Hey HBT,
Thanks everyone for always being quick to respond and helpful. This forum rocks
So I have another question for the board that I didn't see specifically addressed in the search area.
I have a Texas Kolsch from Austin Homebrew Supply that has been fermenting for 3 weeks as of last Sunday in the primary (so far I have yet to secondary, may not ever do it except for dry hopping/fruit additions). This brew was subjected to a number of mistakes (floating thermometer exploded in it, forgot 3 lbs of DME that I had to add late ((10 minutes after I pitched yeast))). This was my 3rd brew so try not to judge too hard. I strained the wort before I transferred to primary fermenter to get all the thermometer junk out.
At any rate
I decided on Sunday to stick the Kolsch in my refrigerator with my keg (which I have been loving). I suppose the fridge is around 40 or so. I started thinking my keg will be tapped by the end of the week (judging by how light it was last night haven't been able to keep my ass out of the fridge) but was told by the guy at the Austin Homebrew Supply to cold crash for just three days then bottle/keg. My question is ..
Will allowing the beer to "cold crash" or sit in my refrigerator a few more days hurt it? Is there any drawbacks/negatives to not bottling it up tonight? I would like to tap the irish red and move the kolsch into that since I figure it will be soon.
Thanks for all your advice and help ...
P.S. - To avoid making another thread for this, I have a quick second question. Last Thursday night I added 2 oz's of falconers flight hops to my falconers flight IPA. I added straight to the primary fermenter. The FF was 2 weeks when I dry hopped, so it will have been dry hopping for one week tomorrow. Being the genius that I am, I pulled out the air lock and held it in my hand while I poured the hops into my carboy then without sanitizing the stopper/air lock I stuck it back on (I was a few homebrews in and was out of sanitizer anyway). Will that pose any risk for contamination?
Thanks everyone for always being quick to respond and helpful. This forum rocks
So I have another question for the board that I didn't see specifically addressed in the search area.
I have a Texas Kolsch from Austin Homebrew Supply that has been fermenting for 3 weeks as of last Sunday in the primary (so far I have yet to secondary, may not ever do it except for dry hopping/fruit additions). This brew was subjected to a number of mistakes (floating thermometer exploded in it, forgot 3 lbs of DME that I had to add late ((10 minutes after I pitched yeast))). This was my 3rd brew so try not to judge too hard. I strained the wort before I transferred to primary fermenter to get all the thermometer junk out.
At any rate
I decided on Sunday to stick the Kolsch in my refrigerator with my keg (which I have been loving). I suppose the fridge is around 40 or so. I started thinking my keg will be tapped by the end of the week (judging by how light it was last night
haven't been able to keep my ass out of the fridge) but was told by the guy at the Austin Homebrew Supply to cold crash for just three days then bottle/keg. My question is .. Will allowing the beer to "cold crash" or sit in my refrigerator a few more days hurt it? Is there any drawbacks/negatives to not bottling it up tonight? I would like to tap the irish red and move the kolsch into that since I figure it will be soon.
Thanks for all your advice and help ...
P.S. - To avoid making another thread for this, I have a quick second question. Last Thursday night I added 2 oz's of falconers flight hops to my falconers flight IPA. I added straight to the primary fermenter. The FF was 2 weeks when I dry hopped, so it will have been dry hopping for one week tomorrow. Being the genius that I am, I pulled out the air lock and held it in my hand while I poured the hops into my carboy then without sanitizing the stopper/air lock I stuck it back on (I was a few homebrews in and was out of sanitizer anyway). Will that pose any risk for contamination?
