Same as for fermenting for many beers. Try growing some dregs from Allagash White. They bottle with a clean ale yeast for their beers that have been aged a long time.
So I tried a bottle before riddling and it is delish! Now I'm riddling the rest and will dègorge in a few weeks/months and will post about that adventure. Yooper, thanks gain for posting this one! I'm looking forward to a 5 gallon sparkling batch soon :)
A higher FG means there is more sugar remaining in the final product. However, your perception of sweetness depends on a variety factors, like your hopping schedule, serving temperature, and any foods/other flavors you have on your palette. If you mash high it will help if you're aiming at...
Hopefully these are oriented right side up... I forgot to take a picture of it fermenting with the raisins in primary. Once I move on to bottling, riddling and dégorging it should get kinda fun! I will be in uncharted waters in my fermenting experiences.
I just made my first batch of this stuff. I made a 3 gallon batch with the raisens in the primary. I aimed a little low for the OG at 1.080 as I am planning on making this sparkling in time. I will post pictures of my riddling and degorging etc.
The chips are more one-dimensional in their flavor profile and mouthfeel. If you can get cubes, I'd recommend it, but then again, I'm sure you're going to make a great beer. I'm partial to the cubes, but that doesn't make me right. Enjoy your brew!
So 80 days in the keg is enough time for the beer to carbonate and to age. It really important for a beer like this to age and mellow out. If you bottle this beer let it carbonate as you would any other beer, but try to allow it enough time to mellow. Don't start drinking it as soon as its...