bicyclefence
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I decided to brew a batch of beer for my buddy's bachelor party coming up next month. It was kind of a last minute decision so I planned on kegging instead of bottling.
Most of my friends drink the the macros, no big deal, I'll brew them a basic American Lager and maybe convert a few of them from their Bud Lite. This is my second batch from "Brewing Classic Styles" - the first a brown ale which turned out spectacularly and now I tried "What most folks call beer" which has 6.25lbs of Light LME and 1.5lbs of Rice Syrup. I was unable to get rice syrup at my local homebrew store so they suggested I just do 7.5lbs of LME - they told me the colour wouldn't be right but it should still be fine. It's being kegged and likely will be drunk from red solo cups - I wasn't worried about colour.
Anyway, brew day went fine, although rookie mistake - I forgot to take a hydrometer reading. 5 days into fermentation I went to rack into secondary (I know it's not necessary, it's just the way I've always done it) and I took my normal sip at this point to see what I'm in for and yikes - tastes like how I imagine the LME straight up would taste. Very syrupy, very sugary. I now did a hydrometer reading and I'm sitting at 1.085. The recipe states an OG of 1.046 and FG of 1.008.
What happened?? Did my yeast not work at all? I used Wyeast American Lager, smacked the pack almost 8 hours before I brewed and it was completely swollen. Any suggestions as to how I might be able to salvage it? I don't have time to start again.
Most of my friends drink the the macros, no big deal, I'll brew them a basic American Lager and maybe convert a few of them from their Bud Lite. This is my second batch from "Brewing Classic Styles" - the first a brown ale which turned out spectacularly and now I tried "What most folks call beer" which has 6.25lbs of Light LME and 1.5lbs of Rice Syrup. I was unable to get rice syrup at my local homebrew store so they suggested I just do 7.5lbs of LME - they told me the colour wouldn't be right but it should still be fine. It's being kegged and likely will be drunk from red solo cups - I wasn't worried about colour.
Anyway, brew day went fine, although rookie mistake - I forgot to take a hydrometer reading. 5 days into fermentation I went to rack into secondary (I know it's not necessary, it's just the way I've always done it) and I took my normal sip at this point to see what I'm in for and yikes - tastes like how I imagine the LME straight up would taste. Very syrupy, very sugary. I now did a hydrometer reading and I'm sitting at 1.085. The recipe states an OG of 1.046 and FG of 1.008.
What happened?? Did my yeast not work at all? I used Wyeast American Lager, smacked the pack almost 8 hours before I brewed and it was completely swollen. Any suggestions as to how I might be able to salvage it? I don't have time to start again.