B.L.U.F. - The wort still tasted fine
So yeah, basically we ended up forgetting about the beer and it boiled for upwards of an extra hour.
We are making White House Honey Ale.
After the 30 minute steep, we started to take it up to boil. Once we achieved our rolling boil, we literally forgot about it. About the hour mark, I realized we hadn't done anything else the recipe called for. So, basically after adding the LME/DME, we ended up boiling for about 2 hours.
What I know this has done?
1. Made it a lot darker than it should be, no big deal to me
2. Came up short. I added a gallon once I realized what was going on. However, I think 2 more gallons would have been more appropriate. One carboy is full. The other is just above the 1/2 mark in a 5 gallon carboy.
So, do I siphon from the full one, then add water to get them both to 5 gallons? Or, do I just add water to the one that is short?
What do I not know this had done?
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
My SG came in at 1.082. I'm not sure how high it should be... but I'm pretty sure that is quite high for this.
thanks for any/all advice.
So yeah, basically we ended up forgetting about the beer and it boiled for upwards of an extra hour.
We are making White House Honey Ale.
After the 30 minute steep, we started to take it up to boil. Once we achieved our rolling boil, we literally forgot about it. About the hour mark, I realized we hadn't done anything else the recipe called for. So, basically after adding the LME/DME, we ended up boiling for about 2 hours.
What I know this has done?
1. Made it a lot darker than it should be, no big deal to me
2. Came up short. I added a gallon once I realized what was going on. However, I think 2 more gallons would have been more appropriate. One carboy is full. The other is just above the 1/2 mark in a 5 gallon carboy.
So, do I siphon from the full one, then add water to get them both to 5 gallons? Or, do I just add water to the one that is short?
What do I not know this had done?
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
My SG came in at 1.082. I'm not sure how high it should be... but I'm pretty sure that is quite high for this.
thanks for any/all advice.