kaine
Member
Hey everyone,
Hoping that I've found a wealth of practical experience here, to draw upon and to supplement the small amount of knowledge I have gained from 'The Complete Joy of Homebrewing'.
Just bottled my first batch today - a 'Muntons' IPA - but have a few concerns over its progess, and I can't get a good idea of the final outcome for another week or so!
-45min boil with 3kg of hopped malt extract with 5.7ltr of filtered water
-Added to 11.5ltr of cold water in carboy and allowed to cool
-At 21C, initial density 1.040, pitched yeast
-8 days, fermentation had subsided considerably though density was 1.023
(figured that this was still way too high and it tasted very sweet still. Checked everyday for a further week and density seemed stable at 1.021 though beery flavours developed during this time.)
-15 days, still 1.021 but with a stronger flavour and losing its sweetness. Primed with 500ml hot water and 85g of dissolved light plain malt, and bottled. Three hours ago.
Based on the calculation, of original gravity minus final gravity x 105, I'm looking at a brew with only 2% alc by volume, which is considerably lower than I had expected
I guess I'm wondering what you folk out there might make of this journal so far... anything stand out as noteworthy/unusual/concerning? Just a little input would be reassuring I guess.
Thanks,
Kaine.
Hoping that I've found a wealth of practical experience here, to draw upon and to supplement the small amount of knowledge I have gained from 'The Complete Joy of Homebrewing'.
Just bottled my first batch today - a 'Muntons' IPA - but have a few concerns over its progess, and I can't get a good idea of the final outcome for another week or so!
-45min boil with 3kg of hopped malt extract with 5.7ltr of filtered water
-Added to 11.5ltr of cold water in carboy and allowed to cool
-At 21C, initial density 1.040, pitched yeast
-8 days, fermentation had subsided considerably though density was 1.023
(figured that this was still way too high and it tasted very sweet still. Checked everyday for a further week and density seemed stable at 1.021 though beery flavours developed during this time.)
-15 days, still 1.021 but with a stronger flavour and losing its sweetness. Primed with 500ml hot water and 85g of dissolved light plain malt, and bottled. Three hours ago.
Based on the calculation, of original gravity minus final gravity x 105, I'm looking at a brew with only 2% alc by volume, which is considerably lower than I had expected
I guess I'm wondering what you folk out there might make of this journal so far... anything stand out as noteworthy/unusual/concerning? Just a little input would be reassuring I guess.
Thanks,
Kaine.
