MikeDizzle95
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I have been holding off on brewing as the weather outside hasn't allowed me access to a hose to run water through my plate chiller, and cooling the wort would be an issue. However, I took the leap today and brewed a Northern Brewer cream ale extract kit. I still couldn't use my plate chiller, so I racked my wort into my bucket after the hour long boil, and sat it in a mound of snow. It sat there for a good 30 minutes and was still warm. I finally had other stuff to do, so I took the bucket and placed it in my fermentation chamber to let it sit over night. The last temp reading I took, the thermometer said 95 degrees.
My question is, being that it's taking a good while to cool the wort to 70 degrees, is there any chance of messing up the wort? I have never had to wait this long to pitch the yeast.
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My question is, being that it's taking a good while to cool the wort to 70 degrees, is there any chance of messing up the wort? I have never had to wait this long to pitch the yeast.
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