Recent content by Sskytthe

Tbh I wanted to try it out..I wanted to caramelize the sugar for flavour, color and thickness. I've went from 5gallon to around 2 during the boil.

I've tried a 8 hours boil before which ended with an og of 1.09 and fg of 1.03 same recipe but the difference being the efficiency (in brewfather). Turned out really well except ofcourse I didn't hit OG at all

I will! Thanks. I'll keep the Nottingham in mind for next big brew!

I did a double mash First mash with half of the base malts 20min at 45c 20min at 58c 40 min 65c 10min at 75c Second mash was a bit simpler 60min at 65c Then I added my roasted barley and chocolate and mashed for 20 more minutes at 65c Grain was 75.8% marris otter 3.8% golden promise 5.2%...

Just below boiling point

I'll get me a pack of Nottingham 👍

Made a new thread before writing in here 👍

Thank you! I will definitely dig deeper in the forums in the future!

How much alcohol will the 05 produce? Cause I don't mind a high FG as I'm considering barrel aging it after fermentation and have read somewhere that it's preferred to have a FG around 1.030-1.040. Correct me if om wrong 😅

Hey everyone I just started brewing last year and have made 8 brews so far all of which have turned out pretty decent. I love to brew high gravity stouts and wild ales though I haven't had the opportunity to barrel age any of it yet. I found this forum because I have a question about my...

Hi everyone. So I brewed an imperial stout yesterday going for an OG of 1.140 After boiling for 7 hours ai ended at 1.138 and thought it was as close as I could get. When the wort cooled the OG ended at 1.160. So my question is basically if you think my yeast can do the job? I used two packs...