Recent content by Regnasty

Hard to say. Like I said, I pitched the yeast when it was probably 85-90. When I checked 5 hours later, bubbles were coming out of the airlock, and the temperature strip said 74. So hopefully it was somewhere between 75 and 80?

Thanks, all! I definitely learned a lot this time around.

Thanks for the feedback. And yeah, I've read mixed opinions about leaving it in the primary vs. racking to a secondary, but I hadn't really made up my mind about it. I'll probably give that a shot.

Hi, all- I finally pulled the trigger earlier this week and picked up my first set of equipment for homebrewing (thanks to a lot of good advice on these forums). Had a great time getting everything ready and boiling the wort yesterday, but then ran into the issue of cooling it down quickly...