darylwoodman
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Good morning,
The past few brews have dropped to a very low final gravity--always 1.004 (ever since I went from a brew bucket to a SS fermentation vessel). I'm a sterility expert, and I'm sure that this is not an infection (but I might be wrong), although the last three batches terminating at 1.004 is not the problem I need addressed.
I have been mashing at a lower temp. In fact, this batch had a problem with maintaining mash temp. I went from 153 to 147 over and hour or so. I also had a stuck sparge of sorts (never happened before), and I had to dump it twice (back and forth between kettles) to lauter it. This may have extracted more sugars than usual.
I am having a Nueve de Mayo party this coming weekend, and my party brew went from 1.066 to 1.004. 8.14% ABV is too much for an easy drinking beer, and so I need to dilute it--or at least some of it.
Since the final gravity is 1.004, can I still dilute this and make it enjoyable?
I know that I should dilute it with boiled water to reduce the dissolved O2. Any thoughts on this?
a) Can it be done with an already very low gravity reading?
b) How much would you dilute it?
c) dilute with boiled tap or spring or distilled?
Any help would be very appreciated. I'm in new territory here ;-)
Thanks in advance-
The past few brews have dropped to a very low final gravity--always 1.004 (ever since I went from a brew bucket to a SS fermentation vessel). I'm a sterility expert, and I'm sure that this is not an infection (but I might be wrong), although the last three batches terminating at 1.004 is not the problem I need addressed.
I have been mashing at a lower temp. In fact, this batch had a problem with maintaining mash temp. I went from 153 to 147 over and hour or so. I also had a stuck sparge of sorts (never happened before), and I had to dump it twice (back and forth between kettles) to lauter it. This may have extracted more sugars than usual.
I am having a Nueve de Mayo party this coming weekend, and my party brew went from 1.066 to 1.004. 8.14% ABV is too much for an easy drinking beer, and so I need to dilute it--or at least some of it.
Since the final gravity is 1.004, can I still dilute this and make it enjoyable?
I know that I should dilute it with boiled water to reduce the dissolved O2. Any thoughts on this?
a) Can it be done with an already very low gravity reading?
b) How much would you dilute it?
c) dilute with boiled tap or spring or distilled?
Any help would be very appreciated. I'm in new territory here ;-)
Thanks in advance-