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[bracconiere]

But I wanted to ask if you can tell the difference between say a full carb heavy beer and something like Michelob Ultra which is what 2.9gm carb per can.

i brew with gluco in all my beers, and no i can't tell much difference...i use enough crystal malt, and stuff like black patent...and my beers go from 1.060->1.000 (8%)


something else to consider would be cider it ferments dry without gluco.....

(and the most recent post made my brain hurt, curse you! )

 

[Jokester]

(and the most recent post made my brain hurt, curse you! )

That may also be cos its wrong.
I am just saying, if more alcohol melted out, so did more carbs - defeating the whole purpose of me doing that.

Cool.
Srinath.

 

[bracconiere]

That may also be cos its wrong.

no, pretty sure it was the arithmetic.....

 

[Jokester]

The fuzzy math here is this.
For a beer to be 6.5 abv and 1.005 gravity, it had to have started out at 1.0535 per mrgoodbeer.
If my adding amg and yeast I fermented that to .993, I'll get 8.1 abv and 2.8 carbs per 12oz.
I ferment it to .9893 and its 0 carbs and 8.6% abv Not (gm carb - duh) in 12oz.

I will start fermenting tomorrow, lets see where it leaves me in a month. Else I just lose 12 cans LOL.
Cool.
Srinath.

 

[eric19312]

i brew with gluco in all my beers, and no i can't tell much difference...i use enough crystal malt, and stuff like black patent...and my beers go from 1.060->1.000 (8%)


something else to consider would be cider it ferments dry without gluco.....

(and the most recent post made my brain hurt, curse you! )

What does the crystal add in gluco beers? I’ve not tried it yet...just all base and flaked corn. But I’ve got some C15 I’ve been thinking to try in there.

 

[bracconiere]

What does the crystal add in gluco beers?

i'm not entirely sure....i'd guess maiard'd proteins for body....kinda like the brown stuff on a steak.....?? what i can say is my Brüts have body, but finish at 1.000, as long as i use a fair amount of crystal, or black patent.....

 

[Jokester]

The fuzzy math here is this.
For a beer to be 6.5 abv and 1.005 gravity, it had to have started out at 1.0535 per mrgoodbeer.
If my adding amg and yeast I fermented that to .993, I'll get 8.1 abv and 2.8 carbs per 12oz.
I ferment it to .9893 and its 0 carbs and 8.6% abv Not (gm carb - duh) in 12oz.

I will start fermenting tomorrow, lets see where it leaves me in a month. Else I just lose 12 cans LOL.
Cool.
Srinath.

Oh updating this thread, I had put all the remaining redhare in the fridge. I wasn't about to warm a dozen 35 degree cans to 80 in the microwave, so I put the maibock I had outside into the gallon bottle, put amg and put yeast and airlocked it. Lets see where that is in a few weeks. Devils backbone Maibock is 7.4% abv and significantly less cloudy, less sediment and less body etc etc than Red hare's Rewired. I have a few of the bottles sitting outside, so I can test it for SG etc when its done fermenting I guess.

Thanks.
Srinath.