Super excited about home brewing, but I'm not a very patient person. It's going to be hard waiting until its ready.
I have a couple concerns, though they're probably no big deal. Just want to know what you all think.
I bought a LME, Muttons IPA bitter with yeast pack. The instructions on the can were not very good so I used the directions in my book instead.
I heated 1.5 gallons of water, added extract (1.8kg) and 2.5lbs corn sugar. It took ~30 minutes to boil, then I boiled it for 45 minutes. Poured into the carboy that had the remaining 3.5 gallons of water and waited for it to cool. It wasn't cool enough to pitch before bed time so I pitched in the morning. It's been fermenting happily for about 3 days now but I'm worried about how long it took before I was able to pitch.
Any issues with the cook time, or lag time before pitching? Also wasn't supposed to use all 2.5lbs of sugar; I was supposed to hold some back for carbing. OG was 1.049, not sure what FG is supposed to be.
Sorry for the long post
I have a couple concerns, though they're probably no big deal. Just want to know what you all think.
I bought a LME, Muttons IPA bitter with yeast pack. The instructions on the can were not very good so I used the directions in my book instead.
I heated 1.5 gallons of water, added extract (1.8kg) and 2.5lbs corn sugar. It took ~30 minutes to boil, then I boiled it for 45 minutes. Poured into the carboy that had the remaining 3.5 gallons of water and waited for it to cool. It wasn't cool enough to pitch before bed time so I pitched in the morning. It's been fermenting happily for about 3 days now but I'm worried about how long it took before I was able to pitch.
Any issues with the cook time, or lag time before pitching? Also wasn't supposed to use all 2.5lbs of sugar; I was supposed to hold some back for carbing. OG was 1.049, not sure what FG is supposed to be.
Sorry for the long post