Hey guys,
So I brewed my first BIAB DIPA 3g 2 weeks ago and it was bottling day yesterday. OG was 1.071 and FG 1.013 (brewfather predicted 1.012), 7.6% ABV, 63 IBU.
The sample I tasted was... Bland.. It was bitter like a 63 IBU but there was no tropical fruit flavor at all like I wanted, even...
Hey guys,
So I brewed my first BIAB DIPA 3g 2 weeks ago and it was bottling day yesterday. OG was 1.071 and FG 1.013 (brewfather predicted 1.012), 7.6% ABV, 63 IBU.
The sample I tasted was... Bland.. It was bitter like a 63 IBU but there was no citrusy aroma at all like I wanted, even though I...
Sorry I used the wrong word. I should have said "preferred".
Like I said, it's better to re-hydrate and make sure your yeasts are not all dead then ruining a batch.
Pitching dry yeast right into the wort can work as well. But you have a chance to have old packages with too many dead cells...
This is not true... Re-hydrating yeast is mandatory. You will have a better idea if your yeast are alive or if it's mostly dead. Don't make the mistake of ruining a batch because of bad fermentation.
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will surely do that! I am one of those extremely anxious guys, and I am scared I messed it all up lol!
I can't wait to try it though, because i'm really hooked to the whole process!
second question: I haven't seen any air bubbling in my airlock. I tried pressing on the lid and I can feel some air expelling from the airlock. Everything is tightened correctly... I opened the lid two days ago and it had a white-browning foam.
This morning, I opened it, and it was brown...
Hey guys.
Brewed my first batch Sunday and after I cooled down my wort, I took a sample in my hydrometer tube. However, when I went back to get my hydrometer, it was broken :(
That means I couldn't measure the OG. Now, I know that I can't rely on final gravity to know when fermentation...