adamjackson
Well-Known Member
3 pounds of crushed grain steeped at 155 for 30
9 pounds of various DMEs 60 minute boil
1 Tub of dark LME added at 15 minute mark
hop additions at
60 Minute
30 minute
10 minute
5 minute
2 minute
5 types of hops and will be dry hopping with Citra and another.
I just finished racking this and it's 2AM so I'm VERY tired. Took a reading of the Wort AFTER adding in the water. 5 gAllons total. I aerated and then took a reading. At 73 Degrees F, the Hydrometer read 1.101...my highest brewed beer has been 1.084 so this was a HUGE jump for me.
I then pitched it with two packs of dry yeast (as suggested by my LHBS given the insane amount of extract used)
I asked for a HIGH ABV IPA and he said I might get some sort of Barleywine out of this.
Anyway, at 1.101 and two packs of yeast, I think I'm fine but that OG is just way above what I was expecting. I'm fine, right?
According to Dave's ABV Calculator, I have a maximum ABV of 13.3% at that reading. I just feel like maybe I did something wrong. Not sure.
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EDIT: Adding actual ingredients after digging through my trash. I really should start taking better notes.
3 pounds of crushed grain but I can't remember what the LHBS actually put in the bag. It was a few different things.
At Boil
Bries Pilsen Light (6lbs)
Muntons Hopped Light (3 lbs)
45 minutes into boil, added 3.3 pounds of Briess Munich LME
Hops:
centennial 8.9% at 60 minutes
columbus 30 minutes
styrian golding 1 oz 10 minute 4.5%
styrian golding 1 oz 5 minute 4.5%
Citra 1 oz at 2 minute mark
pitched with safale US-05 (2 11.5 gram bags)
9 pounds of various DMEs 60 minute boil
1 Tub of dark LME added at 15 minute mark
hop additions at
60 Minute
30 minute
10 minute
5 minute
2 minute
5 types of hops and will be dry hopping with Citra and another.
I just finished racking this and it's 2AM so I'm VERY tired. Took a reading of the Wort AFTER adding in the water. 5 gAllons total. I aerated and then took a reading. At 73 Degrees F, the Hydrometer read 1.101...my highest brewed beer has been 1.084 so this was a HUGE jump for me.
I then pitched it with two packs of dry yeast (as suggested by my LHBS given the insane amount of extract used)
I asked for a HIGH ABV IPA and he said I might get some sort of Barleywine out of this.
Anyway, at 1.101 and two packs of yeast, I think I'm fine but that OG is just way above what I was expecting. I'm fine, right?
According to Dave's ABV Calculator, I have a maximum ABV of 13.3% at that reading. I just feel like maybe I did something wrong. Not sure.
----------
EDIT: Adding actual ingredients after digging through my trash. I really should start taking better notes.
3 pounds of crushed grain but I can't remember what the LHBS actually put in the bag. It was a few different things.
At Boil
Bries Pilsen Light (6lbs)
Muntons Hopped Light (3 lbs)
45 minutes into boil, added 3.3 pounds of Briess Munich LME
Hops:
centennial 8.9% at 60 minutes
columbus 30 minutes
styrian golding 1 oz 10 minute 4.5%
styrian golding 1 oz 5 minute 4.5%
Citra 1 oz at 2 minute mark
pitched with safale US-05 (2 11.5 gram bags)