Rook
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I brewed my first batch yesterday, a red ale. My wife got me a full setup for christmas, including a 185,000 BTU burner to make it outdoors, which I did. She also included a wort chiller.
Here's four things I did that I think might have screwed it up, lemme know what you think.
1) My wort was too cold, I think it actually got to 60º before I pitched the yeast. It has been 14 hrs and I'm seeing bubbles every 10-15 seconds, so I presume the yeast is OK, its an Edinburgh Ale Yeast.
2) Becuase the only water I had to add was very cold, I stopped adding water, I didn't want to bring the wort down any cooler. I'm not entirely convinced that I have 5 gallons in there. When I transfer to a carboy am I OK to add water to get it up to 5 gallons?
3) I looked in my boiling pot and I see black in the bottom middle underneath the burner, some of the sediment that had settled to the bottom got scorched in my hour long boil. I'm worried that this will impart a burnt taste to my beer.
4) When I had the burner up trying to get it to a boil, the brew bubbled up quite a bit, spilling over a very very small amount over the side of the vessel before I could get it settled down. It boiled the rest of the hour without any problems. Is this bad for the sugars in the wort?
I've also got two further questions.
4) I put it into a plastic pale for primary fermentation. I have a 5 gallon carboy that I was going to transfer to in a few days. What sort of timeframe should I look for? 30 seconds to a minute between burps from the airlock? 4-5 days?
5) Once I put it in the carboy, It has to go for another two weeks, then another 10 days or so in the bottle after that? Am I overdoing a step?
Thanks for any help!!
Here's four things I did that I think might have screwed it up, lemme know what you think.
1) My wort was too cold, I think it actually got to 60º before I pitched the yeast. It has been 14 hrs and I'm seeing bubbles every 10-15 seconds, so I presume the yeast is OK, its an Edinburgh Ale Yeast.
2) Becuase the only water I had to add was very cold, I stopped adding water, I didn't want to bring the wort down any cooler. I'm not entirely convinced that I have 5 gallons in there. When I transfer to a carboy am I OK to add water to get it up to 5 gallons?
3) I looked in my boiling pot and I see black in the bottom middle underneath the burner, some of the sediment that had settled to the bottom got scorched in my hour long boil. I'm worried that this will impart a burnt taste to my beer.
4) When I had the burner up trying to get it to a boil, the brew bubbled up quite a bit, spilling over a very very small amount over the side of the vessel before I could get it settled down. It boiled the rest of the hour without any problems. Is this bad for the sugars in the wort?
I've also got two further questions.
4) I put it into a plastic pale for primary fermentation. I have a 5 gallon carboy that I was going to transfer to in a few days. What sort of timeframe should I look for? 30 seconds to a minute between burps from the airlock? 4-5 days?
5) Once I put it in the carboy, It has to go for another two weeks, then another 10 days or so in the bottle after that? Am I overdoing a step?
Thanks for any help!!