Bpts_finest13
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What's going on everyone.. I have brewed my 1st batch this past weekend(TRUE BREW AMBER ALE) and now i have some questions because I don't want it to get messed up???
1st of all I was beginning to remove the hops from my wart as i was putting it into the fermenter and noticed that the instructions didnt mention to remove them so I put them back into the fermenter. I have read here a lot ppl saying to follow the designers instructions because that's the way they design their recipe. I was not planing on switching it over to a secondary. Will my beer be too bitter if it stays there the full 3 weeks..???
2ndly I have my fermenter in a big bin full of water with a fish tank heater in there since my basement gets reAlly cold. I have had great activity for the first 3 days and noticed it to slow last night. I also notic3d that the top of the water was at low to mid 70s and the bottom was low 60s. So I decided to mess with my heater Nd broke it. I had to leave due to work and couldn't buy another. I left the water at high 70s so it'll hold the temp for couple hours and by the time i get home it might be around 50s. I might not have time to buy one today or even tomorrow. If it stays at low temp for a couple hours will the yeast go dormant?? Or will it stay semi active until I get hone and add more hot water??
(Ps. Sorry for any typo.. wrote this from my cell phone)
Thanx for all the help
1st of all I was beginning to remove the hops from my wart as i was putting it into the fermenter and noticed that the instructions didnt mention to remove them so I put them back into the fermenter. I have read here a lot ppl saying to follow the designers instructions because that's the way they design their recipe. I was not planing on switching it over to a secondary. Will my beer be too bitter if it stays there the full 3 weeks..???
2ndly I have my fermenter in a big bin full of water with a fish tank heater in there since my basement gets reAlly cold. I have had great activity for the first 3 days and noticed it to slow last night. I also notic3d that the top of the water was at low to mid 70s and the bottom was low 60s. So I decided to mess with my heater Nd broke it. I had to leave due to work and couldn't buy another. I left the water at high 70s so it'll hold the temp for couple hours and by the time i get home it might be around 50s. I might not have time to buy one today or even tomorrow. If it stays at low temp for a couple hours will the yeast go dormant?? Or will it stay semi active until I get hone and add more hot water??
(Ps. Sorry for any typo.. wrote this from my cell phone)
Thanx for all the help
