clemson55
Well-Known Member
On Sunday I sat down and brewed what I'm calling Triple 10 Tripel (10-10-10 was the date). Its fermenting away nicely as I type this. First time I brewed a tripel though and was wondering what the purpose of the candi sugar is? Is it just an extra fermentable? Does it add some kind of flavor characteristic? Just not really sure what it does and was wondering.
Second thing is the directions in the kit say the SG should be about 1.070-1.075 for 5 gal. I bumped it up to 5.5 gal just which I normally do just to make up for any loss transferring and that sort of thing, and then added as an extra 1lb of corn sugar and still only got an SG of 1.070. I was hoping someone could tell me if that seems right, I thought it seemed low. Pertinent info about the brew below.
5.5 gal total volume
4.3 lbs dme
3.3 lbs lme
1 lb corn sugar
1.5 lbs candi sugar at 10 min
1.5 oz hops at 60min
.5 oz hops at 15 min
1 oz hops at 5 min
orange peel at 5 min
Second thing is the directions in the kit say the SG should be about 1.070-1.075 for 5 gal. I bumped it up to 5.5 gal just which I normally do just to make up for any loss transferring and that sort of thing, and then added as an extra 1lb of corn sugar and still only got an SG of 1.070. I was hoping someone could tell me if that seems right, I thought it seemed low. Pertinent info about the brew below.
5.5 gal total volume
4.3 lbs dme
3.3 lbs lme
1 lb corn sugar
1.5 lbs candi sugar at 10 min
1.5 oz hops at 60min
.5 oz hops at 15 min
1 oz hops at 5 min
orange peel at 5 min