How can I aim for a higher FG?

jacksonbrown · Jun 22, 2008

I have a recipe for a wheat that I'm trying out and BeerSmith is giving me an OG of 1.052 and an FG of 1.012. I would like to bring up the FG a few points while keeping the estimated OG the same. How could I go about doing this?

6# Wheat Malt (German)
4# Pale Malt 2-row (Belgian)
0.25# Cara-pils
0.25# Munich
Weizen Wyeast 3068

Thanks!

tdavisii · Jun 22, 2008

sterile filter at desired FG.

Brewsmith · Jun 22, 2008

Mash higher or use more Carapils

GloHoppa · Jun 22, 2008

why do you want to do that?

david_42 · Jun 23, 2008

The best way is to mash at a higher temperature.

jacksonbrown · Jun 23, 2008

GloHoppa said:
why do you want to do that?

I'm looking for more mouth feel and sweeter.
Mash higher. Got it. My only issue with adding more carapils is that it also raises my OG which I want to avoid.

The Blow Leprechaun · Jun 23, 2008

Mashing higher is probably the only good easy way... you could also probably underpitch or not aerate enough, but that would be really inconsistent.

the_bird · Jun 23, 2008

jacksonbrown said:
I'm looking for more mouth feel and sweeter.
Mash higher. Got it. My only issue with adding more carapils is that it also raises my OG which I want to avoid.

Uh.... how 'bout subbing in for some of the base malt?

Mashing higher's the best approach.

jacksonbrown · Jun 23, 2008

the_bird said:
Uh.... how 'bout subbing in for some of the base malt?

I tried that, moving numbers all around. But I still wasn't able to get where I wanted it. Higher mash, no problem-o. Seems like the easier, more consistant solution.

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