nigelnorris
Beavis at Bat
Heater malfunction led me to add the grain to water that was well into the 80sC.
I spotted it straight away, added cold water to try to bring it down, but not enough room. So I baled a load out than added more water. Took about ten minutes of baling and adding before I got it down to proper temperature.
Is 5 or ten minutes of that kind of heat going to have seriously harmed it? I'd hate to spend months of fermenting, lagering, etc only to find that it was ruined from the off.
It's early enough so that if I chuck it now then all it's cost me is 5kg of grain, I've got plenty more of that so I can get another brew on today and still have the hops all ready to go.
What is the collective opinion?
I spotted it straight away, added cold water to try to bring it down, but not enough room. So I baled a load out than added more water. Took about ten minutes of baling and adding before I got it down to proper temperature.
Is 5 or ten minutes of that kind of heat going to have seriously harmed it? I'd hate to spend months of fermenting, lagering, etc only to find that it was ruined from the off.
It's early enough so that if I chuck it now then all it's cost me is 5kg of grain, I've got plenty more of that so I can get another brew on today and still have the hops all ready to go.
What is the collective opinion?