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04-23-2012, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by LyonsAudio
I used nottingham, and started at 1.06 (I think, maybe 1.065).
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You're probably good to bottle, but if you can stand to wait a couple more days then you should do so. Looks like you'll have a pretty dry final product. Let us know how it turns out after you bottle. Mine was pretty good after only a week. About three weeks grain to glass. Not bad. It has been getting better too. This weekend it was a little less tart and tastes more like a light dry champagne. Took some to a barbecue and folkies were enamored with it. |
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04-24-2012, 04:23 PM
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Took a gravity reading of mine today, 6 days after pitching the yeast. It's down to 1.010. I'm guessing after another 4-5 days it will final out at about 1.008 or so. We'll see..
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04-26-2012, 05:03 AM
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Thoughts on first and second batch
My first batch was just ok, it was really dry. I had to dump loads of splenda in it. It was just a 5% Apfelwein, and the funny thing is that I liked the Apfelwein better.
So whats the moral of the story? Lets experiment! So I made another batch with a stronger beer component (Lots of Amber DME and lots of 120 Crystal). For the Apple component I used 3 gallons of 100% juice and about 6 cans of concentrate to bump my OG to ~1.08, I'm hoping to get about 10% alcohol content.
I suppose I should go into more detail.
Beer Component
1.25 Gallons of Water (1 gallon after boil)
1# of 120 Crystal
4oz Wheat
2# of Amber DME
.5 oz Hops (BC Golding)
Juice Component
3 Gallons of Juice
6 Cans of Concentrate
Pectin and Yeast Nutrient
US-05 yeast
Its currently going crazy... The wort tasted great... It currently smells really good too
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04-27-2012, 03:50 AM
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#1654
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Brewed a batch of Graff 6 days ago and just took a test of it tonight.
.5# of Crystal 90l
1.5 oz flaked wheat
1# each sparkling amber and light DME
.5 oz Fuggles
4 Gal Indian Summer AJ
Safale US-05 rehydrated in some AJ before mash started
It's been fermenting at 66-68f and the smell from the airlock has been good. Almost 3 inches of krausen still sitting on top.
Gravity reading was 1.018 today, OG was around 1.06
Light apple aroma and taste today. Slight yeast/malt taste but not unexpected with gravity reading. No hoppiness or tart taste. A little thin on the mouthfeel, but does hint that it could have a nice finish with just a hint of dryness. Did notice a little haze dropping out as it settled in the thief, but I may have dipped a little into the trub which could have also accounted for the yeast/malt flavor.
Will give it another taste in a week when I hopefully bottle it. May add just a touch of lactose in a small side batch before bottling.
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04-27-2012, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by csoko
May add just a touch of lactose in a small side batch before bottling.
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I got some lactose too, I tasted it, it seemed weird.... I know it suppose to be be 10 times less sweet but it seemed to have 0 sweetness, I couldn't see how it would help at all...
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05-02-2012, 02:48 AM
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#1656
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Originally Posted by AGadvocate
Well the video I shot last night, was exactly 5 gallons in my 6.5 gallon fermenter. The air lock is going crazy right now with some foam coming out of it. So I guess to answer your question, you need a 6.5 gal fermenter for a 5 gallon batch. The aroma coming out of the airlock actually smells like apple pie!
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I made something simlar to this graff (see my wiezensidre thread) and I had to finally cave in and fashion a blowoff tube on my alepail...jammed a piece of hose from my racking cain into the airlock hole, other end is in a jug of water.
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05-06-2012, 07:51 PM
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Hi, i'm new to this, and just brewed and bottled a batch of this. Its been sitting in the bottles about 4 days, and there is a white film starting to form at the bottom of the bottles, what is this? should i be concerned?
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05-06-2012, 07:56 PM
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#1658
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Originally Posted by wonnlov
Hi, i'm new to this, and just brewed and bottled a batch of this. Its been sitting in the bottles about 4 days, and there is a white film starting to form at the bottom of the bottles, what is this? should i be concerned?
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Should just be a layer of yeast nothing to worry about
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05-08-2012, 08:22 PM
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The first time around was really good. Time for 5 gallon brew number two! 
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05-10-2012, 01:41 AM
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is it normal for the grains and everything to boil down to roughly 2/3rds of the input water, or should i have it boil covered?
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