blackbear219
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Hi all,
Just got back into brewing recently. Picked up a pretty basic starter kit (2 buckets, siphon, hydrometer, airlock, capper, etc) at my local shop and cooked up a batch a week and half ago.
I think my biggest problem with this batch is going to be temperature. In the reading I have done since, I have learned that you want to get your wort down to temp before adding the yeast. I added by 2 gallons of wort to 3 gallons of cold water in the bucket and then pitched the yeast right off, so I think my wort was hotter than it should have been when I pitched. Also, the guy at the shop told me to put it up on my 3rd floor which I did...but we had a heat wave and it got to be 80+ degrees up there. So we'll see.
After 7 days, I moved it to secondary. I did snatch a little taste test and it tasted pretty good to me, definitely has potential. I got distracted by my kid while siphoning and ended up sucking over some of the trub by accident, but not very much. I'm sure it will settle out fine.
I'm going to bottle on Sunday (7 days primary, 7 days secondary)...I'll let you guys know how it turns out!
I've been reading a lot since starting this batch, and see that a lot of people skip secondary fermentation and just go with a longer primary. I think on my next batch I am going to give that a try.
Just got back into brewing recently. Picked up a pretty basic starter kit (2 buckets, siphon, hydrometer, airlock, capper, etc) at my local shop and cooked up a batch a week and half ago.
I think my biggest problem with this batch is going to be temperature. In the reading I have done since, I have learned that you want to get your wort down to temp before adding the yeast. I added by 2 gallons of wort to 3 gallons of cold water in the bucket and then pitched the yeast right off, so I think my wort was hotter than it should have been when I pitched. Also, the guy at the shop told me to put it up on my 3rd floor which I did...but we had a heat wave and it got to be 80+ degrees up there. So we'll see.
After 7 days, I moved it to secondary. I did snatch a little taste test and it tasted pretty good to me, definitely has potential. I got distracted by my kid while siphoning and ended up sucking over some of the trub by accident, but not very much. I'm sure it will settle out fine.
I'm going to bottle on Sunday (7 days primary, 7 days secondary)...I'll let you guys know how it turns out!
I've been reading a lot since starting this batch, and see that a lot of people skip secondary fermentation and just go with a longer primary. I think on my next batch I am going to give that a try.