I was listening to BN today (an older episode) and they were talking about one of the guys taking a higher gravity all grain beer and diluting it with water to double the batch-- after fermentation, just before bottling/kegging. He claimed to take 10 gallons of 8% brew and dilute it to 20 gallons of 4% brew.They also stated that many pro brewers, ie Budweiser, Coors... also do it. I suppose it's not much different than an extract batch that you boil 3 gallons and top off to 5 gallons with water except the "after fermentation" gets me. I am curious if anyone does this or what your opinions are. It would be nice to do for special occasions and "house beer" for parties and such when a quantity of beer would sometimes outweigh the quality (i'm sorry for saying that...I know what your thinking!!!)...if you do use a technique similar to this, due to my pot size of 8 gallons, I would find it useful information.
Thanks!
Taco
Thanks!
Taco