cheezydemon
Well-Known Member
http://byo.com/recipe/1634.html
I brewed this recipe from BYO for my first AG. It went great as far as mash temps, OG, etc. All went well.
My OG actually exceeded theirs right at 1.071
I used some recycled "British Ale "yeast WL, and it seemed to work great.
It slowed down around 1.025. I rashly decided that it was of too low abv tolerance, and being recycled and left in the fridge for 2 months, might not have what it takes to finish the job.
I added 1 package of rehydrated Munton's generic dry yeast.
It settled over the last few days to 1.012.
At first I was thrilled! I would rather exceed the expected (1.017), but upon tasting my sample...DAMN it was dry and bitter.
I guess that is to be expected, and that conditioning will be key to mellow it out.
But I wanted to share what happened and take any comments anyone has. Thanks.
I brewed this recipe from BYO for my first AG. It went great as far as mash temps, OG, etc. All went well.
My OG actually exceeded theirs right at 1.071
I used some recycled "British Ale "yeast WL, and it seemed to work great.
It slowed down around 1.025. I rashly decided that it was of too low abv tolerance, and being recycled and left in the fridge for 2 months, might not have what it takes to finish the job.
I added 1 package of rehydrated Munton's generic dry yeast.
It settled over the last few days to 1.012.
At first I was thrilled! I would rather exceed the expected (1.017), but upon tasting my sample...DAMN it was dry and bitter.
I guess that is to be expected, and that conditioning will be key to mellow it out.
But I wanted to share what happened and take any comments anyone has. Thanks.