stormtracker

Recipes 

I brewed a Belgian Dubbel used an Ardenesse Wyeast yeast. After 3 weeks it seems to have ended its fermentation process at 1.035.

I was hoping for a 10 - 12% beer. Looks like its around 8% using these calculations.

Any ideas? Has anyone ever ended up in this position? Thank you for the help.

z987k

Recipes 

that's a big beer.. aeration, huge starter? Recipe? If AG mash temps, etc we need lots more info.

while not as extreme, this thread may also help a bit.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/1-070-final-gravity-couldnt-60308/

__________________
Beer Style Guidelines - Kaiser's Brewing Experiments - American Society of Brewing Chemists - Journal of the Institute of Brewing

HBDrinker008

Recipes 

(1.115 - 1.035) *131 = .08*131 = 10.48%

david_42

Recipes 

You have 70% attenuation and 10.4% ABV.

__________________
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"

"I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." Elon Musk

doubleb

Recipes 

Thats cool. So take the difference and multiply by the magic number which is 131 and you get ABV. Thats way cool. Now I don't have to fish around for a hydrometer or book to figure it out.

It seems like this dubbel is in your desired alcohol range of 10 - 12%. You should congradulate yourself.

__________________
Next:
Primary:Hoppiness
Secondary:
Kegged:Brown Ale
Bottled:

srm775

Recipes 

That's a really high OG and ABV for a dubbel, that's even high for a belgian dark strong ale. But, if that's what you were aimin' for then way to go.

mrfocus

Recipes 

That's like a belgian quintupel or sextupel. Heck, in England, you can make a beer with an OG of 1.035.

That's gonna be pretty sweet once the alcohol taste mellows out.

__________________
MOD EDIT: Sig only takes up 6 lines now. Fermenting: Apple cider x 2, Doppelbock, Red, Oatmeal Stout, West Coast IPA x 2
Bottle conditioning: RIS
Keg conditioning: La Fin du Monde clone
On tap: Maudite clone, Double Munchen, Oktoberfeast, Oktoberfest Pilsner
Planning: Brewed in 2011: 22 (2010: 15, 2009: 29, 2008: 21, 2007: 1)
Wine made in 2010: 6 kits (2009: 19, 2008: 30)

Kai

Recipes 

That's not a dubbel. But it could be good - let us know how it turns out.

__________________
Next: Tousted Out Stoat, Hop Bomb, Ordinary Bitter
Bubbling: Belgian Summer Bitter, Vienna Steam Beer
Conditioning:Greenwall Lambic
Kegged: Christmas Ale
Bottle Conditioning:
Drinking: Saison Bâtard

The Green Wall Nanobrewery
tibi non nolis