Hey all,
I brewed my first all grain batch last Sunday, and did something totally stupid that I'm trying to rectify if possible.
Okay, so I brewed an all grain kit from NB, the Big Honkin Stout. Got it mashed and sparged pretty smoothly, with 6.5 gallons going into the brew pot. I then boiled it for 75 minutes (misread the hop sched ), and I lost quite a bit of volume during the boil.
My problem: I forgot to measure how much volume I had before putting it into the primary and pitching. I only remembered a couple days ago, when primary fermentation had pretty much stopped. D'oh!
So, the question is, can I add more water now, when I transfer to the secondary? My gut tells me that it would be totally wrong, but I don't really know.
Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.
I brewed my first all grain batch last Sunday, and did something totally stupid that I'm trying to rectify if possible.
Okay, so I brewed an all grain kit from NB, the Big Honkin Stout. Got it mashed and sparged pretty smoothly, with 6.5 gallons going into the brew pot. I then boiled it for 75 minutes (misread the hop sched ), and I lost quite a bit of volume during the boil.
My problem: I forgot to measure how much volume I had before putting it into the primary and pitching. I only remembered a couple days ago, when primary fermentation had pretty much stopped. D'oh!
So, the question is, can I add more water now, when I transfer to the secondary? My gut tells me that it would be totally wrong, but I don't really know.
Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.