NewJerseyCowboy
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Last weekend my buddy and I brewed up our first batch of beer ever. It's a True Brew Red Ale. We just followed the directions even though we got some awesome advice from the guy at the shop(next time we try to get fancy) we wanted to just see what we could do by following the steps. When it came time to boil the extract we put it in stirred and put the pot back on the burner and left the lid on. We had a slight boil over, but then continued to put the lid on and just listen for trouble and lift the lid off and the foam would go down, repeat. We did this for a little over an hour until we thought "is this ever going to foam less? hmmm maybe we should not put the lid on" We took the lid off and no foam at all for 5-10 minutes, so we continued on. Just curious if this was good, bad, or doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things?
Our readings were on the low side, but I don't have the numbers with me now to post.
Not worried, just curious.
Our readings were on the low side, but I don't have the numbers with me now to post.
Not worried, just curious.