A stout by a stout

[FrostyBeverage]

Brewed my first today. Stout made from ingredient kit put together by my local home brew store. I think the only thing I can tell that went wrong was when i was putting the first half of the partial boil into the better bottle carboy. It went in a touch hot... and the carboy is a bit disfigured... If it was glass I assume it would have cracked.

Yeast has been pitched. The cool down was fairly quick thanks to Buffalo weather. All the snow you can handle here today.

I did a yeast starter that I am not sure was all that active before pitching but we shall see. The exp. on the package was far in the future so here's to hoping

I am sure my first batch freakout is coming sooner or later but for now its just wait and see.

 

[Sacdan]

You definately need to cool down the wort before you put it into the Better Bottle. Cool it down to yeast pitching temps before you transfer it next time.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

yup. note to self already in my little notebook.

-- This isn't gonna make me blind is it?

 

[Sacdan]

Did your bottle shrink very much?

 

[snazzy]

Plus you don't want to o2 your wort when it is warm. It will give off flavors.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

1. it did not shrink all that much at all. just a dinger.
2. Add that to the list of things I have learned.

 

[david_42]

Any idea of how hot it was when you pitched? Yeast can handle 110-120F, max.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

oh the yeast was pitched at 75 deg F. My boil was a partial ( followed instructions from a home brew store kit which assumed I Did not have a 30qt kettle) the hot water boiled and cooled a bit from the non wort.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

SO... I put this into secondary today. Took a little taste of the hydrometer sample. Tastes like a warm stout to me. No off flavors... Huzzah.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

this was a very succesfilled first brew. I am several batches past and all have been good. Moving to AG soon

 

[FreeM80s]

I did the same thing this weekend to my oatmeal stout(poured hot water into plastic carboy) and i was wondering if it would give it any plastic off flavors. nothing like that in yours was it?

 

[smmcdermott]

One word of advice, though I have never used a better bottle as a primary. I cool my wort down to 100 F or so and then add refridgerated topoff water. Brings it down to pitching temperature.

 

[FrostyBeverage]

No off flavors. I have constructed an immersion chiller to avoid any of these problems though. Currently I rack into the better bottle (less hot aeration chance) then pitch when I am at my absolute favorite pitching temp. All the brews I have done are relatively quick in the maturation dept. May use a glass secondary for a barely wine I have been putting together. FreeM80s doesnt it feel good to know you aren't the only knucklehead!