henkelbrau
Active Member
So I started my first brew on Sunday night. It's the Northern Brewer Bavarian Hefeweizen kit with Danstar Munich dry yeast. It is fermenting well and I have it set up with a blow-off tube. I just want to make sure that it doesn't look infected. I honestly have no idea what it should look like. I pitched on Sunday night. It's in a 6 gallon better bottle. in a chest freezer with an STC-1000 temp controller on it set at 17.8 degrees celsius (about 64 degrees farenheit). I have a 5 gallon better bottle with approximately 5 gallons of water in it that has the temp probe in it to simulate the temp of the wort. I know the wort is producing internal heat from the yeast metabolism but the fermometer on the side says it's about 68 degrees.
A couple of other things. I think I may need to change the blowoff water but don't want to make more star san. Can I just use regular water or should I boil some? I know the carboy might be a little overfilled. I forgot to mark where 5 gallons was. The OG came out to 1.046. The kit specificed 1.049 though so I'm within 3 points.
Thanks
A couple of other things. I think I may need to change the blowoff water but don't want to make more star san. Can I just use regular water or should I boil some? I know the carboy might be a little overfilled. I forgot to mark where 5 gallons was. The OG came out to 1.046. The kit specificed 1.049 though so I'm within 3 points.
Thanks