Old ale is now in full force in the fermenter. Brew day went well, but overshot OG. (target 1.082, is 1.088) Already lost a pint and a half to blow-off. Tonight I should be able to clean it up and put the air lock in. Beer nicely settled in at 63.2°F and will do my Diacetyl rest probably tomorrow or Wednesday depending on fermentation level. Probably will not take a gravity reading until next weekend.
Problem -used a buddy's brew kettle and trusted the thermometer on it and undershot mash (S/B 156°F , is 148°F). I used WY1968 and expect FG to bottom out at low 1.020's. Probably closer to 1.025. This will be too sweet. I want a 1.015 FG and am trying to figure out how ot get there. I have US-05 and OYL-211 Bit o' Funk available. Wondering what would be a better choice for a second pitch. Batch is 20% rye, so a lot of protein for body.
Wondering what to do at this point - I will be aging this probably until November. Still thinking Brett but this will finish out very dry and probably closer to a low-hopped barleywine as opposed to an old ale.....
Giving it some serious thought
As am I... Have two empty fermenters and ingredients for a Two Hearted clone.
Planning to brew a second batch of the pistonhead-ish pale next weekend but have to bottle both fermenters and finish building a cooker hood to the garage first. Busy week coming.
I have ingredients to make 7 brews and have three empty 6 gallon carboys and a 14 gallon SS fermenter. I'm debating it also.... Just need propane
Always here for samples..😉
Doing a starter dubbel brew for a cherry quad. Have an Old Rasputin clone to do. Will divided so half bourbon/coffee, half coconut.
Oh you will get them.. I'm debating on whether to send a thank you before or after the brews are done..
Cooker hood done and tested. Started thinking if I could bother two brew nights in a row, Instead of 12-14L I could dona full vessel of it for the price of getting 3kg of pale, then I would have all my bottles filled and could relax for a while.
Enter your email address to join: