So, I did a Utopias clone. Pitched a massive amount of initial yeast, had a very vigorous fermentation. Added candi sugar and maple syrup to a high gravity wort (but didn't add additional yeast with the sugar, duh). Oxygenated, but didn't do a 2nd (or 3rd) oxygenation. In hindsight, made lots of rookie super high gravity mistakes.
I travel for work, so my sugar additions were sometimes later than they ought to have been. Fermentation was temp controlled, ramped up to the high 70s toward the end.
Beer has been fermenting / ageing in secondary for a year. Still cloyingly sweet, at 1.068.
Thinking of pitching with brett, might that dry this out? Beano? Make it into vinegar?
The flavor is complex and delicious, just sickeningly sweet.
Or, is this a "dumper"? Experiments are often failures.
It was a valiant attempt.
I travel for work, so my sugar additions were sometimes later than they ought to have been. Fermentation was temp controlled, ramped up to the high 70s toward the end.
Beer has been fermenting / ageing in secondary for a year. Still cloyingly sweet, at 1.068.
Thinking of pitching with brett, might that dry this out? Beano? Make it into vinegar?
The flavor is complex and delicious, just sickeningly sweet.
Or, is this a "dumper"? Experiments are often failures.
It was a valiant attempt.
