htownbrew12
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Brewed my 1st BIAB AG batch (2nd batch ever) EdWort's Bee Cave Porter 3 weeks ago today. Was planning on bottling tomorrow so I checked the FG. Turns out it was about 7 points too high and the sample was very sweet. Here are my notes:
Batch Size 2.75
Expected OG - 1.061
Expected FG - 1.015
IBU 38.85
Actual OG - 1.056
Actual FG - 1.022
5.5# 2-row -79.64%
0.5# Chocolate malt - 7.24%
0.5# Crystal malt - 7.24%
4 oz flaked barley - 3.62%
2 oz black patent - 1.81%
0.5 oz roasted barley - 0.45%
0.5 oz norhtern brewer - 60min
0.25 oz cascade - 60min
4oz malto-dextrine 20 min
1 pkg London Ale Yeast
My target mash temp was was 152, when I checked it after 15 minutes it was 156 so I added some cooled water.
I did a dunk sparge with what turned out too be too much water by ~ 0.35 gallon.
My preboil OG was a little high, but I over-estimated my boiloff so my actual OG was only 1.056
I hadn't yet purchased my immersion chiller so it took ~ 1hr to cool to 70*
I pitched then fermented around 65 (some small fluctuation when I wasn't around to change out the frozen water bottles)
Questions:
1-Anything obvious that would cause the apparent low attenuation/high FG?
2 - Any way to fix that sweetness other than carbing it up and hoping for the best?
Batch Size 2.75
Expected OG - 1.061
Expected FG - 1.015
IBU 38.85
Actual OG - 1.056
Actual FG - 1.022
5.5# 2-row -79.64%
0.5# Chocolate malt - 7.24%
0.5# Crystal malt - 7.24%
4 oz flaked barley - 3.62%
2 oz black patent - 1.81%
0.5 oz roasted barley - 0.45%
0.5 oz norhtern brewer - 60min
0.25 oz cascade - 60min
4oz malto-dextrine 20 min
1 pkg London Ale Yeast
My target mash temp was was 152, when I checked it after 15 minutes it was 156 so I added some cooled water.
I did a dunk sparge with what turned out too be too much water by ~ 0.35 gallon.
My preboil OG was a little high, but I over-estimated my boiloff so my actual OG was only 1.056
I hadn't yet purchased my immersion chiller so it took ~ 1hr to cool to 70*
I pitched then fermented around 65 (some small fluctuation when I wasn't around to change out the frozen water bottles)
Questions:
1-Anything obvious that would cause the apparent low attenuation/high FG?
2 - Any way to fix that sweetness other than carbing it up and hoping for the best?