New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association
Uncategorized Boards => General => Topic started by: Dave Savoie on January 24, 2011, 08:59:31 AM
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I fell asleep last night after brewing while my wort was sitting on the deck and it stayed there overnight and partially froze anyone have any info on this is it a dumper or should I proceed as normal pitch the yeast once the wort warms up a bit ?
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Was it covered?
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yes
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I haven't read any evidence of what happens to wort when you freeze it, but I would imagine that when it thaws, the composition should still be relatively the same, no?
I have heard of people pitching their yeast, leaving their wort in a cool area to ferment a lager, and having THAT accidentally freeze. They've warmed it up and got it going again (I believe it happened to John Palmer; he mentions it in "How to Brew"), so your situation shouldn't be any worse than that.
Either you dump it and waste it, or pitch the yeast and it turns out awful and you dump that. Might as well go for it once the temps get up to where you want to pitch.
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One nice thing is its super clear :P I do plan to pitch the yeast and hope for the best
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it'l be fine, just make sure it warms up a little before pitching
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yes I wrapped in it a blanket warmed it up smells divine
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just finished brewing the porter, ran out of 2-row, so subbed 1.5# vienna, should be tasty too.
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Just heating up my mash water now for first AG... :D
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And you didn't invite anyone over? Tisk tisk. :)
B
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very good point...
... next time :D
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Hope all goes well !!!!!! pictures man pictures post that shit to FB
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rgr that.
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my camera is screwed. wanted more photos but I need to rebuild the lend to remove some wine that got in there. got a couple of snaps of the giant bowling ball 'o grain.
note: i didn't put the wine in the camera :P
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Well fermentation has started on the IPA thank god slight lag due to temperature but should be rolling hard when I get home from work
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Dave: I made a similar er... "mistake". Rather I left the thing outside in a ferment bucket to cool and it took so damn long that I just left it from 11pm -> 4am (I have a weird sleeping pattern). Was real cold but not frozen... still lagging atm, but I suspect the cold will inhibit things for a day or so.
Also, measured OG was 1.065, which is much higher than the predicted 1.056 'cause I undershot my end volume by about a gallon. Oops.
Ah well, practice makes perfect. Still smells awesome + looks like it should, so we shall see...
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did you use Wirfloc or Irish Moss ? i never thought to give you a tablet
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Aye I got a pack of them just before xmas - threw a tab in at 10 mins.
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So how did your first AG go?
I remember my first. Actually there are quite a few I remember in the last
5 years I have been doing them.
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tbh I'd been thinking about the process so long that it almost felt like I'd done it before. Helped a lot that I'd done a few half-mashes. The real confidence came when I saw others (Dave live + youtube) doing theirs and realising it was just a matter of more steps. Result is currently bubbling away in primary and smelled like what I knew from partial mash + extract.
Fingers crossed + thanks to Dave, Kyle, Shawn, and Hawoh for their superbly succinct and relevant advice.