Mjohn3006
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I got a one gallon batch of Bomber Barley Wine from Northern brewer try.
I also got a 1 gallon wheat beer kit and did them side by side. These were the second and third beers I have ever brewed. I got 1 gallon kits to learn on. My first was a 5 gallon hazelnut brown that my friend helped guide me through and it is great!
Well when I got the wort chilled, I threw some in the refractometer and it only read 1.067 when it was supposed to be 1.085.
Oh well, nothing to do now. So I put it in a gallon carboy, and had a LOT left over. I pulled out a half gallon carboy and filled it and still had a little left over.
So I messed up and mad a 1 gallon batch into about a 1.6 gallon batch. I added way to much water and not as much boiled off as I expected. That would be like accidentally making a 5 gallon batch into an 8 gallon batch.
I tasted it at bottling and thought, hey, that is not bad. Came to 7.3% ABV
I tried one last night after 2 weeks of being in the bottle and it is delicious!!!
I would describe it as an amber IPA I guess? Beautiful dark honey amber color. You can taste the 7.3% and a sweet and thick mouth feel on the front before it punches you in the mouth with hops.
I will probably make this again on purpose.
I also got a 1 gallon wheat beer kit and did them side by side. These were the second and third beers I have ever brewed. I got 1 gallon kits to learn on. My first was a 5 gallon hazelnut brown that my friend helped guide me through and it is great!
Well when I got the wort chilled, I threw some in the refractometer and it only read 1.067 when it was supposed to be 1.085.
Oh well, nothing to do now. So I put it in a gallon carboy, and had a LOT left over. I pulled out a half gallon carboy and filled it and still had a little left over.
So I messed up and mad a 1 gallon batch into about a 1.6 gallon batch. I added way to much water and not as much boiled off as I expected. That would be like accidentally making a 5 gallon batch into an 8 gallon batch.
I tasted it at bottling and thought, hey, that is not bad. Came to 7.3% ABV
I tried one last night after 2 weeks of being in the bottle and it is delicious!!!
I would describe it as an amber IPA I guess? Beautiful dark honey amber color. You can taste the 7.3% and a sweet and thick mouth feel on the front before it punches you in the mouth with hops.
I will probably make this again on purpose.
