warriorpoet85
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Hey guys, been lurking the forum for quite a while. I am on my second batch, which is getting close to bottling. I started small (one gallon batches).
I brewed an Apple Crisp Ale (essentially following the Brooklyn Brew Shop recipe with some minor tweaks from my LHBS owner who is an excellent brewer and some ad lib on my part). My question is whether I need to ferment longer (most likely) or if it is ready to bottle.
Recipe (BIAB, 2.25 total volume in gallons to start):
2# American 2 row
0.1# Cara 45
0.075# Chocolate
0.075# Aromatic
Boiled for 80 minutes because I was not quite down to 1 gallon yet @ 60 minutes.
-Fugle (0.3 oz) and 1 cinammon stick at 0
-1 more cinammon stick at 50 minutes into boil
-Hallertau (0.1 oz) at 79 minutes into boil
Let ferment for one week, then added three diced apples and 250ml (1 cup) of pasteurized cider from local market.
OG: 1.060 @70 degrees
FG (after two weeks of fermentation): 1.030 @ 42 degrees (I cold crashed the night before)
I tasted what I had after I measured the gravity, and it was absolutely delicious! I am wondering if the cider I added is bringnig down my gravity and, thus, I am not going to get down to the 1.010-1.020 area I was expecting.
Thoughts? Ferment longer? Cider cutting down on my FG? Should I add more yeast?
Note: I did not rack to secondary because it is a one-gallon brew and that seems kind of pointless to me at this point. Really excited to bottle this beer after what I just tasted!
Thanks guys.
I brewed an Apple Crisp Ale (essentially following the Brooklyn Brew Shop recipe with some minor tweaks from my LHBS owner who is an excellent brewer and some ad lib on my part). My question is whether I need to ferment longer (most likely) or if it is ready to bottle.
Recipe (BIAB, 2.25 total volume in gallons to start):
2# American 2 row
0.1# Cara 45
0.075# Chocolate
0.075# Aromatic
Boiled for 80 minutes because I was not quite down to 1 gallon yet @ 60 minutes.
-Fugle (0.3 oz) and 1 cinammon stick at 0
-1 more cinammon stick at 50 minutes into boil
-Hallertau (0.1 oz) at 79 minutes into boil
Let ferment for one week, then added three diced apples and 250ml (1 cup) of pasteurized cider from local market.
OG: 1.060 @70 degrees
FG (after two weeks of fermentation): 1.030 @ 42 degrees (I cold crashed the night before)
I tasted what I had after I measured the gravity, and it was absolutely delicious! I am wondering if the cider I added is bringnig down my gravity and, thus, I am not going to get down to the 1.010-1.020 area I was expecting.
Thoughts? Ferment longer? Cider cutting down on my FG? Should I add more yeast?
Note: I did not rack to secondary because it is a one-gallon brew and that seems kind of pointless to me at this point. Really excited to bottle this beer after what I just tasted!
Thanks guys.