GodsStepBrother
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So pretty drunk as I write this, so excuse the idiocy of it all. Though I would like to state that I made this beer while still sober, the end result has me really excited. My current rotation of brewing involves, 2 or 3 session beers, and 1 high gravity specialty beer.
So today I just decided to brew a 15 alc content brew, just to experiment. I have loads of grain and hops at the moment so this is what I came up with.
Grain Bill.
Munich 4lbs
Chocolate 6 oz
White wheat 5oz
Roast 2 oz
Brown Sugar 5 oz
Flaked Barley 1.5 oz
Black Patent 1 oz
C-150 2oz
Biscuit malt 1oz
.35 oz of Norther brewer at 60
.25 oz of Chinook at 10
This is only a one gallon experimental batch.
I know it is super over zealous, but I am learning after all and I think it is worthwhile to realize what doesn’t work. I myself thought so much malt! So many different types of malt this is sure to fail. But I want to know what so much does to a beer.
I used spring water through out the whole brew. I mashed in and collected 1 gallon first running’s. Second running’s where about 1.5 gallons. My pre boil volume was just shy of 2.5 gallons. It took 2 hours and 38 minutes to boil down to 1 gallon (naturally I added hops around 60 and 10). I also added yeast energizer at the 15 minute, yeast nutrient and Irish moss, the brown sugar was added at the 10 minute mark.
Hydrometer readings:
1st running’s 1.062
2nd running’s 1.022
3rd pre boil 1.042
Halfway through boil 1.072 (I was bored waiting for the wort to boil down!)
O.G. (drum roll!!!) 1.140 (HOLY H*LL!)
I have never tried wort so potent! It was so sugary, astringency...ly, and just plain powerful! I took a sip and was meet with an unexpected powerful taste that I had to spit out!
WLP001 is what I am using to ferment and I got to go and aerate the crap out of this thing. Hopefully it ferments well.
cheers!
So today I just decided to brew a 15 alc content brew, just to experiment. I have loads of grain and hops at the moment so this is what I came up with.
Grain Bill.
Munich 4lbs
Chocolate 6 oz
White wheat 5oz
Roast 2 oz
Brown Sugar 5 oz
Flaked Barley 1.5 oz
Black Patent 1 oz
C-150 2oz
Biscuit malt 1oz
.35 oz of Norther brewer at 60
.25 oz of Chinook at 10
This is only a one gallon experimental batch.
I know it is super over zealous, but I am learning after all and I think it is worthwhile to realize what doesn’t work. I myself thought so much malt! So many different types of malt this is sure to fail. But I want to know what so much does to a beer.
I used spring water through out the whole brew. I mashed in and collected 1 gallon first running’s. Second running’s where about 1.5 gallons. My pre boil volume was just shy of 2.5 gallons. It took 2 hours and 38 minutes to boil down to 1 gallon (naturally I added hops around 60 and 10). I also added yeast energizer at the 15 minute, yeast nutrient and Irish moss, the brown sugar was added at the 10 minute mark.
Hydrometer readings:
1st running’s 1.062
2nd running’s 1.022
3rd pre boil 1.042
Halfway through boil 1.072 (I was bored waiting for the wort to boil down!)
O.G. (drum roll!!!) 1.140 (HOLY H*LL!)
I have never tried wort so potent! It was so sugary, astringency...ly, and just plain powerful! I took a sip and was meet with an unexpected powerful taste that I had to spit out!
WLP001 is what I am using to ferment and I got to go and aerate the crap out of this thing. Hopefully it ferments well.
cheers!