Okay just did another batch today (Imperial Stout)... but I had a couple things happen.
Here we go.
I used English Ale Wyeast because it came with the recipe from the brew store. I noticed that on the back of the package it says "This yeast is not meant for beer above 1.065 OG" My OG turned out to be 1.085 (exactly what the recipe said it should be) Did they give me the wrong yeast? should I pitch another one?
Second, I accidently let the malt steep a bit too long. I know i'm supposed to steep until it's at a near boil, but when I got to it, it was starting to boil. I removed it immediately. Is this going to cause an unpleasant bitterness because of the tannins in the grains?
Finally (and my biggest fear on this batch) After I poured in the wort I looked at the bottom of my brew kettle and there were some pretty good sized burns. I used two kettles because all I have right now is a 16 qt and a 12 qt so I split the wort evenly between the kettles. One had the burns and the other one was perfectly fine (that probably means the specialty grains burnt... uh oh). How bad is this? I am hoping that it wont be too bad because it was only in 1/2 the wort, but i'm not sure what this is going to cause.
Thanks again! (perhaps I could augment the unpleasant bitterness by throwing in some coffee =)
Here we go.
I used English Ale Wyeast because it came with the recipe from the brew store. I noticed that on the back of the package it says "This yeast is not meant for beer above 1.065 OG" My OG turned out to be 1.085 (exactly what the recipe said it should be) Did they give me the wrong yeast? should I pitch another one?
Second, I accidently let the malt steep a bit too long. I know i'm supposed to steep until it's at a near boil, but when I got to it, it was starting to boil. I removed it immediately. Is this going to cause an unpleasant bitterness because of the tannins in the grains?
Finally (and my biggest fear on this batch) After I poured in the wort I looked at the bottom of my brew kettle and there were some pretty good sized burns. I used two kettles because all I have right now is a 16 qt and a 12 qt so I split the wort evenly between the kettles. One had the burns and the other one was perfectly fine (that probably means the specialty grains burnt... uh oh). How bad is this? I am hoping that it wont be too bad because it was only in 1/2 the wort, but i'm not sure what this is going to cause.
Thanks again! (perhaps I could augment the unpleasant bitterness by throwing in some coffee =)