CoolshipMike
Active Member
Saison high krausen too quickly?
So I'm (probably a bit over my head here) attempting my first home brew, a saison ingredient kit from LHBS. I'm starting out with an 8 gallon kettle that has a built in spigot, thermometer and false bottom. The instructions were to boil 2 gallons and then add 3.5 gallons cold water to cool the wort in the primary fermenter.
At this point I realized that I need to fill my kettle to 4 gallons to submerge the thermometer sensor. I used the remaining 1 gallon later to cool the boil to 150^F as required by the recipe to steep the spices. I used a wort chiller in the brew kettle to bring the wort down to 70^F before draining to the primary fermenter and pitching liquid yeast. The liquid yeast was supposed to warm up for 3-6 hours but I only gave it about 2 hours. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly.
Room temperature has been constant at 68^F. After about 12 hours I saw it bubbling pretty good. At the 20 hour mark it was going crazy. Now 36 hours in it doesn't seem to be bubbling at all. Is this normal?
Wort chiller first use
I rinsed and sanitized it with LD Carson Easy Clean (from brewing equipment kit). On the wort chiller instructions it says in BOLD that "It's very important to thoroughly clean before first use with a cleaner suitable for removing oil such as TSP." It looked pretty clean and I don't remember it being oily but I didn't look too hard at it. Am I risking off flavors or even getting sick here?
Hop pellets in primary fermenter
The recipe called for 3 muslin bags throughout the boil to add ingredients. It wasn't really clear which ingredients went in the bags and which didn't. I used them only for the spices. The hop pellets "dissolved" right into the boil. I thought I might have to strain them out but after chilling the wort I was able to siphon most of the wort off the hops. Was I supposed to transfer the hops on the bottom to the primary?
So I'm (probably a bit over my head here) attempting my first home brew, a saison ingredient kit from LHBS. I'm starting out with an 8 gallon kettle that has a built in spigot, thermometer and false bottom. The instructions were to boil 2 gallons and then add 3.5 gallons cold water to cool the wort in the primary fermenter.
At this point I realized that I need to fill my kettle to 4 gallons to submerge the thermometer sensor. I used the remaining 1 gallon later to cool the boil to 150^F as required by the recipe to steep the spices. I used a wort chiller in the brew kettle to bring the wort down to 70^F before draining to the primary fermenter and pitching liquid yeast. The liquid yeast was supposed to warm up for 3-6 hours but I only gave it about 2 hours. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly.
Room temperature has been constant at 68^F. After about 12 hours I saw it bubbling pretty good. At the 20 hour mark it was going crazy. Now 36 hours in it doesn't seem to be bubbling at all. Is this normal?
Wort chiller first use
I rinsed and sanitized it with LD Carson Easy Clean (from brewing equipment kit). On the wort chiller instructions it says in BOLD that "It's very important to thoroughly clean before first use with a cleaner suitable for removing oil such as TSP." It looked pretty clean and I don't remember it being oily but I didn't look too hard at it. Am I risking off flavors or even getting sick here?
Hop pellets in primary fermenter
The recipe called for 3 muslin bags throughout the boil to add ingredients. It wasn't really clear which ingredients went in the bags and which didn't. I used them only for the spices. The hop pellets "dissolved" right into the boil. I thought I might have to strain them out but after chilling the wort I was able to siphon most of the wort off the hops. Was I supposed to transfer the hops on the bottom to the primary?