What Went Wrong? Bohemian Pilsner

[amiddler]

I wasn't trying to clone Urquell, just trying my hand at a pils. I did want to pitch lower, but as I said - ran out of time which sucks... maybe I should have just put the lid on and pitched a couple of hours later when I got home

Definitely a good idea tcapach. I have a plate chiller so pitch on brew day but the heat exchanger doesn't get me down to 10'C more like 25'C. When doing lagers I cool the wort into my fermenters then put it into the fermenting fridge set to 6-8'C. I brew in the mornings so wort is in the fridge from lunch time until bed time when I pitch the yeast and set the fridge to the required temp 10-12'C.

As long as you fit a lid to keep out the floaties I can't see a problem with leaving it a few more hours to cool properly.

Drew