So I will be brewing this week, on either Thursday or Friday, and it will be Northern Brewer English-style Barleywine extract. It came with a pack of US-05. Here are my two thoughts/questions:
1. I'd like to bump up the abv another 1-2%. Original gravity claims 1.086. Could I add some honey, sugar, or something else?
2. I have had attenuation issues in the past....too sweet finish. I temp control in a chest freezer and keep my fermentation between 62-66. I always hit my OG and hit the high range of FG. I have only used dry yeast and rehydrate. Here's my question: I also have a Wyeast 1056 liquid yeast. Could I dump the Wyeast and US-05 to get a better attenuation?
Any other suggestions are welcome as I have made only mediocre beer in the 5-6 batches I've done thus far.
1. I'd like to bump up the abv another 1-2%. Original gravity claims 1.086. Could I add some honey, sugar, or something else?
2. I have had attenuation issues in the past....too sweet finish. I temp control in a chest freezer and keep my fermentation between 62-66. I always hit my OG and hit the high range of FG. I have only used dry yeast and rehydrate. Here's my question: I also have a Wyeast 1056 liquid yeast. Could I dump the Wyeast and US-05 to get a better attenuation?
Any other suggestions are welcome as I have made only mediocre beer in the 5-6 batches I've done thus far.