Wicked Daddy
Well-Known Member
I finished my first brew on Sunday. Everything went really well. I can't say enough about preparation and the educattion I have been receiving here. I did a full 5 gal boil with steeped grains and LME to make the AHBS Honey Brown Ale.
Question: The recipe calls for an 1.060 OG. I measured the wort at 78 degrees at 1.052, converted to the hydrometer's calibration should be 1.053. This seems low. However, I aerated the wort in the brew kettle after cooling but prior to measuring and prior to transferring. I wonder if this effected the OG?
Also, how do you get a hydromter into a carboy and back out? Fishing line maybe? I would need a very tall, very slim recepticle to sample wort/beer otherwise. Or, do you sample it while it's still in the thief?
The carboy went into my fermentation freezer w/controller at 4:30pm and by 10:00pm, the blow-off tube was bubbling in it's bucket of sani-water (I made a starter). This morning it has a good head of Krausen, the wort is churning and the bubbling is steady.
Question: I have the controller set at 70 degrees and the ambient temp seems to be steady at between 68 to 72. However, the temperature of the wort is steady at 77 degrees (tape style thermometer on carboy). Should I lower the temperature control to get the wort temp down? It seems too high.
Thanks!
Question: The recipe calls for an 1.060 OG. I measured the wort at 78 degrees at 1.052, converted to the hydrometer's calibration should be 1.053. This seems low. However, I aerated the wort in the brew kettle after cooling but prior to measuring and prior to transferring. I wonder if this effected the OG?
Also, how do you get a hydromter into a carboy and back out? Fishing line maybe? I would need a very tall, very slim recepticle to sample wort/beer otherwise. Or, do you sample it while it's still in the thief?
The carboy went into my fermentation freezer w/controller at 4:30pm and by 10:00pm, the blow-off tube was bubbling in it's bucket of sani-water (I made a starter). This morning it has a good head of Krausen, the wort is churning and the bubbling is steady.
Question: I have the controller set at 70 degrees and the ambient temp seems to be steady at between 68 to 72. However, the temperature of the wort is steady at 77 degrees (tape style thermometer on carboy). Should I lower the temperature control to get the wort temp down? It seems too high.
Thanks!
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