AG1 - BIAB Hobgoblin Clone

[BrotherMalice]

cooling

 

[BrotherMalice]

still no where near cool enough, have put a towel over it and leaving it till the morning to pitch the yeast - will it be OK?

 

[rich27500]

Lid would be better mate but yeah it probably will. Clean towell right?

 

[BrotherMalice]

yeah, was a clean towel :)

Just measured my gravity and its 1.062! Was aiming for 1.043.

I have to go to work shortly, any ideas?

 

[BrotherMalice]

had to leave it till I get home, it has the sterilised lid on it now, hope its OK?

It looked like it had a scummy layer in it when I looked this morning - is this normal for an AG brew?

 

[Vossy1]

Well done on your first AG BM :clap:

Just measured my gravity and its 1.062! Was aiming for 1.043.

If the wort's still warm that hydro reading will be out....keep that in mind, take another reading when you get home and post up the temp then we can convert it :thumb:
What was your target post boil volume...23ltrs?

 

[BrotherMalice]

I took that reading this morning when it had cooled. Target volume was supposed to be 23l yes.

Bit worried about the scummy film that was in the FV this morning.

 

[Vossy1]

Beersmith is telling me if you add water to 23ltrs you'll have 1.049 OG but it'll take 8ltrs to get back to 1.043. I guess adding the water would have helped cooling it down too.
The scummy film could be hop oils and break material, nothing to worry about.

 

[BrotherMalice]

OK, will add some water tonight & pitch the yeast :)

Thanks for all the help so far guys, I am sure I will have more questions soon (its like being a new guy again :rofl: )

 

[BrotherMalice]

Will get some bottled water on my way home, saves having to boil and cool that much water

 

[BrotherMalice]

Forgot to say, its 17L of wort not 18L will that make a difference to the calculations?

 

[Vossy1]

Forgot to say, its 17L of wort not 18L will that make a difference to the calculations?

Yep, adding 6ltr will make it 1.046 @ 23ltr, adding 7.3ltr will make it 1.043 @ 24.3ltr :thumb:

 

[BrotherMalice]

Cool, will grab some bottled on my way home :)

Just managed to get out of work an hour early too :party:

 

[EskiBrew]

Cool, will grab some bottled on my way home :)

I'm not sure what the current thinking is on bottled water but I remember it coming up in the past. Bottled water is certainly not sterile as most people think - ideally you would boil it first. Tap water is possibly more sterile because of the Chlorine treatment but then that Chlorine should ideally be removed (with a campden tablet - see other threads). Personally I use tap water for topping up. :thumb:

Without wishing to make it complicated, since you are only topping up with 8 litres or so of bottled water, it is probably easy enough to boil it in a pan first and then leave it to cool. Nothing stops you pitching the yeast ASAP though.

 

[BrotherMalice]

Ah OK, thats 1 less trip to the shop on the way home then :)

Will pitch the yeast once I have given it a good whisk to get some air into it while I am boiling the water, add the water once cooled and take another reading :thumb:

 

[EskiBrew]

Ah OK, thats 1 less trip to the shop on the way home then :)

Will pitch the yeast once I have given it a good whisk to get some air into it while I am boiling the water, add the water once cooled and take another reading :thumb:

:thumb: - Remember to sanitise whatever you use to do the whisking :

 

[BrotherMalice]

Will do, got a stainless whisk, will run a load of boilinng water over it 1st, may even use the electyic hand held one the mrs uses for cakes (since she is not here she cant complain )

 

[BrotherMalice]

topped up to 24l with a SG of 1.042 (temp adjusted) looks like I have done OK :)

 

[Vossy1]

:party:

 

[rich27500]

Great work