Xcorpia, when your BIAB version is all well and done, I'd appreciate it if you'd write up a little info blurb on how to handle it this way. Maybe a list of do's and dont's. And tips and tricks.
Has anyone tried using gingersnap ingredients instead of actual cookies?
Slight concerns...lack of fast fermentation. I cooled it off and pitched at 75, in my basement at 68 and a week later, a nice krausen has formed, but no more visible fermentation. Should I R A H A H B and just rack to secondary, and take a reading?
I was gone last week and could not tell what was happening but we are a week and a half in now....
suggestions?
After reading through this thread I'm still a little unclear as to how you guys are calculating the cookies additions.
Revvy mentioned using only the listed sugar content on the box, did that work? Or do we have to take into account some flour being converted.
Thanks for any clarification.
Notes
1 Lb box of ginger snaps in mash tun. 1 Box of Nabisco = 176g of sugar or 6.2 ounces. Used the calculation for 6.2 ounces turbinado sugar for a rough gravity assumption.
just hope I GET THE COOKIE! I MUST HAVE THE COOKIE FLAVOR!
got busy and left in primary for 4 WEEKS!!
I have a cookie flavor, but only if I look for it and think about it...I think I may have just made a great holiday beer, with a great story, but still lacking the ginger.
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.20 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 59.5 %
0.92 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 25.0 %
0.60 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
0.30 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min) Hops 0.4 IBU
0.57 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 15.5 %
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.051 SG (1.045-1.060 SG) Measured Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.013 SG (1.010-1.016 SG) Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Color: 15.1 SRM (18.0-35.0 SRM) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 1.9 IBU (20.0-45.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 1.6 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 4.9 % (4.3-6.2 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 5.6 %
Actual Calories: 244 cal/pint
No idea why the IBU is coming up so low, must have gone wrong somewhere. Going to modify it slightly of course, what's your opinion on the hops in yours? Does this benefit from a strong hop profile or do you think it's better to keep it subtle?
Oh and, would I still halve the hops for half a batch? I'll be adding something for retention too - depends what the LHBS have.
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