I brewed this a couple of weeks ago...
11# Pale LME
2# Caramel/Crystal Malt 80L
.13# Roasted Barley
2oz Northern Brewer 45min
1 Whirloc
Danstar Nottingham
OG 1.080
When I put it in Beersmith, it read that it would come out BLACK...I wanted dark, but not black...so I thought that I overshot it with the 80L.
After two weeks of continuous bubbling, I figured it was time to transfer to secondary. It was still bubbling, but I've read on here that you can't tell by the bubbles...go by the hydra. So I opened her up, and to my surprise she was my original target color. I drew a sample and unfortunately she was still a little high 1.030...but the taste...WOW! I normally don't like the taste of wort, but this ish was TASTEY!
I decided to leave her in the primary for another week or so, to let the yeasties continue whatever they're doing that makes it taste like that. lol
Hopefully I didn't eff it up too much by moving it around and opening the lid...anyway, I can't wait for this one to be done!!!
How long do you guys noramlly leave the higher gravity beers in primary? What should I expect the FG to be at?
11# Pale LME
2# Caramel/Crystal Malt 80L
.13# Roasted Barley
2oz Northern Brewer 45min
1 Whirloc
Danstar Nottingham
OG 1.080
When I put it in Beersmith, it read that it would come out BLACK...I wanted dark, but not black...so I thought that I overshot it with the 80L.
After two weeks of continuous bubbling, I figured it was time to transfer to secondary. It was still bubbling, but I've read on here that you can't tell by the bubbles...go by the hydra. So I opened her up, and to my surprise she was my original target color. I drew a sample and unfortunately she was still a little high 1.030...but the taste...WOW! I normally don't like the taste of wort, but this ish was TASTEY!
I decided to leave her in the primary for another week or so, to let the yeasties continue whatever they're doing that makes it taste like that. lol
Hopefully I didn't eff it up too much by moving it around and opening the lid...anyway, I can't wait for this one to be done!!!
How long do you guys noramlly leave the higher gravity beers in primary? What should I expect the FG to be at?