Drinksahoy
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So I've been making mead, wine, and ciders for a few months now and just bought a beer kit to try out. It is an imperial stout.
The instructions read to first steep the grains at 150-170 F.
Right when I started this step I get called into work.
Because that's how my life works lol. If it can go wrong it will.
So I upped the temp to speed things up and steeped them at around 190 for 20 minutes.
I pulled the bag out and got burnt and half the liquid coming out spilled on the stove but I let the rest drain into the pot. I brought it up to boil, and added my malt extract. Added my 12g hops. Instead of waiting 40 minutes I waited 15 and added the second and then had to leave.
My girlfriend is going to, in 10 minutes, turn the stove off for me and put a lid with a vent on the pot where it will wait for me until I get home tonight in about 5/6 hours.
Do I have any hope of ending up with a beer out of this?
The instructions read to first steep the grains at 150-170 F.
Right when I started this step I get called into work.
Because that's how my life works lol. If it can go wrong it will.
So I upped the temp to speed things up and steeped them at around 190 for 20 minutes.
I pulled the bag out and got burnt and half the liquid coming out spilled on the stove but I let the rest drain into the pot. I brought it up to boil, and added my malt extract. Added my 12g hops. Instead of waiting 40 minutes I waited 15 and added the second and then had to leave.
My girlfriend is going to, in 10 minutes, turn the stove off for me and put a lid with a vent on the pot where it will wait for me until I get home tonight in about 5/6 hours.
Do I have any hope of ending up with a beer out of this?