Some quick questions for you all, the answers to which will hopefully set my mind at ease for the next 3 to 6 weeks. (Yes, I know I'm not a master RDWHAHB Jedi yet. LOL.)
Details:
1. All extract brew. Pils and Amber with OG of 1.050.
2. First time using 1450. Made a nice, large starter, though it was definitely above the suggested temp range, probably around 72F.
3. It's hot here in Baltimore, so my immersion chiller only got the wort down to around 72ish. (Why i didn't then stick it in an ice bath, I don't know, but I didn't.)
4. Pitched the whole starter (at high activity) into the wort at ~72F.
This took off in 6 hours or so and after 24 hours was bubbling like mad. The ambient temp was around 70F. Then it occurred to me that I should really cool this down, since I'm sure the wort temp by this time was around 75. I have the carboy in a rubbermaid bin full of cool water (the "beerquarium," as the SWMBO calls it), so I added some ice packs. That got the water down to around 62-66, and it's been holding steady since (I check and add ice as necessary in the morning, afternoon, and night), with slow but consistent bubbling from from airlock. Brew day was Saturday the 27th.
Questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with 1450 at these higher temps? If so, how'd it go?
2. What's the likelihood that the first 24 hours at the higher temp (70-75) produced a lot of fusels?
3. Should I just calm down?
Cheers!
Details:
1. All extract brew. Pils and Amber with OG of 1.050.
2. First time using 1450. Made a nice, large starter, though it was definitely above the suggested temp range, probably around 72F.
3. It's hot here in Baltimore, so my immersion chiller only got the wort down to around 72ish. (Why i didn't then stick it in an ice bath, I don't know, but I didn't.)
4. Pitched the whole starter (at high activity) into the wort at ~72F.
This took off in 6 hours or so and after 24 hours was bubbling like mad. The ambient temp was around 70F. Then it occurred to me that I should really cool this down, since I'm sure the wort temp by this time was around 75. I have the carboy in a rubbermaid bin full of cool water (the "beerquarium," as the SWMBO calls it), so I added some ice packs. That got the water down to around 62-66, and it's been holding steady since (I check and add ice as necessary in the morning, afternoon, and night), with slow but consistent bubbling from from airlock. Brew day was Saturday the 27th.
Questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with 1450 at these higher temps? If so, how'd it go?
2. What's the likelihood that the first 24 hours at the higher temp (70-75) produced a lot of fusels?
3. Should I just calm down?
Cheers!