saintdog327
Well-Known Member
Hello friends and family,
So about two weeks ago I put my Imperial Pale Ale to ferment. Because it was the first brew I've ever made, I decided to check out what was going on inside the white bucket. I understand that normal fermentation is approx. 3 weeks, but because I'm curious and wanted to taste it I popped it open. My original gravity was about 1.079, a touch watery for what the recipe recommended (1.082). After sanitizing everything and getting a reading of its current state, I'm at about 1.028 for my SG, also a little dense for what the recipe calls for in its FG (1.020).
After tasting the beer (which tasted fantastic!) it doesn't have enough alcohol IMHO. Correction, I took a bigger swig and it def. has enough alcohol lol... The recipe states it's supposed to be at about 7.5-8%. So using math as my guide, I calculated :
Equation: (all measurements were taken at approx. 60F)
6.7% Alcohol = ((1.05 x (1.079 1.028)) / 1.028) / 0.79
When pouring the beer from fermenter to test tube the head was also spot on. A nice frothy head with solid protein accumulation along the sides (i forget the technical term for that ) Obviously in the picture it doesn't show it as I had to move all the foam in order to get a good reading!
So now to some pictures of the process
Hope you enjoy!
So about two weeks ago I put my Imperial Pale Ale to ferment. Because it was the first brew I've ever made, I decided to check out what was going on inside the white bucket. I understand that normal fermentation is approx. 3 weeks, but because I'm curious and wanted to taste it I popped it open. My original gravity was about 1.079, a touch watery for what the recipe recommended (1.082). After sanitizing everything and getting a reading of its current state, I'm at about 1.028 for my SG, also a little dense for what the recipe calls for in its FG (1.020).
After tasting the beer (which tasted fantastic!) it doesn't have enough alcohol IMHO. Correction, I took a bigger swig and it def. has enough alcohol lol... The recipe states it's supposed to be at about 7.5-8%. So using math as my guide, I calculated :
Equation: (all measurements were taken at approx. 60F)
6.7% Alcohol = ((1.05 x (1.079 1.028)) / 1.028) / 0.79
When pouring the beer from fermenter to test tube the head was also spot on. A nice frothy head with solid protein accumulation along the sides (i forget the technical term for that ) Obviously in the picture it doesn't show it as I had to move all the foam in order to get a good reading!
So now to some pictures of the process
Hope you enjoy!