MrIPA
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I've looked on the forums and can't find a specific answer to this question so here it goes:
I recently brewed a IIPA. The original recipe was set to produce an OG of around 1.082. For whatever reason I had horrible efficiency and the OG came out as 1.070. I also added a 3L wort starter which brought down the OG to about 1.066. Normally I would just leave the brew alone and say to hell with it but the ibus as of now are around 130. I want to add some sugar to the fermenter to get the SG to around 1.076 and drop the ibus but to do that would require 1.33lbs of sugar. That is 7.1% of the overall grainbill. Is 7% too much in the grainbill? I don't want to use dme to boost the SG because I am hoping to have the beer finish dry and I heard IIPAs should have some portion of sugar in it. Thoughts?
I recently brewed a IIPA. The original recipe was set to produce an OG of around 1.082. For whatever reason I had horrible efficiency and the OG came out as 1.070. I also added a 3L wort starter which brought down the OG to about 1.066. Normally I would just leave the brew alone and say to hell with it but the ibus as of now are around 130. I want to add some sugar to the fermenter to get the SG to around 1.076 and drop the ibus but to do that would require 1.33lbs of sugar. That is 7.1% of the overall grainbill. Is 7% too much in the grainbill? I don't want to use dme to boost the SG because I am hoping to have the beer finish dry and I heard IIPAs should have some portion of sugar in it. Thoughts?