elm33
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I have not homebrewed in several years. When I had just gotten into the hobby before and made 2 batches some things occurred which removed me from the hobby (I had to travel overseas for a long time)
Now I am back giving it another go.
I currently have a SN Celebration Ale clone cooking up. I am a little concerned though as I believe it is going to be quite dry. My starting gravity was 1.066. I tasted the fermenting hydrometer sample that I have kept back this morning and we are at 1.009 after 4 days in the primary and the beer is still bubbling the airlock every second. I was meticulously sanitary using star san (don't fear the foam). I used US-05 because frankly, when I did my original two batches, I did one with dry yeast and one with Wyeast.. The dry yeast beer seemed to just do a lot better. I have read so many great things about US-05 I thought I would give it a spin.
In my haste to get another batch going I went ahead and racked the IPA to secondary even though I knew it was not completely finished fermenting (buying craft beer everyday is killing me, I gotta get several batches in the works so I can stop feeding the commercial breweries).. I did this by siphoning and tried to introduce no bubbles or oxygen.. Well apparently I roused the yeast in the process because it blew my airlock off of my Carboy. I improvised a blow off tube with my siphoning hose, a #10 bung, and some painters tape and we are fine now, but I am afraid this is going to drive the final gravity even lower.
I have added in the beersmith report. The grains were steeped at a steady 154F for 30 minutes then temp was raised to 170F and grains were removed. Brought to boill. 4 lbs DME added, then late addition method with 2 lbs DME @ 20 minutes, also recipe calls for the following dry hopping:
1oz chinook 14 days
1oz cascade 14 days
1oz centennial 14 days
Type: Partial Mash
Date: 12/24/2008
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Brewer: David
Boil Size: 3.82 gal Asst Brewer: Elvie
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 43.2 %
2.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 21.6 %
2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 21.6 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 8.1 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.4 %
1.00 oz Chinook [11.10%] (60 min) Hops 41.4 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [9.10%] (10 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.40%] (10 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale US-05 (Fermentis #US-05) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.3 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 %
Bitterness: 52.2 IBU Calories: 294 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.9 SRM Color: Color
Thanks!
Now I am back giving it another go.
I currently have a SN Celebration Ale clone cooking up. I am a little concerned though as I believe it is going to be quite dry. My starting gravity was 1.066. I tasted the fermenting hydrometer sample that I have kept back this morning and we are at 1.009 after 4 days in the primary and the beer is still bubbling the airlock every second. I was meticulously sanitary using star san (don't fear the foam). I used US-05 because frankly, when I did my original two batches, I did one with dry yeast and one with Wyeast.. The dry yeast beer seemed to just do a lot better. I have read so many great things about US-05 I thought I would give it a spin.
In my haste to get another batch going I went ahead and racked the IPA to secondary even though I knew it was not completely finished fermenting (buying craft beer everyday is killing me, I gotta get several batches in the works so I can stop feeding the commercial breweries).. I did this by siphoning and tried to introduce no bubbles or oxygen.. Well apparently I roused the yeast in the process because it blew my airlock off of my Carboy. I improvised a blow off tube with my siphoning hose, a #10 bung, and some painters tape and we are fine now, but I am afraid this is going to drive the final gravity even lower.
I have added in the beersmith report. The grains were steeped at a steady 154F for 30 minutes then temp was raised to 170F and grains were removed. Brought to boill. 4 lbs DME added, then late addition method with 2 lbs DME @ 20 minutes, also recipe calls for the following dry hopping:
1oz chinook 14 days
1oz cascade 14 days
1oz centennial 14 days
Type: Partial Mash
Date: 12/24/2008
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Brewer: David
Boil Size: 3.82 gal Asst Brewer: Elvie
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 43.2 %
2.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 21.6 %
2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 21.6 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 8.1 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.4 %
1.00 oz Chinook [11.10%] (60 min) Hops 41.4 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [9.10%] (10 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.40%] (10 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale US-05 (Fermentis #US-05) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.3 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 %
Bitterness: 52.2 IBU Calories: 294 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.9 SRM Color: Color
Thanks!