Yeast temperatures and leak fermentation tank. 2 questions

[clay5769]

Hi all

This is with a beerdemon 1 gallon and pre-made mixes, so far all the beer of I've done the beer recipe says put in yeast at a cooler temperature like in the sixties or low seventies and stir.

I now have a mr beer 2 gallon and I got a pre-made recipe called Canadian blonde that said add wort hot to the keg and sprinkle in yeast no stir put on lid.

Is that correct?

Question 2.

I just bottled my first 2 gallon mr beer as I was put the beer in the bottles I noticed what I can only describe as a weep hole in the center of the tap not out the bottom but right in the middle front. There was some leaking and it was like some black sticky tar feeling stuff.

My question is should I dump the beer that I just bottled because of air or something getting in that hole?

Thanks in advance Clayton

[mashani]

Hi all

This is with a beerdemon 1 gallon and pre-made mixes, so far all the beer of I've done the beer recipe says put in yeast at a cooler temperature like in the sixties or low seventies and stir.

I now have a mr beer 2 gallon and I got a pre-made recipe called Canadian blonde that said add wort hot to the keg and sprinkle in yeast no stir put on lid.

Is that correct?

Question 2.

I just bottled my first 2 gallon mr beer as I was put the beer in the bottles I noticed what I can only describe as a weep hole in the center of the tap not out the bottom but right in the middle front. There was some leaking and it was like some black sticky tar feeling stuff.

My question is should I dump the beer that I just bottled because of air or something getting in that hole?

Thanks in advance Clayton

2nd question first - never dump a batch until you know for sure it's bad. Likely if a little bit of wort leaked out and solidified it plugged up the "leak" and the contents are still fine because beer infecting bugs *can not crawl* into things, they generally have to "fall in" from above. Assuming you cleaned up the stuff before bottling (or it was in a place the bottling wand didn't touch, I'm not visualizing where it was in my mind) your likely in good shape. Even if it wasn't you still probably have beer. Just try to make sure it's not actually leaking before using that spigot again (test with water, adjust as necessary).

1st question - Mr. Beer will tell you to fill your fermenter partially with cool water, and then add the heated extract to it. As long as you follow their directions you are good. Do *not* dump heated wort directly into their fermenter without cool water already being in it though, the fermenter is not made to handle hot wort.

You do not need to "stir" yeast in. "stirring" would be to mix extract and water. If you do it Mr. Beers way, the dilution of the heated extract with water and then dumping that it into the water you put into your fermenter already "aerates" it and "stirs" it all in one step. I would just do it that way and not put anything like a spoon into my fermenter, less chance of infection or damaging the fermenter.

[clay5769]

Perfect thanks. I did put water in fermentation keg before I added the hot wort. I failed to mention that sorry...
I used a silicone spatula that I soaked in the no rinse sanitizers before I stirred up the mix in the fermentation keg. Then I added the yeast and put the cover. I sanitized all the plastic measuring spoons measuring cups all the tools n parts. I do it each batch.

Thanks again I do love this stuff quite fun..

Here is where it seeped out in the pictures below
Not a leak not dripping just had 3 or 4 dots of the tar looking stuff on it and the floor

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[John Sand]

Plastic spigots have that hole, it's kind of a vent. I find that mine will leak if not fully closed. You can disassemble that tap by pulling it apart for better cleaning.

[clay5769]

Ty I wiped it down with rubbing alcohol and I ran the no rinse sanitizer through it about 10 times