Sweet. 19 minutes till flameout.
This is one "angry" beer, boil-wise. Thicker than **** soup! I wasn't really sure the entire Lb of candi sugar was even going to dissolve, but it did!
'Ats a lot of grain for 3 gallons!!!!
Update: 3 Gallons net, exactly.
Now to see the grav.
Update 2: Disappointing. Just disappointing. Only 1.105. I missed the mark by nearly 20 pts. What. The. Firkin.
Hope my someday-to-be-recipients don't mind getting a wussy loser weak beer. Only 10.5-11.0% ABV, and that's
IF it makes it down to 1.020-1.025 like I want it to. (Cmonnnn Cry Havoc yeast cake, do your schtuff!)
If it stalls at 1.030, we're talking a 9.8% beer. LAAAAME.
Here's what I wound up going with:
10.5 lbs Pale Malt
1 lbs Munich Malt
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
4.0 oz Special Roast
1 lbs Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM)
1.75 oz Chinook [10.50 %] (90 min)
1.00 oz Centennial [8.00 %] (20 min)
1.00 oz Centennial [8.00 %] (5 min)
Might dry hop with Cascade.