Recent content by CWind

Thank you. The replies I was looking for. Thanks for being speedy with it too. Love this forum. If you were curious, this was essentially to settle a bet of sorts.

Okay, then lets put it this way, the last 5 beers you have made, what was the rough average of alcohol percentage as you were bottling?

Silly question I know, but I really need to know. On average, what is a rough estimate as to the alcohol percentage in the beer, RIGHT before you bottle it.

Repitch as in bring to a boil again? All of which depends whether or not the wort begins the fermentation process over the next 24 hours right?

I had about 13L of boiling water in the primary, and then i added another 10 of cold water. I didnt measure temp after adding the cool water, but it had cooled enough for me to be able to keep a finger in semi-comfortably. Should I continue to let the primary cool? Or would the yeast have...

So it's only my second brew. I'm brewing up some Strathcona pale ale. After the boiling process was done, I completely spaced out and immediately poured the hot wort in my kettle straight into my primary fermenter (through a strainer) and then topped it up with cold water to 23 litres, and then...