brandenn
Active Member
Long story short, had a few too many Hopslams combined with homebrews during brewing my last batch. This is only my third batch since I got into the hobby in December. It was a 5 gallon APA extract kit that I decided in the last 20 minutes it would be awesome to add some Citra hops every five minutes (mostly because they smell delicious).
I go to take my OG and it's still quite foamy after adding water and aerating so I think to myself "I'll get it before I throw the lid on". Needless to say, I was drinking delicious brew listening to music and forgot to take the OG. I went to add the yeast and cut too low on the packet, losing probably 15%. It was a standard dry nottingham's packet. Airlock activity began about 24 hours later, and now four days later is still active every 10 seconds or so.
Questions:
1. Is spilling that much yeast a big deal? I wasn't sure if it would tire out, but so far it still seems strong.
2. How should I handle OG/FG for dry hopping in secondary? Just wait 5~ days and transfer or should I wait until FG has stabilized?
I'm still pretty new to the hobby so I wasn't sure how to handle this sort of combination of events. Thanks for any advice.
I go to take my OG and it's still quite foamy after adding water and aerating so I think to myself "I'll get it before I throw the lid on". Needless to say, I was drinking delicious brew listening to music and forgot to take the OG. I went to add the yeast and cut too low on the packet, losing probably 15%. It was a standard dry nottingham's packet. Airlock activity began about 24 hours later, and now four days later is still active every 10 seconds or so.
Questions:
1. Is spilling that much yeast a big deal? I wasn't sure if it would tire out, but so far it still seems strong.
2. How should I handle OG/FG for dry hopping in secondary? Just wait 5~ days and transfer or should I wait until FG has stabilized?
I'm still pretty new to the hobby so I wasn't sure how to handle this sort of combination of events. Thanks for any advice.