CarnellSitka
Well-Known Member
Hi,
Im new here. My name is Carnell, I'm from Metro Vancouver B.C. and im a history major at Simon Fraser University. I got into home brew because i love craft beer but its expensive for a student in B.C. i also loved the idea of having Draught beer in my home and quickly realized the cheapest way to do so was home brewing. Brewed and bottled my first batch from kit and then decided to jump in head first and bought a single corny keggin system. I Love the ease of Liquid Malt extract brewing and will likely do this until i have lots of time in the summer to give a full grain brew a try.
Anyways i'm on my third batch and decided to do the Cooper's International British Bitter (dual citizen UK and Canada and whenever im in the UK the first beer i grab is real british bitter). It called for Light Dry Malt Extract which i hadn't used before but i picked some up. When i did my initial hydrometer check is showed a potential alcohol of 3-4%. I realize this is potentially because the style is lower in alcohol but i wanted it to be around 5%, so i threw in 500 g of dextrose too. Now i wonder if this will be an alcoholic mess?
Also my wort was super hot at over 36 degrees celsius, i let it cool down to 32 and then pitched my yeast.
Have i wrecked this beer?
Im new here. My name is Carnell, I'm from Metro Vancouver B.C. and im a history major at Simon Fraser University. I got into home brew because i love craft beer but its expensive for a student in B.C. i also loved the idea of having Draught beer in my home and quickly realized the cheapest way to do so was home brewing. Brewed and bottled my first batch from kit and then decided to jump in head first and bought a single corny keggin system. I Love the ease of Liquid Malt extract brewing and will likely do this until i have lots of time in the summer to give a full grain brew a try.
Anyways i'm on my third batch and decided to do the Cooper's International British Bitter (dual citizen UK and Canada and whenever im in the UK the first beer i grab is real british bitter). It called for Light Dry Malt Extract which i hadn't used before but i picked some up. When i did my initial hydrometer check is showed a potential alcohol of 3-4%. I realize this is potentially because the style is lower in alcohol but i wanted it to be around 5%, so i threw in 500 g of dextrose too. Now i wonder if this will be an alcoholic mess?
Also my wort was super hot at over 36 degrees celsius, i let it cool down to 32 and then pitched my yeast.
Have i wrecked this beer?