20% alcohol after boil

[20000Barrels]

I am brewing a kit from Northern Brewer. (Houblonmonstre Tripel IPA)

The last stage instructed 2 lbs of sugar after the boil. I accidentally boiled for about 2 minutes after putting the sugar in. I was setting up Ice chest and chiller.

Will the alcohol content come down? This kit calls for 1.5 months in the tanks.

 

[Yooper]

I am brewing a kit from Northern Brewer. (Houblonmonstre Tripel IPA)

The last stage instructed 2 lbs of sugar after the boil. I accidentally boiled for about 2 minutes after putting the sugar in. I was setting up Ice chest and chiller.

Will the alcohol content come down? This kit calls for 1.5 months in the tanks.

You can't get 20% ABV from an ale yeast. What would have changed in the recipe where you would have 20% alcohol?

 

[frydogbrews]

yeah, what yooper said.
also, ABV doesn't just go away like hop aroma with extended time in a bottle. whatever your finished ABV is, that is what it will be as long as it is capped, other flavors may change though.

 

[20000Barrels]

You can't get 20% ABV from an ale yeast. What would have changed in the recipe where you would have 20% alcohol?

You are correct I was mis reading my instrument. 20 is actually 12.%.

My bad

Thank you

 

[Airborneguy]

You don't have ANY alcohol in your beer yet if we're still talking about right after the boil. I'm confused about the question... what exactly do oyu think changed in only two minutes of boiling that threw off your recipe so much?

 

[Yooper]

I think I get it. Your hydrometer reading is now 12% potential alcohol? If so, that "translates" to an OG of about 1.088. For brewing, it's common to use either the specific gravity scale, or sometimes the brix scale. The potential alcohol scale is useless- don't use that! That's more for winemakers will will ferment the must dry. Beer won't generally drop below 1.007, let alone .990 like winemakers have, so don't use that scale.

If you've got an OG of 1.088 or so, you can expect a final finished ABV of around 10% or so, depending on where you finish.

 

[Jklinden]

Yeh what yooper said! What yooper's forgotten is more than I will ever know

 

[20000Barrels]

I think I get it. Your hydrometer reading is now 12% potential alcohol? If so, that "translates" to an OG of about 1.088. For brewing, it's common to use either the specific gravity scale, or sometimes the brix scale. The potential alcohol scale is useless- don't use that! That's more for winemakers will will ferment the must dry. Beer won't generally drop below 1.007, let alone .990 like winemakers have, so don't use that scale.

If you've got an OG of 1.088 or so, you can expect a final finished ABV of around 10% or so, depending on where you finish.

Thank you!

 

[beerandloathinginaustin]

I got all excited. 20% wort! I could really cut down on all this waiting around to get drunk off my homebrew. I'd just cool my wort enough to not burn my mouth. Maybe. :cross:

 

[scrambledegg81]

I got all excited. 20% wort!

Ditto...got a funny feeling down under when I read that...

 

[scottland]

You can't get 20% ABV from an ale yeast.

You can, you just have to do it very, very carefully =)

 

[FastAndy]

You can, you just have to do it very, very carefully =)

Please explain how this is possible.

 

[scottland]

Please explain how this is possible.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/dfh-120-minute-clone-259314/

It's possible, it's just a pain in the ***

 

[scrambledegg81]

Please explain how this is possible.

Freeze distillation. :rockin: