Luzer
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My brother and I did a Irish Red Ale from MS and everything went well but I have a few questions (but not as much as our last brew)
- We had specialty grains a few inches from the bottom of the pot. Would it matter if it touches the bottom?
- Does _everything_ have to be sanitized? We ran the hops and the yeast bag thought he sanitizer and I was wondering if the sanitizer would kill some of the yeast before it drys off if they somehow came in contact.
- What part of the hydrometer do I read. One side said 143 (within range) and the other said 1.055 (over by .009).
- On the same note the reading the hydrometer we were off and I'm trying to track down why. After we poured the wort in to the bucket I took the reading and we noticed that the wort was pretty far from the 6gal mar on the inside. Would that throw off the reading? We took the reading at 73°F this time.
- Could we add some water to bring it closer to the 6Gal mark after the pour? If we waited for the water to boil and then cool and put it in the wort would that affect the (second picture)
- Since we noticed the volume went down before we poured the wort could we add boiled water to the pot during the 60 min boil? (first picture)
- Would getting closer to the 6gal mark (hopefully making it 5gal) make the OG reading closer to the target?