I just bottled this today, and think I had an issue with my yeast or efficiency. Post boil gravity was 1.030 (seems fairly low considering the OP's was 1.051) and Final Gravity at bottling was 1.019.
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I have a Keg I was going to do this in (yay for shared homebrew club equipment!), but if you think it'll be to thick even at that volume, I'll break it down into two boils. Plan was to start with about 12 gallons of water, then add water at the end once the boil is over to get me back up to 10...
I am brewing this this weekend probably, 10 gallon batch. Going into glass carboys for a couple years :( too bad it won't be ready sooner.
Amanda, did you all all your malt extracts at the beginning, then tossed your hops in for a full 60min boil?
Get a better efficiency if your efficiency is low, or, add some fermentable sugars to your wort such as sugar or honey - anything those yasties can eat to produce more alcohol.
Hey FATC1TY, I just put this to bottles today. I too used .5lb of chocolate chocolate malt. if this is half as good as I expect it to be, its gonna be great. My final gravity was spot on as well. I have high hopes for this beer. Thanks for posting the recipe!!!
So, I have a couple brews in the works right now, but the first brew I made was an all-grain graham cracker porter style. The guys I brew with were not really paying to much attention to me as they were dealing with a pumpkin ale that was not draining from the mash, and, my boil (est 5gal...
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Bottles with lables that fall off - Souther Tier (anything in 12oz) and Bells. I just look at them crossways and they fall off! Sam Adams Boston Lager has been easy too.
Bottles with glue held on by rivits and space tar: Fort Collins Brewery. Judas Priest those...