D0ug
Well-Known Member
So My buddies and I brewed the AHS Gulden Draak Clone last spring. It was an extract batch with steeping grains.
The OG was 1.112. We brewed it on 3/20/11, we pitched Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey Ale yeast, and by 4/22/11 the gravity was at 1.030 and was still at 1.030 on 4/29/11.
This was a little higher than the recipe called for, but being used to extract batches finishing high, we bottled it.
My notes fail here, but I think we used ~ 5 oz Dextrose, or the typical pack of 5 gallon priming sugar that usually comes with an extract kit.
Then we let it sit, and sit, and sit.
It never carbed. I mean never, I was still opening bombers in November that were just as flat as on bottling day. Which was a bummer, because the hydro samples were very, VERY, close to what Gulden Draak tastes like. We thought we had a home run.
The ambient temperatures were on average between 62-72 F the whole time, except for a few weeks in July and August when it got up to the mid 80's.
Where did I go wrong, and what should I do next time to make sure this carbs up?
Thanks for the help.
The OG was 1.112. We brewed it on 3/20/11, we pitched Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey Ale yeast, and by 4/22/11 the gravity was at 1.030 and was still at 1.030 on 4/29/11.
This was a little higher than the recipe called for, but being used to extract batches finishing high, we bottled it.
My notes fail here, but I think we used ~ 5 oz Dextrose, or the typical pack of 5 gallon priming sugar that usually comes with an extract kit.
Then we let it sit, and sit, and sit.
It never carbed. I mean never, I was still opening bombers in November that were just as flat as on bottling day. Which was a bummer, because the hydro samples were very, VERY, close to what Gulden Draak tastes like. We thought we had a home run.
The ambient temperatures were on average between 62-72 F the whole time, except for a few weeks in July and August when it got up to the mid 80's.
Where did I go wrong, and what should I do next time to make sure this carbs up?
Thanks for the help.