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Date: 30 May 2006 04:25:36
From: Dick Adams
Subject: A Case of Thinker's Block
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Sunday I brewed a beer from which I got 4.5 gallons of wort
with an OG of 1.062. I had it cooled to 80F (26.7C and
started cleaning up. Later when it got down to 75F (23.9C),
without thinking I pitched the starter. I should have added
a gallon of water which would have lowered the OG to about
1.051.
It is now rigorously fermenting. Is it ok to add the water
now - 27 to 30 hours later?
Dick
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Date: 30 May 2006 14:00:34
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: A Case of Thinker's Block
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On Tue, 30 May 2006 04:25:36 -0000, <rdadams@smart.net > wrote:
> Sunday I brewed a beer from which I got 4.5 gallons of wort
> with an OG of 1.062. I had it cooled to 80F (26.7C and
> started cleaning up. Later when it got down to 75F (23.9C),
> without thinking I pitched the starter. I should have added
> a gallon of water which would have lowered the OG to about
> 1.051.
>
> It is now rigorously fermenting. Is it ok to add the water
> now - 27 to 30 hours later?
Sure, no problem. Boil the water to drive off oxygen, then cool it
and gently pour it into your fermenter.
John.
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Date: 30 May 2006 23:12:36
From: QD Steve
Subject: Re: A Case of Thinker's Block
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"John 'Shaggy' Kolesar" <spam@shagg.net > wrote in message
news:slrne7ok1s.mih.spam@weizen.shagg.net...
> Sure, no problem. Boil the water to drive off oxygen, then cool it
> and gently pour it into your fermenter.
>
>
> John.
Oxygen doesn't really matter if you're adding it to vigorously fermenting
wort - might even help.
Steve W.
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Date: 30 May 2006 05:18:18
From: QD Steve
Subject: Re: A Case of Thinker's Block
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"Dick Adams" <rdadams@smart.net > wrote in message
news:127nia08dcu6pa6@corp.supernews.com...
> Sunday I brewed a beer from which I got 4.5 gallons of wort
> with an OG of 1.062. I had it cooled to 80F (26.7C and
> started cleaning up. Later when it got down to 75F (23.9C),
> without thinking I pitched the starter. I should have added
> a gallon of water which would have lowered the OG to about
> 1.051.
>
> It is now rigorously fermenting. Is it ok to add the water
> now - 27 to 30 hours later?
>
> Dick
I don't think it really matters. Personally, I dilute just before bottling
or kegging. Sterilised water is the key issue at any stage. I use the cheap
supermarket brand of soda water to dilute, dunking the necks into sanitising
solution before opening.
Steve W (in Aus)
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Date: 30 May 2006 23:06:04
From: John Oberley
Subject: Re: A Case of Thinker's Block
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In article <127nia08dcu6pa6@corp.supernews.com >, rdadams@smart.net
says...
> Sunday I brewed a beer from which I got 4.5 gallons of wort
> with an OG of 1.062. I had it cooled to 80F (26.7C and
> started cleaning up. Later when it got down to 75F (23.9C),
> without thinking I pitched the starter. I should have added
> a gallon of water which would have lowered the OG to about
> 1.051.
>
> It is now rigorously fermenting. Is it ok to add the water
> now - 27 to 30 hours later?
>
> Dick
>
Why not wait and use that amount of water for your priming sugar? Boil
it there, cool it then add it that way. Saves a step, and won't hurt
anything, no?
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