andrewbrews
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Last weekend I was working on one of my fine Andy Dandy's IPA's and low and behold I get to the end of it, take a gravity, and find that i have overshot my target by about .02. My target was 1.062 and I ended at 1.093. At first I thought I had somehow found a way to boost my efficiency from 65% to 90%.
What really happened is that I mistook a 5lb bag of corn sugar for a 2lb bag of corn sugar. Dumb I know, but I was looking at all the beautiful hops that were about to go in.
So now to my question. I would like to somehow make this beer drinkable. I have a beer right now that is going to net around 12% give or take. With the bitterness profile and aroma hops, I think I need to get it down to around 9% and then dry hop like crazy.
Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Can I simply add boiled and cooled H20? I know my volumes will be screwed up, but I want to try and salvage it. If I do add water, should I also add some Yeast just in case it starts to peter out to sweet?
Some other vitals from Beer Smith
12 lbs of total grain
65 IBUS
2.5 oz of late addition Citra and Simcoe
Plenty of hops (Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, Mosaic) to dry hop with.
What really happened is that I mistook a 5lb bag of corn sugar for a 2lb bag of corn sugar. Dumb I know, but I was looking at all the beautiful hops that were about to go in.
So now to my question. I would like to somehow make this beer drinkable. I have a beer right now that is going to net around 12% give or take. With the bitterness profile and aroma hops, I think I need to get it down to around 9% and then dry hop like crazy.
Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Can I simply add boiled and cooled H20? I know my volumes will be screwed up, but I want to try and salvage it. If I do add water, should I also add some Yeast just in case it starts to peter out to sweet?
Some other vitals from Beer Smith
12 lbs of total grain
65 IBUS
2.5 oz of late addition Citra and Simcoe
Plenty of hops (Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, Mosaic) to dry hop with.