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Very good after 8 days. Have made 5 batches of edworts. It's very good wine,but takes months to age. I used 7 x 96 ounce generic Walmart juice and s-04, fermented in bottling bucket. Tasted at day 8,and straight to keg. Better than any store bought, IMO. Slightly sweet, SG 1.010,but I think it's...

+1, just ordered controller

perfect timing. I racked mine to keg(secondary) today. I was hopeful about the color in the bucket. But more like a tripel in the glass

I think it's a little thin. Going to buy some d-180 to compare flavors and viscosity. Will definitely have to measure brix as I add since I have no idea how much sugar I added. I'll compare my syrup's brix to the d-180 too. Probably easier to just buy the right stuff, but it's fun trying

a little blurry, but as dark as i can get. like making a two hour roux.at least 3 lbs of cane sugar plus 1/2 tsp dap plus water to cool, plus sugar to thicken, etc. definitely darker than amber and not burned

Thanks, I'm ready to try again but i only have one fermentation fridge. That new recipe appears to be quite a bit easier; if I read it correctly.

gotcha, next time we'll either buy the syrup or be sure it's the correct color. My son burned one batch ; so i think that made him a little gun shy. Still think it's going to be a good beer, just not true to style. Wow, i looked up d2 candi syrup on google images, that stuff is really dark...

I will certainly pick up a copy of blam. I know this is was a difficult bew; but was i correct in assuming the lack of color was due to the syrup? Beside doing biab/no chill, i felt like we followed the recipe pretty well. The stout and porter we brewed both got their color from the grain.

My son, who made the syrup, says we should at least rate a dubbel.

ha ha, no offense taken. I think our syrup was a little light in color. Our efficiency has been good in the past, and if my og(brix) was correct it was good this time. I knew it looked pale. Still drinking it. May be a new look quad.

I plan to keg, but my son prefers bottles. I crashed to 50 and have essentially been at work since. The wort was actually pretty tasty, hot from alcohol, a little black pepper taste from something. I'll see what my son thinks. Definitely will post results. Thanks for all the feedback

Thanks, should I drop to 50 since I'm at target sg?

this is just my third batch. My son is in college and he got me interested. We've made a porter and a dry irish stout all grain biab(both turned out very good). I would say our method on this batch would've been hilarious to watch. We finished the last of the stout while brewing. We split the...

Noob here, made the old world batch with biab and homemade candi syrup with my son, pitched yeast on sunday, og was 1.100. sg today is 1.012 or as close as i can see. Can i crash to 50 in bucket and rack to carboy next week? I don't have time till monday