Haven't tried this yet, interested if anyone's tried something similar:
10 # 2 row
1 # carapils
.5 # crystal 80
Cascade hops 1 oz. 60 min.
East kent .5 oz. 15 mins
East kent .5 oz. 5 mins
Yeast: Nottingham dry yeast
What do you think? Predictions on whether it will taste ok? I literally just...
No, when I made it i combined all the hops and divided them up in cups (fairly uniformally--simcoe, warrior, Amarillo) and just made an addition every 7.5 minutes or so across the 90 minute boil.
Was just using what I had on hand. Took a gravity reading yesterday and down to 1.007, for something of an ABV of 6% or so. Had a taste and it definitely had a sharp phenol like flavor with no aftertaste. I am hoping that mellows. I agree, could have used a dry hop.
Yes, 5 gallon batch.
Haven't tried this yet, interested if anyone's tried something similar:
10 # 2 row
1 # carapils
.5 # crystal 80
Cascade hops 1 oz. 60 min.
East kent .5 oz. 15 mins
East kent .5 oz. 5 mins
Yeast: Nottingham dry yeast
What do you think? Predictions on whether it will taste ok? I literally...
If I am doing a seasonable brew like my all grain pumpkin ale, then I do secondary. Otherwise I skip it.
You can do all your dry hopping in primary, but if saving the yeast, and if you are going to dry hop or add clarifying agents at fermentation (I don't do the latter, some do) then best to...
Well, I guess I should have just went 12# on the grain. Hell, my HBSS the way they package always leaves me with .5 leftover. Lesson learned. Better high OG than low. And less leftovers. Won't do another 1.045 batch. Unacceptable.
Ok, I used 11.5 lbs of grain. Did I do good, ending with 6 gal of wort at 1.045? I mean, if I ended with 5.5 gal would I have had my 1.060? How can I calculate what my efficiency would have been?
Yep, crush my own. I used refractometer on unfermented sample. Pre- pich, but stored in fridge. Took a day for me to get my ref. Broke my hydrometer on brew day! That was the long story. Honestly, I really figured my OG would have been good. Must have just been too diluted.
Ok this is a first for me. Water chemistry is fine, I think. Never had a problem. While brewing some of my seasonal pumpkin ale, I look into the refractometer, and guess what--1.045 OG! I was aiming for 1.055. Again, I don't think its my water unless the alkilinity has gone up severely...
I don't think it was a contest. I think I speak for many when I say no one should feel 'defeated' in this healthy discourse on a complicated topic. This is how we get better at our hobby is all. Over time new things are learned, unlearned, relearned, reinvented. Sometimes it is just as much...