greenhaze
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Brewed my first extract 5 gallon batch last night. Everything went very well till I started to chill my wort with my wort chiller. At first tempwas reducing pretty fast till I hit 90 degrees. At that point it the thermometer didn't seem to want to go any lower. I was stirring my wort with my sanitzed paddle.
I cooled it for a total of thirty minutes. The outside brew pot was not warm to the touch so I poured my wort into my sanitized bucket. I gave it a good shake and transferred it to my Carboy ( wanted to be able to see all the action). I then pitched my yeast that I had in some boiled and cooled water.
Then put Carboy into swamp cooler. Checked it this morning no action, nothing. The yeast was muntons dry yeast, it's an Irish red ale from Midwest.
I am worried that the brew was too hot ? Or too cold. I suppose I should just wait, right ?maybe I have a bum thermometer ?
Sorry for the rant it was 1.00 am when I finished and had to be up at 5.30am so a bit frazzled.
But it was so much fun up until the wort chiller part.
One more question I am going out of town in 2-1/2 weeks will be gone for 2-1/2 weeks. Is that too long to leave in primary ?
Slainte
Brewed my first extract 5 gallon batch last night. Everything went very well till I started to chill my wort with my wort chiller. At first tempwas reducing pretty fast till I hit 90 degrees. At that point it the thermometer didn't seem to want to go any lower. I was stirring my wort with my sanitzed paddle.
I cooled it for a total of thirty minutes. The outside brew pot was not warm to the touch so I poured my wort into my sanitized bucket. I gave it a good shake and transferred it to my Carboy ( wanted to be able to see all the action). I then pitched my yeast that I had in some boiled and cooled water.
Then put Carboy into swamp cooler. Checked it this morning no action, nothing. The yeast was muntons dry yeast, it's an Irish red ale from Midwest.
I am worried that the brew was too hot ? Or too cold. I suppose I should just wait, right ?maybe I have a bum thermometer ?
Sorry for the rant it was 1.00 am when I finished and had to be up at 5.30am so a bit frazzled.
But it was so much fun up until the wort chiller part.
One more question I am going out of town in 2-1/2 weeks will be gone for 2-1/2 weeks. Is that too long to leave in primary ?
Slainte