I just put my first brew in the fermenter. What I hope will be a nice Cream Stout using the extract kit from Midwest Supplies (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/cream-stout.html). I am fermenting it in a Mr. Beer fermenter, so I cut everything in half. I wanted some kind of strainer for the hops but didn't have a mesh bag handy, so I used a "tea ball". If you're not familiar with this device, it is a screen ball that hinges open and latches closed. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but it wasn't. The hop pellets swelled into a solid sphere of hops inside the tea ball. I didn't discover this until I took the tea ball out after the boil. Now I am concerned that the hops did not get properly integrated into the wort. I went ahead an put it into the fermenter and am hoping for the best.
Any advice or suggestions at this point?
Thanks,
Tom
Any advice or suggestions at this point?
Thanks,
Tom