Second Brew

[Beer Snob]

Well I just brewed the second brew. I was aiming for a stout but it looks more like a dark brown. Still good mind you I put 6 oz of Chocolate slowly over the lat 15 minutes of the boil. Cascade for 45 min, then Tetternag for the lat 15 min of the boil then added Saaz for last 5 min.. total boil time was 60 min (over the 45 min for the steep). The only thing that is bugging me is I forgot to set the strainer down over the funnel. So all of the leftover hops is now floating. Do you think this is a problem?

5.5 Pound Light DME
1/2 Pound BPM
1/2 Pound Crystal
1 Pound Flaked Oat
1 Pound Lactose
6 Oz Chocolate

Steeped in bag for about 45 minutes. "Sparged" with 1 pint.

 

[Shambolic]

Do you mean the hops from the boil are now floating in the fermenter?

If so, it isn't really a problem. They will settle out by the time the beer has fermented. I guess you may end up with a bit of a stronger hop flavour than if you had strained them, but you certainly won't have any problems...

 

[Beer Snob]

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Yup. Thats whats going on. Initial taste was hoppy. You could taste the Chocolate too. Was nice but rough. Needs to cook Started bubbling this morning when I got up.