I was talking to a guy at work about his latest recipe, a wheat beer.
The jist for the grain bill was 6 lbs 2row, and 3lbs carawheat. I was like holy hell 3lbs cara wheat?? Thats going to be overly sweet, and I bet your gravity wont go lower than 1.020. Even wyermanns website says 15% max. We are talking 33% cystal malt. I once made a beer with 1lb crystal 60 and it tasted like a toffee bomb. I cant imagine what 3lbs of a crystal malt would taste like. Anyway he took a picture of his final gravity reading. 1.002, barely above 1.000 I was like WTF? I think its odd for any type of beer to dry up that much, let alone a beer with 3lbs of a crystal malt. Am I missing something? How is that possible?
The jist for the grain bill was 6 lbs 2row, and 3lbs carawheat. I was like holy hell 3lbs cara wheat?? Thats going to be overly sweet, and I bet your gravity wont go lower than 1.020. Even wyermanns website says 15% max. We are talking 33% cystal malt. I once made a beer with 1lb crystal 60 and it tasted like a toffee bomb. I cant imagine what 3lbs of a crystal malt would taste like. Anyway he took a picture of his final gravity reading. 1.002, barely above 1.000 I was like WTF? I think its odd for any type of beer to dry up that much, let alone a beer with 3lbs of a crystal malt. Am I missing something? How is that possible?