11-11-11 1.11 og?

[Turfmanbrad]

3 1/2 weeks in the primary and i'm down to 1.016! The late pitch and sugar additions worked great. It has cleared up really well. Its been sitting on the toasted oak chips for long enough now, so I think i'm going to transfer it to the secondary on Sunday. (I have a party Saturday and I want my buds to see what a primary looks like (the wife wont let me brew Thursday to have some active fermentation for the party)). The taste is great and not crazy strong or heavy. I'm SUPER thrilled with this beer. I'll bottle around new years.

 

[Turfmanbrad]

Update- Bottled today (appropriate- 11-11-11 brew, 1-1 bottle). It has a nice citrusy aroma and flavor, a fair amount of bitterness and again, the citrus is prevalent. Surprisingly for a 14% beer, there's no real big wine or alcohol burn at the end. It has quite a dry finish. I'm going to leave it in the bottles as long as my patience will allow me but i'm real excited to see how it tastes carbonated.

 

[Turfmanbrad]

So I had some carbing issues and my patience wore out after 4.5 months so I added champagne yeast to the bottles and low and behold the little buggers carbed right up in 3 weeks. The citrusy hoppiness is gone but it tastes like a minty snickers bar now. Stellar!!!

 

[Jsmith82]

About 3 weeks ago I took 2 of the 11-11-11 brews and poured them into a Mr. Beer bottle, added a little champagne yeast, tightened the cap and gave the bottle a swirl. Checked it last night, that bottle is rock solid so carb completed! I'm popping it in the fridge today and giving it a go probably next weekend-ish. I'll answer back and let you know....

 

[Turfmanbrad]

That's funny you just posted that because last night, after my 3 bottle test worked, I uncapped all my eleventies, added champagne yeast, and recapped. Most hop flavor is gone. It's like a minty snickers now. Good luck drinking 32 oz!