akimmy2018
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Hello everyone,
I just have a few concerns I'd like to have some opinions on. Both of our two brews were extract recipes with the first home brew being an amber ale and went off without a hitch. We brewed a spiced pumpkin beer yesterday and had two mishaps and was curious if I needed to dump it now or if we should just monitor it over the next week or so. First mishap was adding the pumpkin spices, they were supposed to be added at the end of the 60 minute boil, but we realized after we added the wort to fermenter and filled with water to make 5 gallons. We added it then and mixed it prior to pitching the yeast. I am fairly positive we should be good on that, just not sure if there are any consequences doing it at that point.
The second issue is more of a concern. It was my first time using a wort chiller and in the process of cooling it and trying to add the 2 initial gallons of cold water to the fermenter. I grabbed the hose and filled it with the water that was circulating through it, then added the wort. I didn't sanitize the inside of the wort chiller and the cold water came in through our hose in our back yard. Just curious if this is cause for concern, or if we should just continue to monitor and see if we get lucky.
Sorry for the long text, I just wanted to make sure I gave enough detail expressing my concerns!
Thanks in advance!!
Andrew
I just have a few concerns I'd like to have some opinions on. Both of our two brews were extract recipes with the first home brew being an amber ale and went off without a hitch. We brewed a spiced pumpkin beer yesterday and had two mishaps and was curious if I needed to dump it now or if we should just monitor it over the next week or so. First mishap was adding the pumpkin spices, they were supposed to be added at the end of the 60 minute boil, but we realized after we added the wort to fermenter and filled with water to make 5 gallons. We added it then and mixed it prior to pitching the yeast. I am fairly positive we should be good on that, just not sure if there are any consequences doing it at that point.
The second issue is more of a concern. It was my first time using a wort chiller and in the process of cooling it and trying to add the 2 initial gallons of cold water to the fermenter. I grabbed the hose and filled it with the water that was circulating through it, then added the wort. I didn't sanitize the inside of the wort chiller and the cold water came in through our hose in our back yard. Just curious if this is cause for concern, or if we should just continue to monitor and see if we get lucky.
Sorry for the long text, I just wanted to make sure I gave enough detail expressing my concerns!
Thanks in advance!!
Andrew