Is my Graff ruined? Sigghhhhh

Hi All!

I am going to post my recipe and exact steps that i took for my take on Graff. This is my third brew ever and first time without using a kit.

My alarm is that the yeast settled on the bottom of the carboy pretty quick...i will attach photograph...

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1 lb. 2-row Continental Pale Malt
1 lb. Flaked Oatmeal
0.5 lb. Crystal 60L - American
1 lb. Breiss Traditional Dark DME

.5 oz. Wilamette 4.8%

Safbrew S-05 Ale Yeast

3 gal. Hick's Orchard Apple Cider

Actual OG: 1.060


TIMELINE

1) 0:00 @ 6:50 pm - Toasted 1 lb. Oatmeal @ 300F

2) 0:25 @ 7:15pm - Raised temperature to 350F

3) 0:30 @ 7:20pm - Hydrated 1 sachet S-05 yeast w/ 100mL H20 @ 95F

4) 0:40 @ 7:30pm - Removed oats from oven, mixed with Pale and Crystal malts

5) 1:00 @ 7:50pm - Mash-in oats, pale and crystal malts @ 155F in 1 gal. H20

6) 1:55 @ 8:45pm - Stop mash, .5 gal. sparge @ 177F, raise temperature to boil

7) 2:00 @ 8:50pm - Add-in 1 lb. Breiss Traditional Dark DME

8) 2:10 @ 9:00pm - Boil occurs, Add-in .5 oz. Wilamette

9) 2:55 @ 9:45pm - Flame-out, add-in 1 cinnamon stick, begin wort chill

10) 3:00 @ 9:50pm - Remove cinnamon stick

11) 3:02 @ 9:52pm - Wort temperature @ 80F

12) 3:03 @ 9:53pm - Add 1 gal. cider, 1 gal. Wort, 2 gal. cider to 5 gal. carboy

13) 3:05 @ 9:55pm - Gravity reading of 1.060

14) 3:07 @ 9:57pm - Pitch yeast


Any ideas? Will this end up fermenting? The Cider is from a local orchard and is UV pasturized. About 4 gallons of liquid in a 5 gallon carboy.

Also do the seals need to be completely airtight for fermentation to occur? I feel like the cap on the carboy could be tighter.

Thanks all!

I'm confused as to why you think there's a problem.

When did you start this, as far as the day goes?

Last night (1/31/13)

I thought there would be a problem because i used a whole sachet of yeast for 4 gallons of liquid...too much head space...no blowoff bubbles yet...yeast settled at the bottom quick...etc., Am i over reacting?

AdirondackPeter said:

Last night (1/31/13)

I thought there would be a problem because i used a whole sachet of yeast for 4 gallons of liquid...too much head space...no blowoff bubbles yet...yeast settled at the bottom quick...etc., Am i over reacting?

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Yes, majorly. The airlock not being tight in no way would prevent fermentation. It looks just fine. Check this sticky. Relax.

yea you need to relax and let the yeasties work...sometimes it can take up to 18 hours for them to fire off....S-05 should be fine...

Thank you everyone for calming my nerves. 1 week in and my ABV is about 5.5% so far.