The Mad Brewer
The mad brewer
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The ale is very weak, no body and a bit malty. So rather than dump it, can I use it for my next brew for mash water? Maybe to increase the new Beers body and flavor.
Beyond what's already been posted.
On a seperate note, do you have a good 100%v oat recipe I can try?
On a seperate note, do you have a good 100%v oat recipe I can try?
A little late for today but it would be perfect for cooking corned beef and cabbage.
The ale is very weak, no body and a bit malty. So rather than dump it, can I use it for my next brew for mash water? Maybe to increase the new Beers body and flavor.
Was supposed to be a lighter simple IPA, my APV was going to be low like 2-3%, i checked at the begingin and the end of Ferment, I have had it in the keg for 2 weeks, i could choke it down if it was the last beer on earth, unfortunalty it should be lower in the keg as Im malting this week for my next brew (maybe a 100 % oat or 75/25 oat wheat all or porter). So Im gonna have about 3 gallons left that I can dump into my garden, use for my wifes Cpap, maybe as plant food around the house or I get wild and do a small batch of beer using it for my mash water, like a gallon just to see what it does.When did you check the beer? At the end of fermentation, after it had carbonated, or 3 months after bottling? What kind of beer was it?
We are doing bangers and mash tomorrow, so maybe or use a bit for my onion gravyUse it to boil sausages/hot dogs. A little late for today but it would be perfect for cooking corned beef and cabbage.
Good Idea Fairy
Was supposed to be a lighter simple IPA, my APV was going to be low like 2-3%,
Years ago in my brewing youth, I had a slightly off flavored/phenolic batch, 5 gallons. I didn’t want to throw it out, so I blended it with a good batch. Total 10 gallons.Brew a high ABV beer and blend the 2 for a nice regular beer.
Hmm. Sense you were shooting for super low ABV anyway, maybe just turn it into a fruited beer by adding fruit juice. It will add body and usually will make the beer very drinkable. It will hit you ABV a little but your were never going to get a buzz off you intended beer anyway.
I'm pretty cheap and hate to dump beer/cider/wine that I don't like. The first thing I try is "blending in the glass" with something else I have, usually cider. As already mentioned, you could go through the work of brewing another beer and blending with that. Sometimes if an IPA has too much hop presence, I'll mix it with a cheap commercial beer like Hamm's. You could try adding a few ounces of the Mexican beverage malta, which is made with barley malt, hops and sugar, (not alcoholic) that would provide some body and sweetness. But occasionally you just have to suck it up let it go down the drain. If you wanted to experiment with it, you could carefully pour off a few quarts to a gallon jug, then boil up a quart or so of strong extract wort, let it cool and dump it in. Let it ferment down and see what you've got.The ale is very weak, no body and a bit malty. So rather than dump it, can I use it for my next brew for mash water? Maybe to increase the new Beers body and flavor.
I like the Malta idea, if I can find it. I might just take the left over hops, and a bit of wort from my next batch and try Frankenbrewing somethingI'm pretty cheap and hate to dump beer/cider/wine that I don't like. The first thing I try is "blending in the glass" with something else I have, usually cider. As already mentioned, you could go through the work of brewing another beer and blending with that. Sometimes if an IPA has too much hop presence, I'll mix it with a cheap commercial beer like Hamm's. You could try adding a few ounces of the Mexican beverage malta, which is made with barley malt, hops and sugar, (not alcoholic) that would provide some body and sweetness. But occasionally you just have to suck it up let it go down the drain. If you wanted to experiment with it, you could carefully pour off a few quarts to a gallon jug, then boil up a quart or so of strong extract wort, let it cool and dump it in. Let it ferment down and see what you've got.
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