Ok, so I have 7 batches of beer under my belt. 6 have come out great and the 7th is a strawberry blonde just racked to secondary that is looking good. Wifey likes woodchuck and strongbow and just about anything fruity. I figure since she is prego and due late June, I'd keg her an apelweizen or something similar for when she can drink. And drink she will need with two young boys around and a little girl on the way.
So since the lhbs is closed on Tuesday, bastards, and me being away for the next five days, I didn't have any other choice then to use the yeast cake from my blonde ale which is a second generation harvested s-05 which I have used for 3 batches with good success.
Please critique my recipe. I can take it.
1. Boiled 12 oz brown sugar and 6 oz table sugar in 3-4 cups apple juice and cooled.
2. Added 18 quarts of bjs Apple juice from concentrate + aforementioned sugar and juice + 2 quarts of wymans blueberry juice on top of yeast cake.
3. Mixed and got an OG of 1.054.
4. Airlock on and placed in 70 degree basement.
Since wifey likes it sweet I don't want it to dry out. I'm planning on racking to secondary in a week or so. What do you'll think about adding some concentrate? Should I add it to the secondary or to the keg when I keg it?? Do you think I should force carb or add some corn sugar and let it carb and condition? I'd like it ready in 6 weeks or so.
Thanks for any help.
So since the lhbs is closed on Tuesday, bastards, and me being away for the next five days, I didn't have any other choice then to use the yeast cake from my blonde ale which is a second generation harvested s-05 which I have used for 3 batches with good success.
Please critique my recipe. I can take it.
1. Boiled 12 oz brown sugar and 6 oz table sugar in 3-4 cups apple juice and cooled.
2. Added 18 quarts of bjs Apple juice from concentrate + aforementioned sugar and juice + 2 quarts of wymans blueberry juice on top of yeast cake.
3. Mixed and got an OG of 1.054.
4. Airlock on and placed in 70 degree basement.
Since wifey likes it sweet I don't want it to dry out. I'm planning on racking to secondary in a week or so. What do you'll think about adding some concentrate? Should I add it to the secondary or to the keg when I keg it?? Do you think I should force carb or add some corn sugar and let it carb and condition? I'd like it ready in 6 weeks or so.
Thanks for any help.