Got my first Ag and first batch ever done in mid January, fermented for a week to 10 days, cant quite remember at this point and, stupid me, forgot to write it down. I ended up with a brew that tasted great, had a bit of orange hint to it but everyone who tried it said it was good. I opened one of the few remaining bottles just the other day and realized that I should have let it age and condition longer, the orange is gone and it tastes even better.
When I mashed, I didn't use all of my grain bill and came up with a low ABV in the end product, was going to mash again but didn't manage my time well enough and didnt get to the other half. Had I done this would it have been better or would I have had more low gravity mash? I will be upgrading to a larger tun for my next batch regardless.
Saw no activity in the airlock, I know that this is brought up all the time, "no bubbles is it working?" and all that, was that the low gravity or did i have plenty of head space in my fermenter?
Before i started the batch my swmbo had very little faith in me and now shes begging me to make the next how many have had that problem?
When I mashed, I didn't use all of my grain bill and came up with a low ABV in the end product, was going to mash again but didn't manage my time well enough and didnt get to the other half. Had I done this would it have been better or would I have had more low gravity mash? I will be upgrading to a larger tun for my next batch regardless.
Saw no activity in the airlock, I know that this is brought up all the time, "no bubbles is it working?" and all that, was that the low gravity or did i have plenty of head space in my fermenter?
Before i started the batch my swmbo had very little faith in me and now shes begging me to make the next how many have had that problem?
