Brewjangle
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Greetings HBT!
I am in the middle of my first brew and I wanted to share my happenings from brew day and possibly get some advice or an All Clear from a more seasoned brewer!
First, I am very appreciative of this site with the wealth of knowledge, tips, techniques, etc... That have really inspired me to dive into this hobby! I have been reading about and researching methods/techniques for a few weeks. While its absolutely dizzying trying to piece it all together when you are new to it, i have had a great time reading your posts, checking out pics of past and present brews and feel like I learned so much great knowledge that I was pretty confident on my first brew day!
So, Rather than rip the kick stand off and tackle a pretty tall hill right off the bat I opted for an Irish Red extract kit to start. It came with pretty good step by step instructions to make it pretty fool proof, however, I didn't test my equipment before getting started which caused some problems.
I have a Bayou Classic single burner that, for some reason would not light and stay lit when turning up the gas. It continued to blow itself out. Not knowing what to do I found a balance that worked but it wasn't the full flame. With that, it took forever to bring to steeping temp, 155. I held the temp pretty steady only varying +-1 degree during the 30 min steep.
After which I added the included malt extract per the directions. The boil is where I'm not sure if I messed up.
Due to the low flame it took almost an hour to get above 200. It never fully reached a boil, but it hit 210 and because of my impatience I added the 1st addition of hops and started my 60 minute timer. After about 20 minutes holding steady just below boil I decided to pull the kettle inside to my stove to get a boil. It came to boil pretty quickly and at the 3 minute mark I added the last oz of hops. At 60 mins I pulled the kettle off and put it in a cold water bath to cool. I dropped the temp to 80 in about 30 minutes after which I rehydrated my yeast and pitched at about 75 degrees. OG was 1.042
Fermentation started within 24 hrs and bubbled happily all week! Today, I tested and the gravity came in at 1.012 so I transferred to secondary.
My question is, since I had problems getting to boil temp and added hops before truly boiling should I be concerned about off flavors, burnt taste, etc... Or something else I'm not even aware of?View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781621.767850.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781662.580276.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781681.456697.jpg
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I am in the middle of my first brew and I wanted to share my happenings from brew day and possibly get some advice or an All Clear from a more seasoned brewer!
First, I am very appreciative of this site with the wealth of knowledge, tips, techniques, etc... That have really inspired me to dive into this hobby! I have been reading about and researching methods/techniques for a few weeks. While its absolutely dizzying trying to piece it all together when you are new to it, i have had a great time reading your posts, checking out pics of past and present brews and feel like I learned so much great knowledge that I was pretty confident on my first brew day!
So, Rather than rip the kick stand off and tackle a pretty tall hill right off the bat I opted for an Irish Red extract kit to start. It came with pretty good step by step instructions to make it pretty fool proof, however, I didn't test my equipment before getting started which caused some problems.
I have a Bayou Classic single burner that, for some reason would not light and stay lit when turning up the gas. It continued to blow itself out. Not knowing what to do I found a balance that worked but it wasn't the full flame. With that, it took forever to bring to steeping temp, 155. I held the temp pretty steady only varying +-1 degree during the 30 min steep.
After which I added the included malt extract per the directions. The boil is where I'm not sure if I messed up.
Due to the low flame it took almost an hour to get above 200. It never fully reached a boil, but it hit 210 and because of my impatience I added the 1st addition of hops and started my 60 minute timer. After about 20 minutes holding steady just below boil I decided to pull the kettle inside to my stove to get a boil. It came to boil pretty quickly and at the 3 minute mark I added the last oz of hops. At 60 mins I pulled the kettle off and put it in a cold water bath to cool. I dropped the temp to 80 in about 30 minutes after which I rehydrated my yeast and pitched at about 75 degrees. OG was 1.042
Fermentation started within 24 hrs and bubbled happily all week! Today, I tested and the gravity came in at 1.012 so I transferred to secondary.
My question is, since I had problems getting to boil temp and added hops before truly boiling should I be concerned about off flavors, burnt taste, etc... Or something else I'm not even aware of?View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781621.767850.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781662.580276.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1446781681.456697.jpg
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