MarzBock
Well-Known Member
I've been toying with the idea of producing a really heavy beer, with the OG in the neighborhood of 1.090 - 1.100, and then diluting it down about 50% with boiled, cooled water. I have no real desire to DRINK anything above 6%ABV, but it would be nice to get 10 gallons out of a 5 gallon batch.
Is this how the commercial breweries work? Do they make strong beer and then dilute it to the desired ABV concentration at bottling?
Is there any reason NOT to do this? I was concerned about hop utilization in this scenario, assuming that it would take twice as much hops to get the same bitterness value. Do you think hops would dilute in the same way as the alcohol content?
thanks for your input
Is this how the commercial breweries work? Do they make strong beer and then dilute it to the desired ABV concentration at bottling?
Is there any reason NOT to do this? I was concerned about hop utilization in this scenario, assuming that it would take twice as much hops to get the same bitterness value. Do you think hops would dilute in the same way as the alcohol content?
thanks for your input