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Thanks for all your responses to my query now....
Let me Clarify a bit..
I didn't boil the grains... just let them steep whilst brining the initial portion of water to a boil.. let them boil for a few minutes to garner all the goodness out the grains... hate to just steep and then throw them away!!!
After the bag of grain was removed then I added the Extract and two rather than one bag of dry malt. One dark and one light -- 10oz each I think. Then I boiled the "Wort" for the recommended time... cooled it with my DIY-Copper Coil -- down to a tepid temperature -- Transferred the wort to a "wide mouth bubbler" with a 2 hole lid and added a volume of "good water" to bring the total volume up to 5 gallons and cool down to "Pitching" temp -- which turned out to be 72º F.
Previous to pitching.. I did mix the dry yeast with a can of Fast Pitch® instant yeast starter in a sterile -- sanitized flask with a sanitized foam cork and put it on the stir plate for an hour or so while the wort was cooking.
I pitched the yeast with this solution @ 72º and measured a Specific Gravity of approximately 63.
I'll be going up to the fermentation closet -- in an actual closet in the (apartment / office space / Brew Kitchen ) over my garage.
I added a lot of extra grains & malt during the boil of a Irish Stout Xtract Kit and added the dry yeast at the proper time and temp.. but not sure it was enough. Can I pitch a 2nd time, it's been about 2 weeks and the bubbling is pretty much stopped. After reading much about yeast volumes and all it seems the small packet of dry might not have been enough initially.
I have you Y-yeast smack packs in the fridge (yes they are very new). I was thinking of smacking a pack and letting it propagate a couple dayze on my DIY stir-plate with some of that Fast Pitch® is an instant yeast starter, I got from Northern Brewing.
I've made many batches... but so infrequently I still feel like a beginner most of the time.
please HeALp Me -- Oh Bee Quan! You are my only Hope!!!
(Yes a deliberate quote-of sorts- from StarWars)
TIA - everyone!
Thanks for all your responses to my query now....
Let me Clarify a bit..
I didn't boil the grains... just let them steep whilst brining the initial portion of water to a boil.. let them boil for a few minutes to garner all the goodness out the grains... hate to just steep and then throw them away!!!
After the bag of grain was removed then I added the Extract and two rather than one bag of dry malt. One dark and one light -- 10oz each I think. Then I boiled the "Wort" for the recommended time... cooled it with my DIY-Copper Coil -- down to a tepid temperature -- Transferred the wort to a "wide mouth bubbler" with a 2 hole lid and added a volume of "good water" to bring the total volume up to 5 gallons and cool down to "Pitching" temp -- which turned out to be 72º F.
Previous to pitching.. I did mix the dry yeast with a can of Fast Pitch® instant yeast starter in a sterile -- sanitized flask with a sanitized foam cork and put it on the stir plate for an hour or so while the wort was cooking.
I pitched the yeast with this solution @ 72º and measured a Specific Gravity of approximately 63.
I'll be going up to the fermentation closet -- in an actual closet in the (apartment / office space / Brew Kitchen ) over my garage.
I added a lot of extra grains & malt during the boil of a Irish Stout Xtract Kit and added the dry yeast at the proper time and temp.. but not sure it was enough. Can I pitch a 2nd time, it's been about 2 weeks and the bubbling is pretty much stopped. After reading much about yeast volumes and all it seems the small packet of dry might not have been enough initially.
I have you Y-yeast smack packs in the fridge (yes they are very new). I was thinking of smacking a pack and letting it propagate a couple dayze on my DIY stir-plate with some of that Fast Pitch® is an instant yeast starter, I got from Northern Brewing.
I've made many batches... but so infrequently I still feel like a beginner most of the time.
please HeALp Me -- Oh Bee Quan! You are my only Hope!!!
(Yes a deliberate quote-of sorts- from StarWars)
TIA - everyone!
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