Soccerboy016
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Hello everyone and I want to thank you in advance for any advice you can give me. I am going to brew my first batch of beer ever and i am really excited. I am Brewing Brewers Best WitBier (Yes i know its and intermediate Kit, but steep-to-convert does not seem hard at all).
After reading the directions I have a few questions:
1) After brewing the wort i need to cool it, I understand that, most suggest an ice bath of the brew pot, so my question is since i have this approx 2.5 gallons of hot wort can I start the cooling by combining it with 2 gallons room temp water that i have in my plastic fermentation bucket, take a temp reading and then add the last .5 gal hot or cold water (as needed based on temp reading) and then if need be ice the fermentation bucket to get the ideal temp instead?
2) My next question is about secondary fermentation, and it is pretty much when (how many days) do i do it? My directions are not the clear with this. It just says 5-7 days. What am I looking for?
3) How good is the Safbrew WB-06 Powdered Yeast? Should I change it?
Thank You once again for any advice given in advance.
After reading the directions I have a few questions:
1) After brewing the wort i need to cool it, I understand that, most suggest an ice bath of the brew pot, so my question is since i have this approx 2.5 gallons of hot wort can I start the cooling by combining it with 2 gallons room temp water that i have in my plastic fermentation bucket, take a temp reading and then add the last .5 gal hot or cold water (as needed based on temp reading) and then if need be ice the fermentation bucket to get the ideal temp instead?
2) My next question is about secondary fermentation, and it is pretty much when (how many days) do i do it? My directions are not the clear with this. It just says 5-7 days. What am I looking for?
3) How good is the Safbrew WB-06 Powdered Yeast? Should I change it?
Thank You once again for any advice given in advance.