DerCribben
Well-Known Member
...like hoppy GOODNESS...I LOVE IT!
Brewed a 6 gallon batch of IIPA Monday, added 5lbs of honey last night, going to rack it to secondary under another oz of whole leaf citra next Fri/Sat.
Last time I brewed the last version of this beer it stuck and didn't ferment through all the way due to low oxygenation I think. The secondary ferm "boiled over" through my airlock and the beer ended up way sweeter than was pleasant. This time I tried olive oil in the wort, and added the honey 4 days in instead of during the boil to let the yeast get toughened up and ready for all those simple sugars.
Here's a couple pics, one of my recipe pulled from iBrewmaster and one of the OG reading from brew day sans honey. I think it says 1.080'ish but I'm not absolutely sure. To tell you the truth I've always been a little confused about what my hydrometer was trying to tell me...
Brewed a 6 gallon batch of IIPA Monday, added 5lbs of honey last night, going to rack it to secondary under another oz of whole leaf citra next Fri/Sat.
Last time I brewed the last version of this beer it stuck and didn't ferment through all the way due to low oxygenation I think. The secondary ferm "boiled over" through my airlock and the beer ended up way sweeter than was pleasant. This time I tried olive oil in the wort, and added the honey 4 days in instead of during the boil to let the yeast get toughened up and ready for all those simple sugars.
Here's a couple pics, one of my recipe pulled from iBrewmaster and one of the OG reading from brew day sans honey. I think it says 1.080'ish but I'm not absolutely sure. To tell you the truth I've always been a little confused about what my hydrometer was trying to tell me...