Sevenal
Well-Known Member
Stout in the bucket 13 days now.
This STOUT will be a big beer. A 5 gal batch made entirely from the first run off of 18 lbs of grain. It got its color from a bag of black in the boil. I used 3 oz of hops 60,10,5 min so it is bitter and has a distinct IPA charteristic. I have dubbed it Obsidian IPA.
Should finish around 9%. My concern is this, should I try to introduce air to it and close it back up for another week? I have no equipment so I would just splash it around.
Further, I bottle all my beer and understand bigger STOUT sometimes require additional time to ferment. With this in mind what is a good priming and conditioning strategy for a big STOUT, in the bottle? What temp. as well?
Thanks in advance
Happy Birthday Marines!
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This STOUT will be a big beer. A 5 gal batch made entirely from the first run off of 18 lbs of grain. It got its color from a bag of black in the boil. I used 3 oz of hops 60,10,5 min so it is bitter and has a distinct IPA charteristic. I have dubbed it Obsidian IPA.
Should finish around 9%. My concern is this, should I try to introduce air to it and close it back up for another week? I have no equipment so I would just splash it around.
Further, I bottle all my beer and understand bigger STOUT sometimes require additional time to ferment. With this in mind what is a good priming and conditioning strategy for a big STOUT, in the bottle? What temp. as well?
Thanks in advance
Happy Birthday Marines!
Vetrans of all battles, we honor you and recognize your scarafices and those of your families!