I'm using the Beer Captured recipe for Victory's Hop Devil (Pg 102) and the book's recipe is:
8oz German Munich Malt
8oz German 65L dark crystal
8oz Cara-Munich
7.5# Extra light DME
6oz Malto Dextrin
2oz Centennial (60 min) 9.5% AA
1/2oz East Kent Goldings (15 min)
1/2oz Cascade (15 min)
1oz Cascade (3 min)
1/2oz Cascade (dry hops)
1 tsp Irish Moss
Wyeast 1056
The malts I got were close enough, but not exact. DME and malto dextrin were correct. The AA% of the hops I used were close enough to match the recipe.
My LHBS had WLP051 as all the Wyeast are special order.
So, I go through the process of the partial boil, chill the wort, and add water to hit the 5 1/8th gallons the recipe calls for. I don't remember if I checked the gravity before or after pitching the yeast starter, but it shouldn't make a huge difference. Gravity reading is 1.041 after temp correction. All my other brews have hit very close to the intended OG.
The book says 1.067-1.069 OG, 1.018-1.019 FG, 65 IBUs, SRM 16, and 6.3% ABV.
Beer Calculus, with the same ingredient lineup says: 1.078 OG, 1.019 FG, 9 SRM, 42.3 IBUs, 7.9% ABV.
I'm trying to figure out if my hydrometer is screwed up or what...I know I added two 3 lbs packages of DME plus 1 lbs 8 oz from another pack for a total of 7.5 lbs. The 3 different steeping grains were measured at the LHBS by the employee, and the malto dextrin was measured on a digital scale, so I have no idea where the gravity could possibly be wrong.
On top of that, after using the bottling bucket to add the water to top off to 5 1/8th gallons and siphoning into the carboy, the hose came out and I spilled some the wort and ended up with less than 5 gallons in the carboy.
I was pumped about this brew and I'm hoping it's not an effed up mess.
8oz German Munich Malt
8oz German 65L dark crystal
8oz Cara-Munich
7.5# Extra light DME
6oz Malto Dextrin
2oz Centennial (60 min) 9.5% AA
1/2oz East Kent Goldings (15 min)
1/2oz Cascade (15 min)
1oz Cascade (3 min)
1/2oz Cascade (dry hops)
1 tsp Irish Moss
Wyeast 1056
The malts I got were close enough, but not exact. DME and malto dextrin were correct. The AA% of the hops I used were close enough to match the recipe.
My LHBS had WLP051 as all the Wyeast are special order.
So, I go through the process of the partial boil, chill the wort, and add water to hit the 5 1/8th gallons the recipe calls for. I don't remember if I checked the gravity before or after pitching the yeast starter, but it shouldn't make a huge difference. Gravity reading is 1.041 after temp correction. All my other brews have hit very close to the intended OG.
The book says 1.067-1.069 OG, 1.018-1.019 FG, 65 IBUs, SRM 16, and 6.3% ABV.
Beer Calculus, with the same ingredient lineup says: 1.078 OG, 1.019 FG, 9 SRM, 42.3 IBUs, 7.9% ABV.
I'm trying to figure out if my hydrometer is screwed up or what...I know I added two 3 lbs packages of DME plus 1 lbs 8 oz from another pack for a total of 7.5 lbs. The 3 different steeping grains were measured at the LHBS by the employee, and the malto dextrin was measured on a digital scale, so I have no idea where the gravity could possibly be wrong.
On top of that, after using the bottling bucket to add the water to top off to 5 1/8th gallons and siphoning into the carboy, the hose came out and I spilled some the wort and ended up with less than 5 gallons in the carboy.
I was pumped about this brew and I'm hoping it's not an effed up mess.