Comment on I made a killer wort :(
verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Don’t throw it out yet. Buy a hydrometer and look into your temperature control. Your other equipment sounds expensive, a hydrometer is far cheaper than your other stuff or throwing out a wort. (I had to learn the hard way that ferm temperature is everything, regardless of the cost or quantity of my yeast.)
tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
Thanks for the encouraging words :) I guess this one is a goner though, it strangled a fourth pitch of a starter that was certified going strong when I put it in. Even if that stuff did eventually ferment, I’m not sure if I’d dare drink the cursed brew XD
I’ve been trying different temperatures, too – the setup is not super expensive per se, but it is versatile in that I have the fermenter insulated and can both cool and heat it with an automatic temperature controller (to heat it I borrow wife’s hair dryer, it’s there now holding 23 °C :D ). My usual fresh yeast is super easy in that regard, I’d normally allow a couple of hours after pitch at the ~25 °C that the wort tends to stand at at that time and then set the thermostat to 15 - 18 °C for the entire bubbly bit, so normally all I need is cooling against heat produced by the yeast.