thorson138
Well-Known Member
Today I started my first batch of beer ever... Been making mead for a bit, but just started beer.
I got the extract kit from Northern for Houblon Monstre Triple IPA. I love super hoppy and bitter beers with high ABV (so sue me). I got down to the last 5-7 minutes of the boil and guess what I got??? An extreme boil over. Yes, I had a fair mead buzz goin but damn, I've never seen anything come up like that!!!
Anyway, my O.G. reading came up about 10 points short of what the directions said. Any reason to be concerned here??? I have the batch under airlock now and it's in a 9 gallon tuff-tank. I plan to leave it there for a month or maybe a week or two more then either bottle or keg.
Give me your thoughts or ideas if you don't mind. O.G was stated in the directions to be 1.08something. My reading was about 1.076...
Anyway, I hope this turns out well. I had a huge boil over in the last 5 minutes of the boil when I made the last hops addition. Surprise, surprise!!! Smoke alarm went off for quite a while
Mike
I got the extract kit from Northern for Houblon Monstre Triple IPA. I love super hoppy and bitter beers with high ABV (so sue me). I got down to the last 5-7 minutes of the boil and guess what I got??? An extreme boil over. Yes, I had a fair mead buzz goin but damn, I've never seen anything come up like that!!!
Anyway, my O.G. reading came up about 10 points short of what the directions said. Any reason to be concerned here??? I have the batch under airlock now and it's in a 9 gallon tuff-tank. I plan to leave it there for a month or maybe a week or two more then either bottle or keg.
Give me your thoughts or ideas if you don't mind. O.G was stated in the directions to be 1.08something. My reading was about 1.076...
Anyway, I hope this turns out well. I had a huge boil over in the last 5 minutes of the boil when I made the last hops addition. Surprise, surprise!!! Smoke alarm went off for quite a while
Mike