kingofblairs
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So I made an AG ipa
11.12 2 row
1# crystal 40
1# euro Aero
1# rye flaked
1# turbinado sugar (whoops )
.12# chocolate
Single infusion mash target 153
Grain /h2o ratio 1.5
6 gal batch.
What happened is that my tun was a bit cool so I ended up with a 140 temp. Boiled a gallon of water and added it which brought me to 149.
This gave me an og of 1.064. Not too bad. Pitched a 3 l starter of Pacman and it was on! 14 days later my hydro reading was 1.007!! Target was 1.016. The initial tasting was great hops, bitter, no real astringent notes but weak malt backbone to carry the hops/alcohol. My questions are...
1) Should I shut up and let it condition?
2) Did mashing too low make it too fermentable and strip the malt character?
3) Can I make a malt forward beer and blend it to try to fix this?
11.12 2 row
1# crystal 40
1# euro Aero
1# rye flaked
1# turbinado sugar (whoops )
.12# chocolate
Single infusion mash target 153
Grain /h2o ratio 1.5
6 gal batch.
What happened is that my tun was a bit cool so I ended up with a 140 temp. Boiled a gallon of water and added it which brought me to 149.
This gave me an og of 1.064. Not too bad. Pitched a 3 l starter of Pacman and it was on! 14 days later my hydro reading was 1.007!! Target was 1.016. The initial tasting was great hops, bitter, no real astringent notes but weak malt backbone to carry the hops/alcohol. My questions are...
1) Should I shut up and let it condition?
2) Did mashing too low make it too fermentable and strip the malt character?
3) Can I make a malt forward beer and blend it to try to fix this?