Short version: How best should I blend 4G of overly sweet carbed and kegged beer with 4G of dry and hoppy uncarbed and kegged beer?
I have a Dead Guy clone that I did, something went wrong with it and the yeast stopped at 1.024 (from 1.068 or so). So it's got enough ABV to stand on it's own but it's a good 7-8 points too high.
I could have pitched another yeast after that but I had a moment during my mash where I may have had a temperature reading issue and could have cooked up to a less fermentable wort from that. So I didn't bother re-pitching.
It's kegged and carbed now, and I suppose is drinkable but it's too sweet to give to anyone else.
So! Blend! I've whipped up a suuuper dry highly fermentable wort, which should have a similar ABV, a higher IBU and similar color, but being super dry and higher hopped I hope it'll blend nicely. But the how to blend is still vague.
I expect I'd free up one more keg, transfer half the sweet beer to that and then just add in the dry beer to both via siphon. But as the sweet one is carbed, should I just uncarb so I get no assplosions of foam, or will it be OK? I could also use two spare kegs and do a jumper under pressure.
Anyone have experience with this scenario?
I have a Dead Guy clone that I did, something went wrong with it and the yeast stopped at 1.024 (from 1.068 or so). So it's got enough ABV to stand on it's own but it's a good 7-8 points too high.
I could have pitched another yeast after that but I had a moment during my mash where I may have had a temperature reading issue and could have cooked up to a less fermentable wort from that. So I didn't bother re-pitching.
It's kegged and carbed now, and I suppose is drinkable but it's too sweet to give to anyone else.
So! Blend! I've whipped up a suuuper dry highly fermentable wort, which should have a similar ABV, a higher IBU and similar color, but being super dry and higher hopped I hope it'll blend nicely. But the how to blend is still vague.
I expect I'd free up one more keg, transfer half the sweet beer to that and then just add in the dry beer to both via siphon. But as the sweet one is carbed, should I just uncarb so I get no assplosions of foam, or will it be OK? I could also use two spare kegs and do a jumper under pressure.
Anyone have experience with this scenario?