I am trying to do a Breaking Bud clone. My OG was 1.059 (target 1.063) when I brewed on 31 January. This was my first experience with liquid yeast. I brought a package of San Diego Super to room temp (about 67F) and direct pitched it into a little over two gallons of wort at about 61F and put it into a fermentation chamber that was originally at about 62F.
It was bubbling happily the next morning, and picked up intensity over the next day or two and by day 4 the krausen had pretty much dissipated. I added about 4 oz of hops and appeared to get a little more head of foam. I pulled that bag after three days and dry hopped with the same amount again.
I pulled the second bag today and am now cold crashing. Beersmith projected 1.011, but I made only about 1.018, which means I am going to get an ABV of about 5.3%.
Now, I know I could do a couple of different things to try to get my FG lower, but that is not what i want to do here. I used 2015 crop Mosaic for this, and I really want to drink this as fresh as possible.
How will missing my FG by this much affect my flavor profile? Breaking Bud is a really "juicy" APA.
It was bubbling happily the next morning, and picked up intensity over the next day or two and by day 4 the krausen had pretty much dissipated. I added about 4 oz of hops and appeared to get a little more head of foam. I pulled that bag after three days and dry hopped with the same amount again.
I pulled the second bag today and am now cold crashing. Beersmith projected 1.011, but I made only about 1.018, which means I am going to get an ABV of about 5.3%.
Now, I know I could do a couple of different things to try to get my FG lower, but that is not what i want to do here. I used 2015 crop Mosaic for this, and I really want to drink this as fresh as possible.
How will missing my FG by this much affect my flavor profile? Breaking Bud is a really "juicy" APA.