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Hi all - I hope all is well. Two random musings that have come up while brewing some of my first BIAB batches:
1) Any reason for or against returning a preboil sample? I take about 250ml and let it cool. You can see the cold break happening in the sample. Since there's been a cold break, would pouring the sample back into the boiling kettle lead to any off flavors (granted small in relation to overall volume) from going cold break and back again, etc?
2) I usually let the bag drip with a light squeeze and then set it aside in a nearby bucket. If say 20 or 30 minutes later I realize I've missed my preboil volume target or something and want to put in another half gallon from the cooled drippings or further squeezing the bag - any expected off flavors or impact to the wort? Again relatively small volume but just curious.
Thanks!
1) Any reason for or against returning a preboil sample? I take about 250ml and let it cool. You can see the cold break happening in the sample. Since there's been a cold break, would pouring the sample back into the boiling kettle lead to any off flavors (granted small in relation to overall volume) from going cold break and back again, etc?
2) I usually let the bag drip with a light squeeze and then set it aside in a nearby bucket. If say 20 or 30 minutes later I realize I've missed my preboil volume target or something and want to put in another half gallon from the cooled drippings or further squeezing the bag - any expected off flavors or impact to the wort? Again relatively small volume but just curious.
Thanks!