Hello, so I ran into a few problems in my first brew and I wanted to know your opinion.
I brewed 2.5 gallons using liquid light malt extract and added cascade hops as instructed by my local beer shop.
Everything was OK but it took about 30 minutes to cool it down and once the beer was transferred to the fermenter I noticed that the spigot was dripping so I washed one hand really well and placed it inside the fermenter and tightened the nut. Is it still OK or I completely wasted it?
Second mistake: I couldn't find a thermometer so I had to calculate with my finger as I'm used to having aquariums and can sort of tell the temp, so my finger calculated that the temp was 77 f and that's when I added the yeast.
Am I still good or totally messed up?
I brewed 2.5 gallons using liquid light malt extract and added cascade hops as instructed by my local beer shop.
Everything was OK but it took about 30 minutes to cool it down and once the beer was transferred to the fermenter I noticed that the spigot was dripping so I washed one hand really well and placed it inside the fermenter and tightened the nut. Is it still OK or I completely wasted it?
Second mistake: I couldn't find a thermometer so I had to calculate with my finger as I'm used to having aquariums and can sort of tell the temp, so my finger calculated that the temp was 77 f and that's when I added the yeast.
Am I still good or totally messed up?