2 nd biab

[valhalla76]

Hello people! Went around my brothers house last night as his shown interest in brewing, so took ingredients for gw broadsideish recipe,boiler,keg and stuff. All set up in his garage and went smoothly, much better than the 1st attempt. I left him to it to add the aroma hops as it was getting on. I dont have a cooler so have no choice but to leave it to cool naturally. Do you think this affects the outcome much? His put the lid on the boiler tight so no air can get in and going to pitch the yeast tonight. Smelt lovely and looking forward to trying it

[filet o fish]

nice one fella.

as i give out more of my beers, i get more interest in mates coming round to "help" , i think they mean watch and drink.

i chiill overnight and seem to have no ill affects.

[valhalla76]

Hi fillet, yeah ive given away quite a few of my 1st batch of american pale ale amarillo and got rave reviews so far. This batch of 40 pints of broadsideish im giving him for his bday

[RdeV]

Hi val, glad to hear it went well. Yeah, keep the lid on (clean, sanitise and steam at the boil end) and it should be fine for days, provided that it was sanitary to begin with. An additional layer of cling film is extra insurance, that's what I do when cooling in- kettle. I pop it into the cold fridge overnight once it reaches room temps, helps settle the kettle trub but also gets the wort to the right pitching temperature for lagers. Obviously the sooner it is pitched the better, however I've left them for several days like this (not originally intended) with no trouble at all.
There should be no worry in allowing the wort to cool naturally, I pop my stockpot into the laundry tub and in a few changes of cooling water it is down to room temps in a few hours. The first change of cooling water can also be used for cleaning up, usually it is around 40- 50C and is heated for 'free'! If you're using an electric boiler though, obviously using this cooling method may not be advised!