How much priming sugar should i use for bottling 5 gallons?
I'd go with the standard 4oz corn sugar in 2 cups of water -
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html
How much priming sugar should i use for bottling 5 gallons?
Thu said:How much priming sugar should i use for bottling 5 gallons?
I have to be honest...I only take gravity readings during the first couple of brews in an experimental beer...after that, my equipment and eyes know what we are doing, so I don't bother until I want to confirm its beer, so beer smith could be wright!
jrodder said:Brewed something really close to this last week, 7 days old today. Tasted it, and wow nothing like I had imagined. All I taste is bitterness and alcohol. Does it mellow out with the next two weeks of aging? Has anyone else brewed this and sneaked a taste?
I just racked mine to the secondary and I snuck a little taste and mine tastes the same way. My plan is to let it sit another week or so then bottle and let it age till christmas. I really hope things turn around on this beer. Just know you're not alone on this one.
Thanks a lot. If we are in the same boat, then I suppose we can assume this gets tasty with the aging. I am already headed to the LHBS to pick up stuff for a quicker ale. I think because of the ABV on this guy, as well as the color and use of chocolate malt, it needs to age out a bit.
djevans3 said:I brewed this up last Friday with the original recipe, plus a 1/4 pound of honey malt that I had. I hit 1.071 going into the fermenter. Very good beer when I tasted it and the graham crackers really came through. I hope the vanilla adds flavor without becoming too much, we will see!
madcowbrewing said:I am still in the dark on the addition of the crackers. I have seen in the mash and the boil in this thread. Where do they go? My gut and everything I have ever learned says mash. Going to brew a variation of thus soon.
MedicMang said:I hate to ask, mainly because i probably know the answer already. When calculating how much mash water to use, did you just factor in the weight of the graham crackers or did you just mash with the weight of the grain only?
SupervisingChildren said:I brewed this early last month doing a partial mash. It came out delicious and around 5-something%. Downsized to 3lbs marris otter and 3lbs extract. Even my f-i-l appreciated it despite the fact that "it's not real beer".
Disappearing quickly!
Next time I'll definitely add more extract though...
bojacked said:Has anyone tried this recipe subbing the bakers chocolate for Hershey's unsweetened dark powered cocoa in the boil? I've got a little over 4 oz of that sitting around and wondering if there's a reason not to use this? Thanks for sharing this recipe, ill be doing this brew over the weekend.
kidshowbiz said:Just bottled this beer. Tasted a sample. Rules hard. Graham cracker scent came through very well. Vanilla flavor awesome. Super excited. Wife gave 2 thumbs up. Thanks for the recipe!
did your brew ever mellow out? mine is the same way. all bitterness and alcohol, guess ill let it age out.Brewed something really close to this last week, 7 days old today. Tasted it, and wow nothing like I had imagined. All I taste is bitterness and alcohol. Does it mellow out with the next two weeks of aging? Has anyone else brewed this and sneaked a taste?
MASHturbator said:Maybe a dumb question but do i crush up the graham crackers and add them to the mash or boil? Can wait to get started on a batch recipe sounds awesome.
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