impatient
Well-Known Member
This was my first AG and it is a relatively low gravity brew. The OG came in at 1.055.
I mashed 10lbs of Vienna in at 158 with 14 quarts for 1 hour. Then I sparged with 14 quarts at 170.
I boiled 1 oz of Fuggel for 60 minutes, got a nice cold break (kind of cool seeing everything form like that) cooling to 80 in less than five minutes.
I strained everything into the primary and then pitched that starter.
However, I did something, I thought would be OK. At the beginning of the boil when the hot break let up, I stole about a cup of wort from the pot and cooled it to 80 degrees. Then I pitched my yeast into that and ended up with this about 15 minutes later.
Now, after 18 hours I am about to have a mess on my hands.
I left plenty of head space?
I was wondering if something could have happened during the mash to result in such high fermentability. I targeted 158 to add more body to the beer. When I started the sparge the temp had only dropped 2 degrees to 156. The only thing I could think of is that the thermometer was off and I was below 153.
I mashed 10lbs of Vienna in at 158 with 14 quarts for 1 hour. Then I sparged with 14 quarts at 170.
I boiled 1 oz of Fuggel for 60 minutes, got a nice cold break (kind of cool seeing everything form like that) cooling to 80 in less than five minutes.
I strained everything into the primary and then pitched that starter.
However, I did something, I thought would be OK. At the beginning of the boil when the hot break let up, I stole about a cup of wort from the pot and cooled it to 80 degrees. Then I pitched my yeast into that and ended up with this about 15 minutes later.
Now, after 18 hours I am about to have a mess on my hands.
I left plenty of head space?
I was wondering if something could have happened during the mash to result in such high fermentability. I targeted 158 to add more body to the beer. When I started the sparge the temp had only dropped 2 degrees to 156. The only thing I could think of is that the thermometer was off and I was below 153.