Zymurgrafi

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Yep, I will try and keep this brief considering my rambling novella about my other braggot from this morning that really did not go anywhere.

Okay. Brewed a braggot 8.25.08 in a barley wine style. OG was 1.102. It has been racked twice to get it off a ton of trub. I have not taken a reading, just racked it.

How long should I leave it sitting before I dry-hop? I plan to let it dry hop a few weeks then bottle and age.

Suggestions?

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lordbeermestrength

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sounds like now is a good time, as long as most of your fermentation has completed you shouldn't have a problem.

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Beer, happy Produce of our Isle/Can sinewy Strength impart,
And wearied with Fatigue and Toil/Can cheer each manly Heart.
Labour and Art upheld by Thee/Successfully advance,
We quaff Thy balmy Juice with Glee/And Water leave to France.
Genius of Health, thy grateful Taste/Rivals the Cup of Jove,
And warms each English generous Breast/With Liberty and Love!
(Rev James Townley, 1751)

Kauai_Kahuna

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If it has cleared enough for you to consider bottling/kegging, then dry hop for a week. Given a normal hop/fruit addition.
Longer if your adding something that will cloud it up, then its up to you, but I would cold crash it before the next step to help clear it.

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Zymurgrafi

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Well, I finally took a gravity reading this morning. It is at 1.026. According to my software it should go down to 1.003? It is 72.6% attenuation at this point. Using US-05 yeast. My brewing software suggests 96% attenuation.

hmmm. It is crystal clear in the glass. Guess I should wait a little longer and take another reading? I am only going to have a bomber left in the end!

It tastes great! Hops are gone already but it is really nice. Has that rich barley wine complexity with a hint of honey aroma, flavor and mouthfeel. Guess it is time to step it up and brew a full on batch. More hops next time I guess.

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Zymurgrafi

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Did I mention how friggin' wicked this tastes!

DAMN!

Definitely need to get a full batch going!

I don't think I have enjoyed drinking a hydrometer sample this much ever!









might have to get a straw...

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Bristle Bros. Brewing

lordbeermestrength

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That sounds like awfully high attenuation... I admit I don't have any experience with mead, but it seems with about 40-50% of your fermentables coming from barley you would have a higher FG than 1.003. Maybe not as high as it is now but I can't imagine it dropping a whole lot further. Thats just my uneducated guess though. Still even if it does drop all the way down you would probably be fine dry-hopping now.

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Beer, happy Produce of our Isle/Can sinewy Strength impart,
And wearied with Fatigue and Toil/Can cheer each manly Heart.
Labour and Art upheld by Thee/Successfully advance,
We quaff Thy balmy Juice with Glee/And Water leave to France.
Genius of Health, thy grateful Taste/Rivals the Cup of Jove,
And warms each English generous Breast/With Liberty and Love!
(Rev James Townley, 1751)