Hey everyone, great site and great forum. I have a few questions. Last
thursday i brewed my first batch, an american pale ale from a kit I bought
online.
- While cooling the wort, on maybe two occasions, I accidentally allowed
water from the ice bath to drip off my arm into the cooling wort. This
is something I will be more careful about next time, but I was wondering
what are the chances this has a serious adverse effect on my brew? Is
it more of a situation where there is a possibility that it will effect
it, but the chances are good that it won't?
- I bought a 6 gallon secondary better-bottle carboy for secondary
fermenting, and afterwards read that the secondary fermenter should be 5
gallons for a 5 gallon batch to minimize the amount of oxygen. Right
now my batch is in a 6 gallon bucket going through primary fermentation.
Here is my question:
-After primary fermentation has completed, am I better off allowing
the brew to sit in the same bucket for a few more days without racking
to the secondary carboy, or can I rack it to the secondary carboy and
allow it to sit in there with hopes of a clearer beer with little
oxidation?
Thanks for your help in advance. I am excited about this first attempt,
and am already looking for good Dry Stout recipes to try next.
thursday i brewed my first batch, an american pale ale from a kit I bought
online.
- While cooling the wort, on maybe two occasions, I accidentally allowed
water from the ice bath to drip off my arm into the cooling wort. This
is something I will be more careful about next time, but I was wondering
what are the chances this has a serious adverse effect on my brew? Is
it more of a situation where there is a possibility that it will effect
it, but the chances are good that it won't?
- I bought a 6 gallon secondary better-bottle carboy for secondary
fermenting, and afterwards read that the secondary fermenter should be 5
gallons for a 5 gallon batch to minimize the amount of oxygen. Right
now my batch is in a 6 gallon bucket going through primary fermentation.
Here is my question:
-After primary fermentation has completed, am I better off allowing
the brew to sit in the same bucket for a few more days without racking
to the secondary carboy, or can I rack it to the secondary carboy and
allow it to sit in there with hopes of a clearer beer with little
oxidation?
Thanks for your help in advance. I am excited about this first attempt,
and am already looking for good Dry Stout recipes to try next.