George7845
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Finished my first brew last night, the kit i used was american wheat extract version. Started by heating up top off water (sanitizing my well water) then bringing main pot to boil. What i come to realize is that extract malt is THICKER than molasses. Next time i will preheat in pan haha. Then i brought back to boil, added hop pellet stage one, stirred every like 15 minutes, then in last 15 minutes i added stage 2 pellets.
Prior to this i found out my top off water wasnt cooling fast enough... So i put it in freezer with aluminum foil over it which i sanitized to be safe. Then i found out 3 gallons of hot wort does not cool very fast and will easily melt through a small-medium bad of ice very fast. In the end i ran out of cooling methods, no bathtub, only shower and sink, and cold water isnt that cold... So i asked some guys in chat and i ended up just putting star san soaked rag over airlock hole and letting it cool over night. Seven hours later cooling at 65 degrees i pitched yeast this morning after aerating really well. I didnt take temp , maybe i should have but i assumed it would defiantly be cool by then. So that is where my first brew is at, hopefully my airlock will be going good by the time i get home from work! So ladies and gentlemen , think my first rough brew will turn out good?
George :cross:
Prior to this i found out my top off water wasnt cooling fast enough... So i put it in freezer with aluminum foil over it which i sanitized to be safe. Then i found out 3 gallons of hot wort does not cool very fast and will easily melt through a small-medium bad of ice very fast. In the end i ran out of cooling methods, no bathtub, only shower and sink, and cold water isnt that cold... So i asked some guys in chat and i ended up just putting star san soaked rag over airlock hole and letting it cool over night. Seven hours later cooling at 65 degrees i pitched yeast this morning after aerating really well. I didnt take temp , maybe i should have but i assumed it would defiantly be cool by then. So that is where my first brew is at, hopefully my airlock will be going good by the time i get home from work! So ladies and gentlemen , think my first rough brew will turn out good?
George :cross: