I find myself doing around 4% most of the time. I like milds and am drinking them fairly rapidly. I have to admit, I am a cheap SOB too and anyway I can save $5 a brew, I like. Mostly I get about 1.040 OG
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Last edited by Matt Up North; 01-12-2009 at 10:19 PM.
Most of my beers dont taste that great, so I'm always trying to brew in the middle alcohol range. Ill do this until my beers start tasting better lol.
Id love to try a Belgian big beer soon. Id like to see how bad I can screw it up, lol. My motto is time fixes all wounds. So in other words my beers get good age. Sometimes I choke them down young and green however.
5-6% is my range, typically right in the middle. It's high enough to feel it from one pint, but low enough to drink a few and not be trashed. I've brewed a few in the 4.5-4.8% range, but they were a bit thin-tasting to me. I guess I just like a lot of malt and a decent amount of hops in my beer. 5.5% just tastes perfect and works well into almost all recipes.
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I want to brew 5.5-6% but I always end up in the 6-7% range. I guess I figure the higher alcohol the longer it lasts but I can't say for sure that's why I always choose the higher gravity side of brewing.
What alcohol range do you brew most often?
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