Yin_Yang
Well-Known Member
Hi all. I say 'real' because i've only brewed twice on my mr. beer before tonight. On friday I went to John Daum's shop in Woodland Hills, CA, and bought a startup kit + 5gallon brew pot + extra 5 gallon glass carboy. The kit came with a starter set , and i chose "London's Pride Pub Ale". It came with some special malt, and a big bag of DME, and irish moss, calcium carbonate, 3 sets of hops and priming sugar and some Westlabs yeast. In short, everything I need.
Don't want to drag this on, but basically my question isn't really a question, but validation i guess to make sure i did the right thing. The steep and sparg, went fine, as did everything else. But, on the instructions, in regards to amount of liquid, it left off at me having 3.5 gallons of liquid w/ wort/water (the last mention made of liquid said to fill up the brew pot to 3.5 gallons). The kit was for a 5 gallon batch. So when i poured it into the primary, I assumed I was to add the water to top it off to 5 gallons. Am I right, or did i miss a step somewhere, where i was supposed to end up w/ 5 gallons at the end of the wort cool? I added the water to take it from 3.5 gallons to 5 gallons from my bathtub faucet (only place inside that could fit the bucket under it). Is this ok?
Also the 'problem' is that I lost track of thought for a second and the water ran a little to long, so i actually stoppd it at about 5.25 gallons, will this excess water be a problem?
I thank you ahead of time for any help ya'll might give me.
Don't want to drag this on, but basically my question isn't really a question, but validation i guess to make sure i did the right thing. The steep and sparg, went fine, as did everything else. But, on the instructions, in regards to amount of liquid, it left off at me having 3.5 gallons of liquid w/ wort/water (the last mention made of liquid said to fill up the brew pot to 3.5 gallons). The kit was for a 5 gallon batch. So when i poured it into the primary, I assumed I was to add the water to top it off to 5 gallons. Am I right, or did i miss a step somewhere, where i was supposed to end up w/ 5 gallons at the end of the wort cool? I added the water to take it from 3.5 gallons to 5 gallons from my bathtub faucet (only place inside that could fit the bucket under it). Is this ok?
Also the 'problem' is that I lost track of thought for a second and the water ran a little to long, so i actually stoppd it at about 5.25 gallons, will this excess water be a problem?
I thank you ahead of time for any help ya'll might give me.