Moonshae
Well-Known Member
By the time I get home from work, I don't have enough time to do a full brew in the evening, with the time it takes to mash, etc. Since I brew on the deck, it gets pretty dark and difficult to see what I'm doing, even with a little light out there. What I'd like to do is complete my mash/sparge, and then keep the wort overnight to boil the next day.
Since it's getting cold at night here (high 40s/low 50s), I figured I could bring it up to a boil to kill any nasties already present, then leave it sit out overnight and cool (with a lid), move it into my kegerator in the morning to keep it cold, and then bring it back out to finish the boil the next day. Or I could not boil at all just move it into the kegerator while it's still warm/hot, but I'd prefer not to do that, just to avoid the risk of spilling 7 gallons of hot wort all over myself.
Am I risking any kind of off flavors by letting it cool down (slowly) and then heating it back up to boil temps? I can't imagine anything would really be able to get a foothold to grow in it that quickly.
Since it's getting cold at night here (high 40s/low 50s), I figured I could bring it up to a boil to kill any nasties already present, then leave it sit out overnight and cool (with a lid), move it into my kegerator in the morning to keep it cold, and then bring it back out to finish the boil the next day. Or I could not boil at all just move it into the kegerator while it's still warm/hot, but I'd prefer not to do that, just to avoid the risk of spilling 7 gallons of hot wort all over myself.
Am I risking any kind of off flavors by letting it cool down (slowly) and then heating it back up to boil temps? I can't imagine anything would really be able to get a foothold to grow in it that quickly.