thejuanald
Well-Known Member
So I am in the middle of doing my first batch now. It's the stone ruination clone that is listed here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/stone-ruination-clone-155771/
I did an extract, full boil with a big starter. The recipe calls for 8lbs DME. I added the full amount at boil but now I'm wondering if that was a mistake. I got great fermentation and everything looked to be going well, but when I racked to secondary, it was way sweeter than I thought it would be. But I let it dry hope for a week and I just tasted and its still very sweet. My OG was 1.075 and it only got down to 1.020.
I don't know if I should have only added half the extract for the boil and the rest at like 10 minutes left or at flameout? Also, the yeast that I used was WLP002 because WLP001 wasn't available at my local shop and the guy said it should be a good alternative.
Why is it so sweet? Did I contaminate it? Is it poor hop utilization because I boiled all the 8lbs of extract? Poor yeast alternative? Will it even out during conditioning? Thanks
I did an extract, full boil with a big starter. The recipe calls for 8lbs DME. I added the full amount at boil but now I'm wondering if that was a mistake. I got great fermentation and everything looked to be going well, but when I racked to secondary, it was way sweeter than I thought it would be. But I let it dry hope for a week and I just tasted and its still very sweet. My OG was 1.075 and it only got down to 1.020.
I don't know if I should have only added half the extract for the boil and the rest at like 10 minutes left or at flameout? Also, the yeast that I used was WLP002 because WLP001 wasn't available at my local shop and the guy said it should be a good alternative.
Why is it so sweet? Did I contaminate it? Is it poor hop utilization because I boiled all the 8lbs of extract? Poor yeast alternative? Will it even out during conditioning? Thanks