Question:
As I was moving the cooled wort from the kettle into the fermenter, I decided for some reason I wanted to strain it. I strained about 3/4 of the batch before I had a thought that maybe I should not be straining it so I let the rest of the solids go into the fermenter.
What was the proper course of action there?
Also, I had a good time working on my first beer. I was probably way overparanoid about santization and I kept dipping everything back into a bucket of sanitizer (I used the c-brite that came with the kit) before I used it again.
I hydrated the yeast in some warm water (that had been boiled and cooled) and some of the extract. I got this method from the howtobrew.com website.
Right now the fermenter is reading 66* and this is an IPA.
I just hope this turns out decent.
As I was moving the cooled wort from the kettle into the fermenter, I decided for some reason I wanted to strain it. I strained about 3/4 of the batch before I had a thought that maybe I should not be straining it so I let the rest of the solids go into the fermenter.
What was the proper course of action there?
Also, I had a good time working on my first beer. I was probably way overparanoid about santization and I kept dipping everything back into a bucket of sanitizer (I used the c-brite that came with the kit) before I used it again.
I hydrated the yeast in some warm water (that had been boiled and cooled) and some of the extract. I got this method from the howtobrew.com website.
Right now the fermenter is reading 66* and this is an IPA.
I just hope this turns out decent.