Grain Bag Split

I am Currently doing a partial extract. However during the steeping process one of the grain bags has split and some of the grain is in the wort.

Does anyone know if this will cause issues further down the line?

Will it just settle to the bottom with the trub during fermentation?

What do you mean with "grain in the wort"? Boiling grain is never good. If it’s post boil, that would only be preferable if you’re doing something like a Berliner.

Its a tea bag of torrefied wheat that I have been steeping 30 mins at 70 degrees C. before adding the extract.

I managed to get most out by sieving it, but there are still small particles floating on top of the boil.

RDWHAHB

Originally posted by barncatmatt
RDWHAHB

Sounds painful.

Originally posted by b3shine
Sounds painful.

Cooling in the sink works decent if you continously change the water. Leaving the tap running and emptying the sink with a siphon at the same time or something similar.

Good thing you scooped out most of the grain. Boiling grain results in very nasty astringency and bitterness.

Originally posted by VsXsV
Cooling in the sink works decent if you continously change the water. Leaving the tap running and emptying the sink with a siphon at the same time or something similar.

Good thing you scooped out most of the grain. Boiling grain results in very nasty astringency and bitterness.

Well I just opened my homebrew from 3 weeks ago and I am pleasantly surprised. Its no "craft" beer, but it tastes better than most beers you can buy from the supermarket shelves and better than a fair few on cask. Extract brewing kits have certainly improved since my last lot of home brewing days 10 years ago.

A couple things that can help for chilling next time:

Chill your kettle before adding the additional cold water (if possible for your setup).

Gently stir the hot wort inside the kettle while it is in the cold water bath. This is very helpful, especially as the wort gets closer to the water bath temp since the temp will start dropping much more slowly (and may stop entirely without stirring). This is still helpful when you add an immersion chiller (stir the direction opposite the flow of the chiller).

Save any ice you may have until the kettle is only warm or even cool to the touch. It will melt so quickly in the beginning that it’s better to save it, unless you have an unlimited supply at hand.

As others have mentioned, empty the water bath and refill as soon as it feels warm at all (even anything above cold).