sTango
Dunwich Brewing Co.
So I brewed a Brewers Best Brown Ale kit last weekend.
3.3 lbs Plain Amber LME
2 lbs plain amber DME
8 oz 60L crystal
5 cups of raw honey
1.5 oz willamette
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Says o.g. without honey should be 1.040-1.048 and f.g. should be 1.010-1.012
Steps
I steeped the grain for 45 minutes instead of 20 at 180 degrees in 2 gallons of water.
I boiled just this plus the bittering hops for 1 hour. I turned the flame off.
Then I added all of the extracts and honey.
Added enough water for 5 gallons.
I pitched the wort at 90 degrees.
I swear my o.g. reading was 1.104. Is this even possible with this recipe and procedure?
This brew fermented fine and bubbled the airlock 3 times longer than any other beer I have even made. I was getting bubbles this morning, the sixth day. Usually mine are done bubbling after 2.
So my gravity reading this morning is 1.020 and the foam is mostily gone on the surface of the beer.
I checked and the abv would be 11%, which would be about right for fermentation with that yeast to be over, right?
My major question in this post then is, was my o.g. reading possible? If not, what do you think the highest possible o.g. would have been, so I know what my abv would be if I was somehow incorrect.
Thanks for your time.
3.3 lbs Plain Amber LME
2 lbs plain amber DME
8 oz 60L crystal
5 cups of raw honey
1.5 oz willamette
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Says o.g. without honey should be 1.040-1.048 and f.g. should be 1.010-1.012
Steps
I steeped the grain for 45 minutes instead of 20 at 180 degrees in 2 gallons of water.
I boiled just this plus the bittering hops for 1 hour. I turned the flame off.
Then I added all of the extracts and honey.
Added enough water for 5 gallons.
I pitched the wort at 90 degrees.
I swear my o.g. reading was 1.104. Is this even possible with this recipe and procedure?
This brew fermented fine and bubbled the airlock 3 times longer than any other beer I have even made. I was getting bubbles this morning, the sixth day. Usually mine are done bubbling after 2.
So my gravity reading this morning is 1.020 and the foam is mostily gone on the surface of the beer.
I checked and the abv would be 11%, which would be about right for fermentation with that yeast to be over, right?
My major question in this post then is, was my o.g. reading possible? If not, what do you think the highest possible o.g. would have been, so I know what my abv would be if I was somehow incorrect.
Thanks for your time.