I'm new to home brewing. The recipe that I tried on Saturday in a nutshell is this:
12 lbs of grain in a one hour mash @ around 147-149, followed by a 90 minute boil with 2 oz of hops added. I cooled the wort (3.5 gal.) and put into carboy then added yeast. Original gravity was 1.056.
What I didn't do was dilute the wort because it wasn't in the recipe (which was written down from memory.) The beer went nuts on Sunday and Monday and has been pretty quiet almost has quickly as it roared to life.
I'm looking for advice here. One guy I talked to said that it will have a bolder flavor and not to worry about it. I'm scared that the yeast aren't able to consume all of the sugars because the mix is too dense. Has anyone hit this problem before? Any advice is welcome.
Thanks,
Jason
12 lbs of grain in a one hour mash @ around 147-149, followed by a 90 minute boil with 2 oz of hops added. I cooled the wort (3.5 gal.) and put into carboy then added yeast. Original gravity was 1.056.
What I didn't do was dilute the wort because it wasn't in the recipe (which was written down from memory.) The beer went nuts on Sunday and Monday and has been pretty quiet almost has quickly as it roared to life.
I'm looking for advice here. One guy I talked to said that it will have a bolder flavor and not to worry about it. I'm scared that the yeast aren't able to consume all of the sugars because the mix is too dense. Has anyone hit this problem before? Any advice is welcome.
Thanks,
Jason