KyleWolf
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone.
Ran into a curious little thing yesterday. I am producing a "tamed" version of Avery's maharaja IPA and I used Safale S-05. I mashed at ~151 and had an OG of 1.062 and fermented around 70, let it go 3wks. Yesterday I transfer to secondary, added my dry hops, and low and behold, my FG was 1.008!
Doing the calculation, that gives me an attenuation of 86.4%. I have seen these magic numbers appear on the forum before concerning the S-05...Just seems odd to get that high of an attenuation. Though, I am not complaining. The actual maharaja starts at 1.090 and ends at 1.009-1.011, so finishing so dry was helpful.
I must say... this may have turned out perfect! the color and aroma is spot on as is the pre-dry hop flavor. Cant wait to taste it in 8 days! (6 more days of dry hop, 2 days for force carbing )
Ran into a curious little thing yesterday. I am producing a "tamed" version of Avery's maharaja IPA and I used Safale S-05. I mashed at ~151 and had an OG of 1.062 and fermented around 70, let it go 3wks. Yesterday I transfer to secondary, added my dry hops, and low and behold, my FG was 1.008!
Doing the calculation, that gives me an attenuation of 86.4%. I have seen these magic numbers appear on the forum before concerning the S-05...Just seems odd to get that high of an attenuation. Though, I am not complaining. The actual maharaja starts at 1.090 and ends at 1.009-1.011, so finishing so dry was helpful.
I must say... this may have turned out perfect! the color and aroma is spot on as is the pre-dry hop flavor. Cant wait to taste it in 8 days! (6 more days of dry hop, 2 days for force carbing )