Apt23Brewery
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So I just finished racking my Belgian Tripel from my primary to my secondary. I took a swig of the sample that i used for my gravity reading and thought that somehow whiskey had gotten into my glass! I'm going to post several things that I noticed, and the advice that my homebrew guru/shop owner told me and I'll like your feed back.
1) The O.G. was 1.090. Gravity at transfer was 1.010
2) I had a hard time getting the wort transferred over to the primary with out bringing the trub over with it.
3) After 24 hours in the primary I noticed nothing was happening, so I cracked the lid and say no indication that anything was going on. So I added a second packet of brewers yeast to the primary.
4)Beer sat for 11 days in the primary.
5) My homebrew store owner said I should wait this out. That time will diffuse the pugent taste of alcohol, and that adding 8oz of Lactose, or
8oz-1lb of Maltodextrin will help sweeten/bring out the body of the beer.
Here is the recipe that I used.
13.2 lbs of LME
1 lb 20/40 crystal
1 lb clover honey
1 lb candi sugar
2 oz kent goldings 4.5 AA
1 oz liberty hops 4.3 AA (aroma)
White labs Belgian Ale yeast
1 packet 24hours later of brewers yeast from a brewers best kit.
Thank you for any insight you can give me!
1) The O.G. was 1.090. Gravity at transfer was 1.010
2) I had a hard time getting the wort transferred over to the primary with out bringing the trub over with it.
3) After 24 hours in the primary I noticed nothing was happening, so I cracked the lid and say no indication that anything was going on. So I added a second packet of brewers yeast to the primary.
4)Beer sat for 11 days in the primary.
5) My homebrew store owner said I should wait this out. That time will diffuse the pugent taste of alcohol, and that adding 8oz of Lactose, or
8oz-1lb of Maltodextrin will help sweeten/bring out the body of the beer.
Here is the recipe that I used.
13.2 lbs of LME
1 lb 20/40 crystal
1 lb clover honey
1 lb candi sugar
2 oz kent goldings 4.5 AA
1 oz liberty hops 4.3 AA (aroma)
White labs Belgian Ale yeast
1 packet 24hours later of brewers yeast from a brewers best kit.
Thank you for any insight you can give me!