carrotmalt
Well-Known Member
I just tried to brew up the Bee Cave Hause Pale Ale as a half batch. My pot's too small for a full batch, and my immersion chiller sucks, so I basically halved everything. Apparently my boil off was more than what I planned for, so I added bottled water at the end to bring it back up to the after boil amount I was shooting for. I sure wish I had taken an OG before adding water, cause afterwards, I came in at 1.021 (Recipe said it should be 1.051). Once this ferments out, it's supposed to end up around 1.011. That aint far from where it is now! Did I just brew up a dang near non alcoholic beer?
This is only my second all grain, but my first came in pretty close to target. I bought my grain from a different place and I'm wondering if the crush wasn't fine enough. Anyhow, is there anything I can do for this batch, or did I just waste a brew day on an O'Douls clone?
This is only my second all grain, but my first came in pretty close to target. I bought my grain from a different place and I'm wondering if the crush wasn't fine enough. Anyhow, is there anything I can do for this batch, or did I just waste a brew day on an O'Douls clone?