Hi all,
I searched the forum but could not find what I'm looking for.
I'm new to this, and just brewed my second batch of beer a couple of days ago. My first batch was an IPA kit from my local homebrew store. While I liked it, I wanted to make a bigger beer this time around. As such, I upped the LME from 7 pounds to 10 pounds, added a pound of cracked grains, and doubled the accidity of the first ounce of hops (from amarillo to columbs).
After the boil, however, when I added the wort to the 2.5 gallons of cold water i had waiting in the carboy, I could not get the water and the wort to mix. I shook the crap out of it but, nothing doing. Thus, I could not get a good OG reading (I just kept pulling water from the top and couldn't get down into the syrup).
Does anyone know (or is there even a way to figure out) the average OG of a double or imperial IPA wort so I can determine the ABV after fermentation? The wort and the water didn't really mix until a day or so after i pitched the yeast.
Have I given enough information about the wort for any of you experts to guess at an OG? I boiled for 60 minutes in 1.5 gallons of water, added to 2.5 gallons of cold water, and then topped off to 5 gallons with more cold water, shook vigorously, and then pitched the yeast.
The thing is fermenting like crazy, but I'm dying to know the ABV!!
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help you can provide me.
I searched the forum but could not find what I'm looking for.
I'm new to this, and just brewed my second batch of beer a couple of days ago. My first batch was an IPA kit from my local homebrew store. While I liked it, I wanted to make a bigger beer this time around. As such, I upped the LME from 7 pounds to 10 pounds, added a pound of cracked grains, and doubled the accidity of the first ounce of hops (from amarillo to columbs).
After the boil, however, when I added the wort to the 2.5 gallons of cold water i had waiting in the carboy, I could not get the water and the wort to mix. I shook the crap out of it but, nothing doing. Thus, I could not get a good OG reading (I just kept pulling water from the top and couldn't get down into the syrup).
Does anyone know (or is there even a way to figure out) the average OG of a double or imperial IPA wort so I can determine the ABV after fermentation? The wort and the water didn't really mix until a day or so after i pitched the yeast.
Have I given enough information about the wort for any of you experts to guess at an OG? I boiled for 60 minutes in 1.5 gallons of water, added to 2.5 gallons of cold water, and then topped off to 5 gallons with more cold water, shook vigorously, and then pitched the yeast.
The thing is fermenting like crazy, but I'm dying to know the ABV!!
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help you can provide me.