So I wanted to brew a quick Rye (25%) special bitter around 1044. I went to my local brewery and weighed the grain/hops out and helped myself to some yeast. On the way home, I had the garbage bag full of grain over my back when somebody on the street pointed out that I had a trail of grain behind me, so I lost some grain to the pavement. After the brew was done, I took a gravity reading and it came out to 1075 (!!!). whoops. I weighed the grain in Kg instead of pounds. Only problem is I hopped this like a special bitter because I was too lazy to take a Boil gravity at the beginning of the boil. So now I am looking at a relatively high gravity ale (luckily there is hardly any cystal malts in it) with an IBU of around 22.
I figure this beer will almost be like a helles rye bock fermented with an english yeast strain. I just hope its not overly sweet. I mashed in at 150 so it shouldnt be too thick. Just thought I should share one of my most Boneheadish brew days ever with you guys. Here's hoping for a tasty beer. Cheers!
I figure this beer will almost be like a helles rye bock fermented with an english yeast strain. I just hope its not overly sweet. I mashed in at 150 so it shouldnt be too thick. Just thought I should share one of my most Boneheadish brew days ever with you guys. Here's hoping for a tasty beer. Cheers!