Hey guys, I've been reading here for a while and I finally got my stuff in this weekend. Giving my first try at northern brewers sierra Nevada clone extract kit. I know I messed up in a lot of different ways so ill just be amazed if I get anything worth drinking this round. Lol.
Started off steeping half pound spec grains in little over gallon and adding to 4 gallons in pot. Brewed 60 mins and hop additions according to schedule but schedule was based on 2.5 gallons so I'm not sure how bad I screwed that up. Lol. dropped thermometer in fermentor just prior to pitching yeast! Pitched us 05 at about 78 degrees and several hours later temp is still 76*. Hopefully it wont hurt to have wort take so long to reach ambient temp of 65*. No gravity readings for u guys. Hopefully next batch I will have hydrometer.
Any fatal mistakes?
Started off steeping half pound spec grains in little over gallon and adding to 4 gallons in pot. Brewed 60 mins and hop additions according to schedule but schedule was based on 2.5 gallons so I'm not sure how bad I screwed that up. Lol. dropped thermometer in fermentor just prior to pitching yeast! Pitched us 05 at about 78 degrees and several hours later temp is still 76*. Hopefully it wont hurt to have wort take so long to reach ambient temp of 65*. No gravity readings for u guys. Hopefully next batch I will have hydrometer.
Any fatal mistakes?