the_Sliver
Active Member
Hi guys,
Started brewing way too late in the day and at the end, I was tired but thought it went well. Gravity was a bit high (1.101) but hey, I was brewing a high gravity beer so I didn't think too hard on it.
4 days later and I realized: I forgot to add top off water! I've got a bit less than 4 gallons in there when the recipe calls for 5 gallons total.
I did some reading on similar situations and the advice is all over the place: some say it's too risky at this point and to not interrupt the fermentation. Others say add it anyway as the yeast might die from the higher-than-intended ABV.
What say you, HomeBrewTalk?
In case it matters:
5 gallons, extract/specialty grains
Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. gold unhopped malt extract
2 lbs. orange blossom honey
1 lb. chocolate malt
1 lb. pale chocolate malt
1 lb. Vienna malt
0.5 lb. cara-pils malt
0.5 lb. crystal malt, 56° Lovibond
1 lb. Munich malt
2 oz. Perle hops (8% alpha acid), for 20 min.
1 oz. crystal hops (3.2% alpha acid), for finishing
Wyeast Ringwood ale
Started brewing way too late in the day and at the end, I was tired but thought it went well. Gravity was a bit high (1.101) but hey, I was brewing a high gravity beer so I didn't think too hard on it.
4 days later and I realized: I forgot to add top off water! I've got a bit less than 4 gallons in there when the recipe calls for 5 gallons total.
I did some reading on similar situations and the advice is all over the place: some say it's too risky at this point and to not interrupt the fermentation. Others say add it anyway as the yeast might die from the higher-than-intended ABV.
What say you, HomeBrewTalk?
In case it matters:
5 gallons, extract/specialty grains
Ingredients:
6.6 lbs. gold unhopped malt extract
2 lbs. orange blossom honey
1 lb. chocolate malt
1 lb. pale chocolate malt
1 lb. Vienna malt
0.5 lb. cara-pils malt
0.5 lb. crystal malt, 56° Lovibond
1 lb. Munich malt
2 oz. Perle hops (8% alpha acid), for 20 min.
1 oz. crystal hops (3.2% alpha acid), for finishing
Wyeast Ringwood ale