Search results

Man, I hope you're right!

There was very little crud at the bottom of the boil pot and nothing that seemed burnt. So, hopefully that's a good sign. Thanks

Using a digital thermometer, the temp maxed out at 171.1 F, not going over 170 until the last 4-5 minutes of the 25 minutes that would have represented the time I had the grains in the pot. The temp. spent most of its time in the mid to high 160s. So, hopefully that isn't too bad?

The pot of water seems to be maintaining a heat of around 168-169 through the first 15+ minutes of the timer. Hopefully that isn't too bad.

Well, I just put on a pot of water to get to 155 F. I'll put it on the lowest setting after that and see what it does. The OG was about 1.072, which I think should be in line with the 1.060 the original recipe said it would be + the 1% alcohol boost i added

First, thanks in advance to anyone that can help. I just finished my first extract brew last night. I was overly thorough with sanitation and followed the instruction list almost exactly, but came away with a couple of concerns that I am hoping won't mess the batch up too bad. The first...