Thanks for the prompt reply... However we placed 17 pounds of malt extract, and 6 pounds of corn sugar in a 4 gallon boil... I am not sure if that is enough to get it up there, but I have seen similar recipes with less that achieved 17%... Perhaps I did not pitch the yeast correctly... are...
I also think I have a problem... I drink the two hearted Ale and hop devil with no discussion of hops anymore... We made a beer named the Donkey Hop which has 10oz of hops per 5 gallons, and it satisfies my tastes...however I hope it doesn't keep going up!
I tried to create a 20% ABV beer using the white labs yeast, and it stalled around 12%... We pitched the yeast after using our regular yeast to get it to 12% and followed the directions on aeration and addition of yeast enzyme. The yeast failed to activate and the beer is still at 12% after 6...