blueline_king
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I finally decided to brew a batch of northern brewers extract chinook IPA. Directions were easy to read and straight forward. I had one small boil over but caught it right as it was peaking the top of my kettle. One mistake I made right off the bat was not heating my syrup before hand to make it easier to get out the bottle. I should have also added some of the kettle water to the bottle to help dissolve the rest.
According to the directions I should have ended up with an OG of 1.053 but instead I ended up with 1.046. (I think). I believe this happened because I didn't get all the extract out of the bottle.
Once everything was in the fermenter and the yeast was added in, fermentation took off in just a few hours with my airlock going crazy. I kept the temp at or around 70° as recommended for the yeast.
Fermentation slowed drastically by 1.5 weeks and completely stopped at week 2 (today).
I took my FG reading and it came in at 1.008 so if I'm correct I should still have an ABV of 5%. The smell was just like you'd expect flat beer to be, but the taste was pretty incredible. Flat, bitter with a slight alcohol taste that coats the tongue. I will be adding in 1oz of chinook pellets for the dry hop in 3 weeks.
I'm going to attach pics of the readings so if I'm wrong, please inform me.
This recipe includes
.75lb Belgian cara 8
.25lb Briess caramel 120
6lb Pilsen malt syrup
1lb Pilsen dry malt extract
3oz chinook hops
Safale US-05 ale yeast
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According to the directions I should have ended up with an OG of 1.053 but instead I ended up with 1.046. (I think). I believe this happened because I didn't get all the extract out of the bottle.
Once everything was in the fermenter and the yeast was added in, fermentation took off in just a few hours with my airlock going crazy. I kept the temp at or around 70° as recommended for the yeast.
Fermentation slowed drastically by 1.5 weeks and completely stopped at week 2 (today).
I took my FG reading and it came in at 1.008 so if I'm correct I should still have an ABV of 5%. The smell was just like you'd expect flat beer to be, but the taste was pretty incredible. Flat, bitter with a slight alcohol taste that coats the tongue. I will be adding in 1oz of chinook pellets for the dry hop in 3 weeks.
I'm going to attach pics of the readings so if I'm wrong, please inform me.
This recipe includes
.75lb Belgian cara 8
.25lb Briess caramel 120
6lb Pilsen malt syrup
1lb Pilsen dry malt extract
3oz chinook hops
Safale US-05 ale yeast
View attachment IMG_0658.jpgView attachment IMG_0711.jpg