So thanks for the advice and reassurance. I took a gravity reading and it is currently down to 1.008. Like I said before I didn't mix the wort very well and got a totally wacko OG. Is there a way to determine an accurate OG after the fact using some type if calculator? I'd like to get a somewhat...
I'm not too certain about the OG. I tried the recipe from Brewing Classic Styles and that was the number in the book - it wasn't very clear as to when to add it. The guy at my brew store said to add it to the last 15 min of the boil so I took his advice.
Not sure what the OG was, I failed to mix the wort well enough and I got a reading of 1.132. The recipe says OG should be 1.072. I pitched the yeast on Monday and took a reading last night and it was at 1.032.
I took a stab at Jamil's Belgian golden strong ale. I added the 3lbs of cane sugar during the boil but am now beginning to question if that may have been a poor decision. I was listening to The Brewing Network's podcast on the beer I was brewing and they mentioned that the yeast sometimes have...
After my OG reading was a 1.136 I realized I didn't mix the wort together with the water as well as I should have. You can even see two distinct shades of brown when looking at the fermenter (dark on the bottom, light on top).
It was reassuring to see a number of threads stating the beer...
So I brewed a saison a month ago (OG - 1.048) and it hit its FG (1.006) on Fathers Day. I didn't use the "Brewing Classic Styles" recipe but I was hoping to gradually raise the temp to 80 or so throughout the fermentation.
I was unable to accomplish this (the fermometer never went higher that...
I am not certain as to how current it is but the BJCP style app I have on my phone says strong versions of this style (6.5%-9.5%) should be entered as a Belgian Specialty Ale if you look in the comment section, for what it's worth.
Does anyone know if this is any different than the standard grande reserve (blue)? I haven't been able to find anything online that gives a definite answer. Also, would this significantly improve if I were to set it aside for a few yrs?
Cheers!
I brewed an oatmeal stout 6+ months ago but it tasted bad so I put it aside to see if it would taste better down the line. I went recently to grab a bottle and noticed a ring around the top of the beer line of the bottleneck in virtually every bottle. I am pretty good with sanitizing but I know...
I'm thinking of buying the 2013 Bigfoot but it is in the refrigerated section. If my intention is to save the bottles for a few years, can I keep them in the basement or will letting them fall back to room temp diminish the quality of the beer?
I found a few 2010 bottles on a shelf at the local Bevmo and bought 2 of them. A few months earlier I bought 2 of the 2012 bottles and tried one. I wasn't impressed with the 2012 bottle but I thought the 2010 bottle was excellent. I saved the second bottle from each year with the intention of...
Agent - It wasn't flat but it was too carved either
Revvy - thanks for the response. I opened one just to be sure there was some type of carbonation happening. A beer I made recently didn't carb at all and I ended up waiting a long time just to realize they were flat. It def needs some more...
I bottled a Baltic porter 9 days ago. I decided to try one a little early just to see what was up. After I opened the bottle I went to my cabinet to get a glass and when I turned around it was slowly foaming over the top.
Does anyone have any reason as to why this may happen? I didn't use too...