I got a clone recipe book for Christmas and thought I'd try my first lager - a doppelbock. Doubled a 2000ml starter.....everything went perfectly - until I took my first preboil gravity reading - not even close. Recipe said it should be near 7 - it was at 3. Added 1.7# of light DME (all I had)that brought the POST BOIL to exactly 5. Pitched the yeast; it's sitting at 55degF chugging away. Checked the grain bill against a calculator (of course after the fact) and it told me that OG should be about 5.5.....this sucks.
So.......I'm afraid that the hops are going to over power this...so Id like to mash 5lbs of 2row in a bag for an hour - boil it - cool it - and add it to the already fermenting wort. Should I do this now, should I wait for the fermentation to slow and then restart with more wort, or should I do nothing?
Here is the grain bill:
10# GermanCara Helles
1# German Vienna
1# Munich (Weyerman)
.5# Caravienna
.5# Crystal(40)
.86 oz Tetnang @ 90
1.6oz Hallertau @60
1.8oz Spalt @ 45
Double 2000ml starter of WLP833
Mash at 152 for 90 min - Boil for for 90min - Chill to 62 - ferment for 14 days at 55degF
Finished ABV is supposed to be 7.6%
So.......I'm afraid that the hops are going to over power this...so Id like to mash 5lbs of 2row in a bag for an hour - boil it - cool it - and add it to the already fermenting wort. Should I do this now, should I wait for the fermentation to slow and then restart with more wort, or should I do nothing?
Here is the grain bill:
10# GermanCara Helles
1# German Vienna
1# Munich (Weyerman)
.5# Caravienna
.5# Crystal(40)
.86 oz Tetnang @ 90
1.6oz Hallertau @60
1.8oz Spalt @ 45
Double 2000ml starter of WLP833
Mash at 152 for 90 min - Boil for for 90min - Chill to 62 - ferment for 14 days at 55degF
Finished ABV is supposed to be 7.6%