jessie2sexy
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Hello fellow beer drinkers! I was lucky enough to be gifted a Brooklyn Brew Chestnut Brown Ale for Christmas and just got around to brewing it last night. I must say that I definitely feel as if I need more practice but am looking forward to taste testing it in a month!
I had a few questions for the helpful people here that I'm hoping will help me to smooth things over in the future.
I had what I thought to be around 5 quarts of wort when starting the boil but after the boil, I poured everything in my carboy and it was only around 0.5 gallon of beer? I expected to lose some to evaporation but not this much, is this normal or was I boiling it too hot? Nevertheless i filled the rest of the carboy up to one gallon mark with water then pitched the yeast in.
Also, the instruction say to add around 3 tablespoons of honey when bottling but after seeing a few other posts on here there was a few users who said that the Brooklyn instructions usually call for too much sugar/honey which leads to over carbonation. How much honey do I need to put in when bottling to avoid over carbonating?
I will certainly appreciate any help I can get and look forward to maturing my brewing with you all.
I had a few questions for the helpful people here that I'm hoping will help me to smooth things over in the future.
I had what I thought to be around 5 quarts of wort when starting the boil but after the boil, I poured everything in my carboy and it was only around 0.5 gallon of beer? I expected to lose some to evaporation but not this much, is this normal or was I boiling it too hot? Nevertheless i filled the rest of the carboy up to one gallon mark with water then pitched the yeast in.
Also, the instruction say to add around 3 tablespoons of honey when bottling but after seeing a few other posts on here there was a few users who said that the Brooklyn instructions usually call for too much sugar/honey which leads to over carbonation. How much honey do I need to put in when bottling to avoid over carbonating?
I will certainly appreciate any help I can get and look forward to maturing my brewing with you all.