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I actually put the recipe into BrewCipher to check this yesterday (very useful software indeed). I didn't use the exact recipe from homebrewsupply. Since I usually mash at 1.5 quarts/gallon with BIAB, and for this batch I mashed in an 8.5 gallon kettle, I couldn't do the entire thing with over...

Cool thanks a lot!

Thanks for sharing this! This is actually what I was thinking of doing, I am glad to hear it worked. I think I will give this a try in the next couple of days.

Before making this beer I did quite a bit of research into high gravity brewing, and admittedly, everyone said to use pure 02. I was stubborn about it and decided I would just aerate it as much as possible. I was planning to do a second aeration 8-12 hours after pitching, but within 6 hours this...

I wouldn't throw champagne yeast into the actual beer, just into the small sample I took out to see if it even drops a point or not.

Good point. Yeah, I am planning to give this one 4 weeks in primary and several months in secondary. I don't need it to drop down like crazy, I'll be happy if it even drops a couple of points. In the future if I want to make a big beer like this, I'm gonna either make two 3-gal batches with no...

Edit: needing more 02

I checked it with BrewCipher. For the batch I did with dry extract, if I put the fermentability to 70%, it does match up with what actually happened. For this batch with liquid extract, its pretty close (1.032). So, maybe its a combination of this extract being too high in unfermentables as well...

How do I set the attenuation specifically for the extract? Haven't seen this in Brewfather?

One thing that did just come to mind is that I've measured the gravity of a couple yeast starters with the DME I've used from the same manufacturer. The attenuation on those was 68-70%. Not sure what kind of attenuation is normal for a yeast starter, but it seems poor to me.

Good idea, I will ask them next I go in. The beer does smell and taste wonderful, but its just too heavy and sweet unfortunately. I took the recipe from homebrewsupply.com and I highly recommend it, it seems to match the real Bourbon County pretty well. Worst case scenario, I will just drink it...

Yeah, I knew in the back of my head that I should probably use pure 02, but was too stubborn and lazy. I even said to myself "you are gonna regret this if it gets stuck." I did use a lot of yeast nutrient though. I always add 1/2 teaspoon of White Labs yeast nutrient to every beer, and for this...

Yeah, unfortunately. Supply options are pretty limited here, and the only time I have used extract is for huge beers like this.

Well, its cheap and on hand. I wasn't going to waste a high gravity purepitch on a fermentation test. Although this makes me wonder...WLP001 and US-05 are allegedly the same strain, no? Yet WLP001 has a reported tolerance of 15% while US-05 only has 11%? Wyeast 1056 is supposed to be the same...

Thanks, I'll take a look! When I was about to brew this beer I was telling my wife I should probably go pick up a small oxygen tank to make sure it was fully aerated and then I got the whole "do you really need a tank of oxygen for making beer at home?" and decided I'd just splash and shake...

Well, I just drew a 200 ml sample and pitched 3 grams of US-05 in it. We'll see what happens. If it doesn't drop at all, then I guess I'll be drinking a really thick, sweet bourbon stout. I don't think I'm going to throw any enzymes in it, but we'll see...

I'm in Canada and I used a liquid extract produced locally, so not sure ill be able to get much information on it: https://www.noblegrape.ca/collections/liquid-malt-extract/products/malt-extract-liquid-light-1-8-kg-pouch

Well ****. Anything I can do now other than package an overly sweet beer?

Oh and mash was about 152 F

Yeah I don't have any issues with the thermometer or hydrometer. I took the readings with my hydrometer. The first reading I took a sample, which I tasted. It was excellent, rich chocolate and coffee flavors, but way too sweet. The second reading I just sanitized the hydrometer and put it in the...