So I screwed up last week (I do that a lot but hey it's only batch 5) and Brewed a Pale Ale that was supposed to have an SG of 1.048-1.052.. my screw up was leaving my yeast starter DME bag in the Box with my brew DME bags, and drinking from batch 2 while brewing.. So I'm adding the DME and end up putting an extra 3/4 pound of DME.. I called the local Brew shop guy "Friendly Frank" and he said no problem just add 5 min to the boil (to get more bittering) and add a little more water to dilute the wort. I also got called away while sparging the grains (1lb) so they soaked at 150 degrees about 45 min longer than called for (thinking got better efficiency out of them)
I ended up with an SG of 1.076.. I dilluted it to 1.060.. I racked it yesterday into the secondary with 1.013 it is still bubbling the airlock about every 8 seconds.. so I'm thinking I'm going to get a pretty high ABV.. This was a repeat of my first kit but I did it ala carte using a different hop to get a little more bitterness... How will this affect the taste?
If my questions seem dumb forgive me..I have brewed tasty enough ones to get the wife to let me buy shelves and a deepsink in the basement (she likes bitter lagers).. until I brew a "spectacular batch" no way I'm going to be able to buy kegging equipment without a months of bitching and no sex
My ultimate goal is an exhaust hood in the basement and tapping the line to the water heater and furnace for a natural gas burner near the sink.
I ended up with an SG of 1.076.. I dilluted it to 1.060.. I racked it yesterday into the secondary with 1.013 it is still bubbling the airlock about every 8 seconds.. so I'm thinking I'm going to get a pretty high ABV.. This was a repeat of my first kit but I did it ala carte using a different hop to get a little more bitterness... How will this affect the taste?
If my questions seem dumb forgive me..I have brewed tasty enough ones to get the wife to let me buy shelves and a deepsink in the basement (she likes bitter lagers).. until I brew a "spectacular batch" no way I'm going to be able to buy kegging equipment without a months of bitching and no sex
My ultimate goal is an exhaust hood in the basement and tapping the line to the water heater and furnace for a natural gas burner near the sink.