Now there's some gravity for you

I did a historic recipe for Old Ale today ( circa 1820 ) , last night I made 12 gallons of Essentia Bina, which is a recipe for basic molasses, over a fire , at the end of the 2 hour boil, I set the kettle on fire for about 3 minutes, it adds a Treacle like smoky flavor. 26 lbs of beat sugar, some lime juice and traditional molasses complete the ingredients. I then added this to a recipe of 2 row , roasted malt, some amber malt and a small amount of crystal . The OG is 1.88, but I thought I would just check the Bina for gravity....ha ha ha, it's well over 2.00, I can only guess it's potential , because of it's adjunct nature, I can only use volume and weight . I made just under 400 gallons of this old ale today, should be ready in a few weeks.

You made 400 Gallons? Is that a typo or have you lost your mind?

400 GAL. ? how much did that cost you

Wow, what kind of yeast are you using??? I can't think of many beer yeasts that would handle that very well.

Chris Bowenz - Mr. 'Go Big or Go Home' himself. :rockin:

flyangler18 said:

Chris Bowenz - Mr. 'Go Big or Go Home' himself. :rockin:

Click to expand...

Love it !.....




Sorry ( I left out the details ) , I brewed this one on a 17 bbl system this AM, it's for a kick off to a historic brewing exhibit I am doing in my town ( Bethlehem, PA) , this hydrometer reading was not wort, but an adjunct , loaded with fermentables... I just thought it was cool to see the meter sticking all the way out to the bulb .....The yeast is 1056 , my house bland ...I mean blend ...

Things that make you go....hmmmm!
Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

Holy double WTF!!! Insane gravity...what is the target final gravity? And 400 gallons??? Unbelievable! There needs to be more pics of this for sure...

mrbowenz said:

I thought I would just check the Bina for gravity....ha ha ha, it's well over 2.00, I can only guess it's potential , because of it's adjunct nature, I can only use volume and weight .

Click to expand...

Dilute a sample with an equal volume of water, check the gravity and then double it.

mrbowenz said:

Love it !.....




Sorry ( I left out the details ) , I brewed this one on a 17 bbl system this AM, it's for a kick off to a historic brewing exhibit I am doing in my town ( Bethlehem, PA) , this hydrometer reading was not wort, but an adjunct , loaded with fermentables... I just thought it was cool to see the meter sticking all the way out to the bulb .....The yeast is 1056 , my house bland ...I mean blend ...

Click to expand...

Ahh, okay, that makes more sense then. After rereading your initial post I understatnd now. I thought the ENTIRE batch was 1.88.