leif.
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Hello all, long time reader, first time poster.
I was curious to get some impressions of how batch number one is progressing. Its a Coopers pre-hopped IPA extract (3.75 lbs) with a light DME (3 lbs) for a 5 gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon bucket as the primary. I took all sanitation precautions as well.
Tuesday 1/17 @ noon:
I boiled for 30 minutes, using an ounce of cascade hops for the last 10 minutes, and another ounce for the final minute. After getting the wort cooled in the sink I got an OG of 1.052. I hydrated and pitched the yeast that came with the Coopers extract (I cant remember what it was), airlocked it and left it overnight.
Wednesday:
I had bubbles in the morning, and the heat from the fermentation was keeping the temperature steady at about 72 degrees.
Thursday:
The bubbles continued Wednesday night but by Thursday morning had stopped completely, though the airlock responded to pressure on the lid. From my reading I had gathered it was best to resist opening the fermenter out of curiosity, so I let it sit.
Friday night:
Decided to take a gravity reading; 1.020. Saw rings around the top of the fermenter (evidence of krausen?). A little higher FG than I expected so I resealed it airlocked it and waited some more.
Sunday afternon:
1.020, still a little high but no movement, and the higher SG maybe from the non-fermentables from using DME and not sugar though right? So I racked to a 5 gallon carboy.
I was thinking about bottling the Saturday before superbowl, thats about 2 weeks in secondary, then bottle conditioning for 2-4 weeks (with periodic tastings of course).
So some of the questions I have are:
Does the 1.052 sound in range for 6.75 lbs of extract in 5 gal.?
How about the 1.020 FG?
Should I expect a lower FG after the secondary?
If its not should I be concerned about botle bombs?
Is it possible the 36ish hours for fermentation was enough?
From my reading it seems to me like a decent timeline to follow for this and future brews, although maybe they'll have a longer primaries.
Didn't mean to make this too lenghty, but it seems I would get the feedback I was looking for if you had the details. If I left anything out, feel free to ask.
And thanks for have me on your fine fine forum.
I was curious to get some impressions of how batch number one is progressing. Its a Coopers pre-hopped IPA extract (3.75 lbs) with a light DME (3 lbs) for a 5 gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon bucket as the primary. I took all sanitation precautions as well.
Tuesday 1/17 @ noon:
I boiled for 30 minutes, using an ounce of cascade hops for the last 10 minutes, and another ounce for the final minute. After getting the wort cooled in the sink I got an OG of 1.052. I hydrated and pitched the yeast that came with the Coopers extract (I cant remember what it was), airlocked it and left it overnight.
Wednesday:
I had bubbles in the morning, and the heat from the fermentation was keeping the temperature steady at about 72 degrees.
Thursday:
The bubbles continued Wednesday night but by Thursday morning had stopped completely, though the airlock responded to pressure on the lid. From my reading I had gathered it was best to resist opening the fermenter out of curiosity, so I let it sit.
Friday night:
Decided to take a gravity reading; 1.020. Saw rings around the top of the fermenter (evidence of krausen?). A little higher FG than I expected so I resealed it airlocked it and waited some more.
Sunday afternon:
1.020, still a little high but no movement, and the higher SG maybe from the non-fermentables from using DME and not sugar though right? So I racked to a 5 gallon carboy.
I was thinking about bottling the Saturday before superbowl, thats about 2 weeks in secondary, then bottle conditioning for 2-4 weeks (with periodic tastings of course).
So some of the questions I have are:
Does the 1.052 sound in range for 6.75 lbs of extract in 5 gal.?
How about the 1.020 FG?
Should I expect a lower FG after the secondary?
If its not should I be concerned about botle bombs?
Is it possible the 36ish hours for fermentation was enough?
From my reading it seems to me like a decent timeline to follow for this and future brews, although maybe they'll have a longer primaries.
Didn't mean to make this too lenghty, but it seems I would get the feedback I was looking for if you had the details. If I left anything out, feel free to ask.
And thanks for have me on your fine fine forum.