 I will let it sit in the primary for 2 weeks before I move to secondary regardless if the airlock stops giving me signs of yeast fornication ....Still not sure if im going to move to secondary or just go from primary to bottling...I read so many different sides on the subject im still stuck...And also I think a little of the crappy watermelon smirnoff vodka I had in the air lock got into the wort..but only a tiny bit so hopefully im not making a watermelon brew on accident
this is a double India Pale Ale btw that is supposed to be hopptastical...cant wait