d_rock
Well-Known Member
I'm on my third brew, this one is a Monday Night Drafty Kilt clone. I used Nottingham dry yeast, rehydrated before pitching. I had a very violent fermentation at around 18-20hrs that blew out the airlock (I now know better, and will use a blowoff tube next time), it continued to foam over for several more hours, and then when it calmed down I cleaned and replaced the airlock. Still had very active fermentation for a couple days, noted swirling yeast and what not- this was my first time using a carboy rather than a bucket, so seeing the active fermentation was cool! Fermentation temps was stable at 70 degrees.
OG reading was 1.072, right on the money of a predicted 1.070-1.075 OG. Today (9 days) I checked my FG, and got 1.010 (8.14%ABV)- the predicted FG was 1.018-1.023 (7.2%ABV).
There doesn't seem to be any signs of infection, and it smells wonderful. My recipe calls for one week in secondary, and then add priming sugar and bottle. Other than an overall higher ABV, what kind of effect would the higher attentuation have on the final product? My first two brews were right on point with predicted OG/FG, so this is a first for me.
OG reading was 1.072, right on the money of a predicted 1.070-1.075 OG. Today (9 days) I checked my FG, and got 1.010 (8.14%ABV)- the predicted FG was 1.018-1.023 (7.2%ABV).
There doesn't seem to be any signs of infection, and it smells wonderful. My recipe calls for one week in secondary, and then add priming sugar and bottle. Other than an overall higher ABV, what kind of effect would the higher attentuation have on the final product? My first two brews were right on point with predicted OG/FG, so this is a first for me.