post first all-grain BIAB question

[Dillonks1]

I used this recipe:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f65/irish-red-1st-place-hbt-comp-141086/

cut in half, and the local brew store didn't have american ale II, so I used american ale I.

Everything went smoothly, but I made an error pitching the yeast.

I used my therminator and cooled from 212 - 84 degrees at .5gal/min flow rate for a 5.25 gal batch size. My target OG was 1.050 post boil, but I only had 1.047.

And I didn't want to let it cool further in the fridge to pitch the yeast, so i waited till it hit just about 79/80 degrees and pitched, then threw it in the fermentation chamber.

I am controlling the fermentation chamber at 66 degrees now, do you think that pitching the yeast at 80 degrees is going to cause irreversible off flavors or will it have time to clean up?

Thanks

 

[thughes]

It will be fine, go have a beer and relax.

 

[CGish]

It will be fine, go have a beer and relax.

+1

Also, don't forget about temperature when you take gravity readings. if you took the 1.047 reading at 84 degrees, it corrects to 1.050 at 60 degrees.

 

[Dillonks1]

+1

Also, don't forget about temperature when you take gravity readings. if you took the 1.047 reading at 84 degrees, it corrects to 1.050 at 60 degrees.

Ok the post boil-gravity I had was cooled down below 60 I think, I forgot that hydrometers are calibrated to 60 degrees.

Do you happen to know the variance for degrees below 60 degrees?

My pre-boil gravity was 1.034 and the target was 1.039, although, I only partially cooled that sample and it definitely did not reach 60 degrees. So I may have been right on.

I wish I had been more attentive to the temperature of my reading, I guess a lesson learned.

Thank you!

 

[CGish]

Do you happen to know the variance for degrees below 60 degrees?

No, I have never cooled below 60 before taking my reading. Beersmith has a correction calculator built into it, and this website also has one. There are probably more, but the combination of these two works fine for me.

Cody