Last night was a lousy transfering experience. Not only did the Flyers take a loss to the Maple Leafs, but my beer took a serious ass kicking as well. My racking cane broke- which thanks to El Pistolero, I managed to patch up. But fooling and fussing with it so much got me worried about contamination, so I had to soak everything in bleach again.
The real thing I am curious about though, is why my 5.5 gallons in the primary is now barley 4 gallons in the secondary. This is an Oatmeal Stout btw. When I made the wort, I noticed it was very thick- almost like syrup. I didn't know what to think of this, so I just went ahead and added enough H2O to make 5.5 gallons.
When I went to transfer it last night, there was at least 7" of thick gunk on the bottom that made it impossible to rack out. I had to leave it, leaveing me with a very unfilled 2ndary.
I'm still trying to figure out what made it so thick. The flaked oats? Did I need more H20? Here is the recipe- let me know if you have any suggestions
Grain: 1 lb. Belgian CaraMunich
1 lb. Belgian chocolate
.5 lb. Roasted barley
1 lb. Flaked oats
Boil: 60 minutes
7 lb. Dark malt extract
1 oz unsweetend chocolate at 10 mins
Hops: 1 oz. Perle (8% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 45 min.)
1 oz. Perle (8% AA, 10 min.)
Yeast: Wyeast brishish ale
The real thing I am curious about though, is why my 5.5 gallons in the primary is now barley 4 gallons in the secondary. This is an Oatmeal Stout btw. When I made the wort, I noticed it was very thick- almost like syrup. I didn't know what to think of this, so I just went ahead and added enough H2O to make 5.5 gallons.
When I went to transfer it last night, there was at least 7" of thick gunk on the bottom that made it impossible to rack out. I had to leave it, leaveing me with a very unfilled 2ndary.
I'm still trying to figure out what made it so thick. The flaked oats? Did I need more H20? Here is the recipe- let me know if you have any suggestions
Grain: 1 lb. Belgian CaraMunich
1 lb. Belgian chocolate
.5 lb. Roasted barley
1 lb. Flaked oats
Boil: 60 minutes
7 lb. Dark malt extract
1 oz unsweetend chocolate at 10 mins
Hops: 1 oz. Perle (8% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 45 min.)
1 oz. Perle (8% AA, 10 min.)
Yeast: Wyeast brishish ale