Well, last night I brewed up a batch. Everything went as planned. No boil overs, no spills....
Anyway, what is the normal amount of CO2 blowoff out of my water valve? I know I'm a little anxious to see this whole process working, but I'm worried b/c I'm not really seeing anything come out of the water valve.
Last night after I had poored the wort into the primary, I tried using the Hygrometer, but it didn't really reveal anything. SO, I just made sure that I had my 5.25 gal total volume as the recipe required.
This morning, I looked at the tube that I had my hygrometer in, with the beer sample still in it, and I noticed that lots of stuff had settled. I though "cool." BUT, then I noticed that the stuff at the very bottom looks exactly like the yeast I got in the oversized test tube.
Is it possible that when I was sampling the beer for SG that I got quite a bit of the yeast unintentionally, thereby minimizing the effects of it? Or would it even matter??
I stirred the stufff quite a bit before I took my sample....
BTW, is taking a peek strictly forbidden?
Thanks guys!
Anyway, what is the normal amount of CO2 blowoff out of my water valve? I know I'm a little anxious to see this whole process working, but I'm worried b/c I'm not really seeing anything come out of the water valve.
Last night after I had poored the wort into the primary, I tried using the Hygrometer, but it didn't really reveal anything. SO, I just made sure that I had my 5.25 gal total volume as the recipe required.
This morning, I looked at the tube that I had my hygrometer in, with the beer sample still in it, and I noticed that lots of stuff had settled. I though "cool." BUT, then I noticed that the stuff at the very bottom looks exactly like the yeast I got in the oversized test tube.
Is it possible that when I was sampling the beer for SG that I got quite a bit of the yeast unintentionally, thereby minimizing the effects of it? Or would it even matter??
I stirred the stufff quite a bit before I took my sample....
BTW, is taking a peek strictly forbidden?
Thanks guys!