So i did 3rd ever brew today. I sanitized everything even things I didn't need except for one thing. The measuring cup that I re-hydrated the yeast I just took out of the cupboard without sanitizingand added the pre boiled (and cooled) water to the yeast. At which point I thought about how much of an idiot I am.
Any thoughts on this. I know only time will tell. I'll let it ferment per usual and see what I get but damn this is annoying.
On the plus side I had build my own wort chiller which I tried for the first time. My first batch with a crappy ice bath was 60 minutes to cool, batch 2 with a much better ice bath was 40 minutes. This batch got me to under 70f in 11 minutes for about 3.7G.
On the bad side I didn't have enough clean water to top up enough to hit my OG. I got it at 1.050 when it was supposed to be 1.044. This is after adding the extra 2G of clean water after that the wort app told me too. Oh well. Live and learn it's been a very late brew night for me. I hope it still works out.
Any thoughts on this. I know only time will tell. I'll let it ferment per usual and see what I get but damn this is annoying.
On the plus side I had build my own wort chiller which I tried for the first time. My first batch with a crappy ice bath was 60 minutes to cool, batch 2 with a much better ice bath was 40 minutes. This batch got me to under 70f in 11 minutes for about 3.7G.
On the bad side I didn't have enough clean water to top up enough to hit my OG. I got it at 1.050 when it was supposed to be 1.044. This is after adding the extra 2G of clean water after that the wort app told me too. Oh well. Live and learn it's been a very late brew night for me. I hope it still works out.