Skrimpy
Well-Known Member
Two things.
1. Hopping. I have found a commercial brew that will remain unnamed that has a hoppy scent. I like it. A lot. I would like it even better if my beer approached a smell like the bag of hop pellets when I first open them. Is this possible? I know that aromatic hops are to be added at the end of the boil but not a single one of my batches has even approached the hoppiness of the commercial brew.
2. Gravity measurement. I made a brew today from an extract kit. I added a few small slices of apple to the boil just for fun. The docs that came with the kit said the OG should be 1.055-1.065. My OG? 1.110 What??!?! I look at the fermenter. It looks like a black and tan, only upside down. There is a definate line between the boiled wort and the water added to fill to volume. Just looking for confirmation here, but my guess is that I got all boiled wort and not a good mixture of the two. I don't think the sugar from a handfull of pieces from a macintosh apple (a small one at that) will bring the gravity up from a target of 1.065 to 1.110.
1. Hopping. I have found a commercial brew that will remain unnamed that has a hoppy scent. I like it. A lot. I would like it even better if my beer approached a smell like the bag of hop pellets when I first open them. Is this possible? I know that aromatic hops are to be added at the end of the boil but not a single one of my batches has even approached the hoppiness of the commercial brew.
2. Gravity measurement. I made a brew today from an extract kit. I added a few small slices of apple to the boil just for fun. The docs that came with the kit said the OG should be 1.055-1.065. My OG? 1.110 What??!?! I look at the fermenter. It looks like a black and tan, only upside down. There is a definate line between the boiled wort and the water added to fill to volume. Just looking for confirmation here, but my guess is that I got all boiled wort and not a good mixture of the two. I don't think the sugar from a handfull of pieces from a macintosh apple (a small one at that) will bring the gravity up from a target of 1.065 to 1.110.