I have one of the old 5 gal galvanized wash tubs that I use. Set the tank in and pour 2 or 3 gals of water in, the water doesn't have to be hot. Works great.
I need a substitute for .25lb of Dark Chrystal 135-165L for King Brians ESB.
I have plenty of 10L and 60L. Can I, for instance, double the amount of 60L and add some 10L?
It's obvious that I am fairly new at this.
My LHBS doesn't carry and checking with catalogs from NB and BW they don't...
I have a recipe that I want to make. It calls for .5oz of hops with a 5% Alpha rating. The hops that I have are 3.8% Alphas. Can someone tell me how to make the conversion to add the proper amount of hops?
I'm thinking dividing 3.8 by five and multiplying qty until I hit 5%, am I correct?
Thanks
Thanks for everybodys help with this.
The hydrometer sample was clear and had a beer odor. It tasted like beer only flat. Alcohol was noticable but not overpowering and no off tastes. Definantly not sweet but not at all unpleasant.
I bottled it using 5oz of corn sugar. So I guess in a month...
I don't mean to belabor this but I really want to learn why.
I mashed at 154 degs by my thermometer. I tested it in icewater and it was one degree (33) high.
I followed the recipe and if figured correctly I got mid 70s efficiency.
SG was 1.050. I batch sparge (154 deg) with two rinses (175...
So on the temperature. This is caused by a to low mash temp? I checked my thermometer in icewater, it read 33degs. That doesn't seem like much. I did not think to check it boiling.
Is there any other thing that might be the cause?