ryansanders
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You'll prob want the headspace in the bucket for the kraeusen, so just enjoy the tiny bit of extra alcohol and leave it at 5gal
What temp did you mash at and how long was it in the fermenter? This has dropped to about 1.008 for me the last 3 times I've done it.
tg123 said:The mash started a little higher @ 156 because I didn't expect the temp drop to be so low. Mash out @170 for 10min. It was my first BIAB attempt. OG came out to 1.042. It was in primary for about 3 weeks at 67-69.
Gotcha. Thats probably it. I am normally hitting 148-149 on mine for 75 min. If it was stable for 3 days dont think you have any bottle bomb worries. Sure it will be tasty.
You'll prob want the headspace in the bucket for the kraeusen, so just enjoy the tiny bit of extra alcohol and leave it at 5gal
So I did not think of this and added that half gallon of water I had left over...I went in to check the primary and there must have been an overflow out of the airlock...there was maybe 15ml of liquid on the lid and the airlock now has a lovely shade of golden liquid in it instead of the clear starsan. The airlock is bubbling away as well. Is this going to make the brew go bad and should I change out the airlock with a fresh one I have two extra just lying around....thanks!
HBrew71 said:The beer will be fine. You should change the airlock.
Higher mash temps lead to more unfermentable sugars, which will lead to a higher FG as the yeast can't consume unfermentable sugars.
I would suggest picking up a copy of "How to Brew" by John Palmer. It explains this and a lot of other essential subjects homebrewers need to know.
I ended up making a blow off tube just in case...really did not want to clean beer off the walls and ceiling. It is now brewing wonderfully.The beer will be fine. You should change the airlock.
jflongo said:I brewed up 11 gallons of this recently. 4 days ago, I dry hopped 5.5 gallons with pellet hops, 1oz each of cascade and cent, and the other 5.5 gallons with whole leaf hops, 1.8 oz cascade, 0.8 oz cent. This weekend I plan on kegging one, and bottling the other.
I brewed up 11 gallons of this recently. 4 days ago, I dry hopped 5.5 gallons with pellet hops, 1oz each of cascade and cent, and the other 5.5 gallons with whole leaf hops, 1.8 oz cascade, 0.8 oz cent. This weekend I plan on kegging one, and bottling the other.
always good for the light drinkers.Sheldon said:Doing my second round tomorrow. It was a hit with the light beer drinking neighbors.
have you used the hops from my farm?Sheldon said:Doing my second round tomorrow. It was a hit with the light beer drinking neighbors.
One of the last glasses of the batch I did with Simcoe and Amarillo.
nice let me know how they doSheldon said:Basementbrewbrad - Going to your hops for aroma and flavor.
Nice! How does it taste especially compared to the original?
I did the recipe once already and it came out fantastic, but a little less hoppy then I prefer my beers, so I just brewed a second time with these changes to the hop schedule:
.5 oz Centennial 60 min
.25 Centennial 15 min
.25 Cascade 15 min
.25 Centennial 5 min
.25 Cascade 5 min
.25 Centennial flameout
.25 Cascade flameout
Brewsmith estimated 22 IBU for the original recipe, and 30 IBU for this one, so we'll see how it turns out, it might be a little bit much for me.
I also used Wyeast 1056 with a 1L yeast starter, which I also did the first time.
This is only the second time I've tried modifying a recipe I'm hoping it turns out as planned.
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