CanadianQuaffer
Well-Known Member
Hey guys...been homebrewing for 3 years now, but have been doing full wort boils ever since my second batch, hence by screw-up detailed below...
I just brewed a 5 gallon batch of pale ale over the weekend, and it'd been so log since I'd done a concentrated wort boil, I forgot to stir the wort after I topped it up with 3 gallons of cold water...will that be a problem? I poured the water from about 1-2' above the bucket, so it went in fast and hard, and fermentation occured quickly and has now calmed down considerably (3 days later). I'm thinking the action of pouring 3 gallons of water into the wort would have stirred things up quite well and the activity of the yeast doing its thing would have helped as well...but I'm still worrying, contrary to Charlie Papazian's sagely advice...
Think it'll be ok?
I just brewed a 5 gallon batch of pale ale over the weekend, and it'd been so log since I'd done a concentrated wort boil, I forgot to stir the wort after I topped it up with 3 gallons of cold water...will that be a problem? I poured the water from about 1-2' above the bucket, so it went in fast and hard, and fermentation occured quickly and has now calmed down considerably (3 days later). I'm thinking the action of pouring 3 gallons of water into the wort would have stirred things up quite well and the activity of the yeast doing its thing would have helped as well...but I'm still worrying, contrary to Charlie Papazian's sagely advice...
Think it'll be ok?
