Hi,
So I tried to brew a 20% abv beer and recently decided it is a failure. I'm not here to talk about what I did or why it failed (although Im prefectly willing to if anyone is interested). I have a good idea what went wrong and what to do differently next time. I'd like to get your opinions on what (if anything) I can do to make this failure drinkable.
It started at 1.179 and stopped at 1.078 which leaves it at 14% abv and is, of course, undrinkable. Thing is, underneath the unbearable sweetness, it actually smells and tastes really good!
Pitching an active starter of a high alcohol tolerant yeast would probably drop it a few points more, but I doubt adding more yeast will ever get it down to drinkable levels.
Im thinking pitching some bugs and let them have a go at the remaining sugar. I know lacto and pedio have a alcohol tolerance of around 9 and brett is at around 12, so Im thinking dilute with water untill the alcohol is down to bug tolerable levels and let them work out the rest.
What do you guys think?
So I tried to brew a 20% abv beer and recently decided it is a failure. I'm not here to talk about what I did or why it failed (although Im prefectly willing to if anyone is interested). I have a good idea what went wrong and what to do differently next time. I'd like to get your opinions on what (if anything) I can do to make this failure drinkable.
It started at 1.179 and stopped at 1.078 which leaves it at 14% abv and is, of course, undrinkable. Thing is, underneath the unbearable sweetness, it actually smells and tastes really good!
Pitching an active starter of a high alcohol tolerant yeast would probably drop it a few points more, but I doubt adding more yeast will ever get it down to drinkable levels.
Im thinking pitching some bugs and let them have a go at the remaining sugar. I know lacto and pedio have a alcohol tolerance of around 9 and brett is at around 12, so Im thinking dilute with water untill the alcohol is down to bug tolerable levels and let them work out the rest.
What do you guys think?