nediver
Well-Known Member
So I am on my fourth all grain batch. Many have turned out very thin and dry after fermentation.
I cracked my hyrdro taking a reading on a Tripel IPA I just brewed. The hydro was reading a TG of 1.020 right where it should be, but it had the top snapped off. So I get a new one, a different brand. It reads 10 ptnts different. I test it in a finished beer out of the bottle...still 10 ptnts.
My thoughts were the new one was wrong because when I brew to recipe I was hitting my gravity ptnts perfect. So I run out and get distilled water which should read 0 ptnts. New one reads 0, old one 1.010
I am so upset because I have been trying to figure out why my beers taste good when I transfer to secondary, but then after clearing up and kegging they are no good.
I sat in the kitchen swearing up a storm. I put my heart and soul into those beers and there no good. My wife says....well now you know why.... aren't you glad it happened. Yes, but man am I upset.
How do I salvage these beers. Do I brew the same beer with high gravity and blend back? Do I add maltodextrine?
I cracked my hyrdro taking a reading on a Tripel IPA I just brewed. The hydro was reading a TG of 1.020 right where it should be, but it had the top snapped off. So I get a new one, a different brand. It reads 10 ptnts different. I test it in a finished beer out of the bottle...still 10 ptnts.
My thoughts were the new one was wrong because when I brew to recipe I was hitting my gravity ptnts perfect. So I run out and get distilled water which should read 0 ptnts. New one reads 0, old one 1.010
I am so upset because I have been trying to figure out why my beers taste good when I transfer to secondary, but then after clearing up and kegging they are no good.
I sat in the kitchen swearing up a storm. I put my heart and soul into those beers and there no good. My wife says....well now you know why.... aren't you glad it happened. Yes, but man am I upset.
How do I salvage these beers. Do I brew the same beer with high gravity and blend back? Do I add maltodextrine?