Hello all. I brewed this up awhile back and is ready to drink from keg this weekend. It tastes good but it went down to 1.006FG so a little thin. Anywho i cant quite grasp why it went so low. One difference was I used a new 10 gallon pale that has a loose fitting lid. Does excess oxygen...
Just ordered the ingredients for round two. Can't let this run out
Edit: I dunno why but all my phone pics go sideways. It's not magic beer. Although if magic beer had a flavour.....
In regards to the Thomas Fawcett amber malt. Could a guy toast his own malt using 2 row? or is Thomas Fawcett something special? Im thinking this will be my first IPA if I can toast my own.
Thanks :)
More importantly is 1.006 that bad?
EDIT: I broke my old hydrometer when I finished this brew. Have not calibrated my new one..... maybe I'll do that before I get all bent out of shape. :S
My beer went down to 1.006. I had the right mash temp. And OG was 1.051. Used Nottingham and fermented at 68f. Never missed my FG like that before. Any reason that might've happened?
Ya I read somewhere "crank down till your scared, then just a little more" it's good advise. Haven't stuck a sparge yet and my stuff gets pretty floury.
Ok so I quick carbed it, had a glass. It's still a little hot but the lemon flavour is really coming through. After all the ups and downs, I'd say this has become a success. Little time in the keg and I think she might turn out pretty good!
Brew day was bang on. All numbers bang on. Only little problem was 2oz of cascade at only 6%. I'm pretty new to this gig, is the .6% diff in AA gunna throw off the flavour too much?
Kegged today. Had a extra pitcher left over. I dunno, she's at 1.020 and still syrupy. Just tastes a little off. Ima sucker for punishment so ill carb it, but it might be down the drain :(
Well its been since February, cold crashed it last week in the fridge and shes sitting at aout 1.020. It's lost rubbing alcohol smell and starting to smell pretty lemony. Gunna keg it tommorow and carb her on up. Ill report back in 2 weeks if it makes the cut.
Well I just picked up 1LB each of Northern Brewer, Tettnang, Perle Hops. At $9 a pound I couldn't say no. Now my problem is finding beers to brew with these. Sounds like Northern Brewer can just about replace any bittering hop. So that takes care of those. Anyone have recipes that use mostly...