WestCoastHopper
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I just added my dry-hop addition to this (after 2 weeeks in the carboy). The sample was at 1.010 and tasted stellar. Nice work Yopper! I will be brewing this again in 2 weeks!
I just added my dry-hop addition to this (after 2 weeeks in the carboy). The sample was at 1.010 and tasted stellar. Nice work Yopper! I will be brewing this again in 2 weeks!
How much of a difference will using 1056 make in this?
Also, I though FWHing was supposed to take from the aroma/finishing hops without upping the IBUs much, but Beersmith calculates it almost like a bittering charge.
FWH does impact the IBUs, after all, the hops are left in there for the whole boil! I figure it as a 60 minute boil addition, but the taste is a bit "smoother".
1056 will be fine in this!
Dixon said:What's everyone's typical OG with this. Brewed 10 gallons tonight and got 1.052.
This is going to be my next batch, as soon as I can clear out the fermenter. I downloaded the beersmith file and it has an estimated FG of 1.017, apparently high for an American pale ale and higher than the original post which indicated 1.010. Any idea on what I might be missing?
So I brewed this 10 days ago and for the most part my basement has sat around 67-68 degrees. I'm fairly sure that it's finished however I'm not checking for a couple more days when I plan to dryhop. Anyway we've had a cold snap and my basement has dropped to around 64. Do I need to worry about the yeasties stopping their work if they are in fact still working?
A friend of mine gave me 8 oz of local grown lose leaf cascade hops and i was thinking of using these for this recipe? Any recommendations on how I should adjust the amount of leaf hops instead of using pellets? I don't know the AA% but I suspect it is lower than the typical 6.1% since these were stored in his fridge instead of freezer and were not vacumm sealed.
Yooper,
I have had great success with your recipes in the past so I plan to make a special order just to have enough cascade on hand to brew this recipe once we get enough snow for me to use to cool/chill the wort with my snow/water slush method since it is too cold to run my garden hose to my chiller.
So should I use packaged pellet hops for the first two additions or the first three additions? Thanks for getting back to me.
What could you replace the crystal with to help give the beer some body without greatly changing the flavor profile or adding too much sweetness? Carapils? Flaked wheat?
daksin said:So I tacked on an extra pound of MO because I plan to BIAB this beer, but beercalculus only gives me an estimated OG of 1.039 even with the exra MO. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong (efficiency on beer calculus is estimating 75% efficiency, which I don't expect to get).
Edit: I guess this is just a difference between the free beercalculus and beersmith. I downloaded the beersmith trial and everything seems to check out. If my efficiency is 65% with the extra pound of MO, my OG should be right on. If not, then I can DME or top up to make more beer!
I've found I get better eff with BIAB than 75%, but I always squeeze my sack.
That never gets old
What can I replace the Crystal 20L with? I can get 40-60L but not 20. Could I use a smaller amount of 40L, or some Caraamber?
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