First batch

[flightlevel510]

Waiting for wort to cool. Hope everything turns out well?? Getting late & still not cool enough

 

[lowtones84]

Yeah, that can be a pain sometimes. Did you sit the pot in a cold water bath or anything? Still, cooling is important. If you absolutely have to wait, pitch yeast when you wake up, don't pitch over 70F.

 

[HopLife]

If you are doing an extract batch you can pre-cool any top off water needed to reach your full capacity and gravity. This is where the math comes in. The priority should be on reaching appropriate gravity not volume. If you want more beer, brew again. I set my carboy in the ice bath with the top off water. Take a gravity reading of the boiling wort with about 10-20 minutes left in boil. This will allow time for it to cool.

The kettle gravity reading, say 1.060. would be 60 points.

Say you had 3 gallons, 180 points. 180/final volume will give you your Original gravity.

say 4 gallons, 180/4= 45 or OG 1.045

 

[flightlevel510]

Thanks for the advice! I ended up going to bed and finished in the morning.