Too much attenuation?

[Rambleon]

I just checked the gravity on my double ipa and it's at 1.010 from 1.080. 87% attenuation! I used a huge starter of washed 1056 and mashed at 148 for 90 minutes. I also used about 5% sugar to dry it out. I knew I'd come in low but 1.010? Is this just going to be an enamel melter


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[ChelisHubby]

It could be a lite pain killer! How does it taste? That is all that is important!

 

[Rambleon]

It's still pretty yeasty but the hops blast through.


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[Talgrath]

How is this a problem? I measured exactly the same amount of attenuation for my IPA last time using US-05 from Safale, it should taste great if you've properly hopped it. You won't see much FG on an IPA since, if you've done it right you've mashed for gravity and put in grains with little in the way of powerful flavor or unfermentable sugar, the hops are doing the heavy lifting for flavor not the malt. Keep in mind a couple of things here, first that the manufacturer's estimated attenuation is an average and not a maximum and secondly that the biggest determinant of your FG is time fermented and unfermentable sugars; IPA's use malt that is almost entirely fermentable, so you should see high attenuation.

 

[ph0ngwh0ng]

Normal attenuation for a mash temp that low and that long of a mash time. Try mashing at 156 for 45 min the next time.

My DIPA is at 1.006 from 1.074 and I mashed at 153 for 60 min.

 

[Cyclman]

You don't want a sweet, malty IPA to hide the hops, IMO, so I think you're all good

 

[DSorenson]

Sugar increases apparent attenuation significantly. White table sugar is practically all fermentable and therefore decreases the density of the beer with ethanol. Other things you mentioned could be a factor, but the sugar is definitely the greatest contributor.

 

[dmarc85]

It's gooooooood!!!


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[PrinceOfThePoint]

Yeah man, I'm pretty much drooling over your OG/FG, I think it will be great.

 

[Rambleon]

Just dropped 7 oz of dry hops in last night. Gonna be yummy.


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[Falcon3]

Normal attenuation for a mash temp that low and that long of a mash time. Try mashing at 156 for 45 min the next time.

Please DON'T do this! DIPA are supposed to be dry dry dry! Your beer sounds awesome-