3 weeks ago i brewed a Smash
15 pounds of northwest pale malt brew in a bag style
i was at 108F for 20 minutes, i wanted to hang out at 150F but after a few minutes i had hit 167F killed the heat and left the lid off. was there for about 15 minutes, iodine test i believe said i was done so i finished brewing (6 oz of mt hood hops , 2 oz each at 60- minutes, 22 minutes and 7 minutes boil times)
My fermentor is a SS Brew bucket.
At the time all i had was a refractometer which said 17 Brix , estimate of 1.068 SG .. (I think that was with 6 gallons still in there , my target was 5.5)
mistake #2 was no air flow after pitching yeast, ac closet was 68F but the fermentor hit 78F after 16 hours. i ran out and bought a squirrel fan, and that got the temps down to 68F after 12 hours
strangely this batch i never saw any air lock activity, i did swirl the bucket once and some bubbles came out of the air lock.
So i ran out and bought a hydrometer to see what's going on .. I'm at 1.020
On the plus side, this beer tastes Amazing!
I am worried that i'll get bottle bombs / over carbed beer. I was really looking at bottling today / this weekend and starting a Cider on the same yeast cake (never re-used the yeast cake before but want to try)
Its 72 out , so i'm thinking i'll shut off the AC and open the AC closet (its currently 68 in there) and if the FG doesn't move (by when? saturday?) Am i safe to bottle?
Advice please ? :
Thanks in advance!
15 pounds of northwest pale malt brew in a bag style
i was at 108F for 20 minutes, i wanted to hang out at 150F but after a few minutes i had hit 167F killed the heat and left the lid off. was there for about 15 minutes, iodine test i believe said i was done so i finished brewing (6 oz of mt hood hops , 2 oz each at 60- minutes, 22 minutes and 7 minutes boil times)
My fermentor is a SS Brew bucket.
At the time all i had was a refractometer which said 17 Brix , estimate of 1.068 SG .. (I think that was with 6 gallons still in there , my target was 5.5)
mistake #2 was no air flow after pitching yeast, ac closet was 68F but the fermentor hit 78F after 16 hours. i ran out and bought a squirrel fan, and that got the temps down to 68F after 12 hours
strangely this batch i never saw any air lock activity, i did swirl the bucket once and some bubbles came out of the air lock.
So i ran out and bought a hydrometer to see what's going on .. I'm at 1.020
On the plus side, this beer tastes Amazing!
I am worried that i'll get bottle bombs / over carbed beer. I was really looking at bottling today / this weekend and starting a Cider on the same yeast cake (never re-used the yeast cake before but want to try)
Its 72 out , so i'm thinking i'll shut off the AC and open the AC closet (its currently 68 in there) and if the FG doesn't move (by when? saturday?) Am i safe to bottle?
Advice please ? :
Thanks in advance!