Worst brew day ever, trying to save it

[motobrewer]

Now that you mention it, I have 3 lbs of light DME.

there you go. brewday saved. huzzah

 

[hopsalot]

if you boil down to 5.5 gal, 1.5 lbs DME should get you around 1.061. What is the final volume you were looking for?

 

[mhochman]

if you boil down to 5.5 gal, 1.5 lbs DME should get you around 1.061

Oh how I love homebrewtalk.

 

[mhochman]

there you go. brewday saved. huzzah

And keep the hop schedule as I planned, I assume.

The beer will be lighter, but at this point who cares? And it's no like I've even tried the original. I get to call this one my own!

 

[motobrewer]

And keep the hop schedule as I planned, I assume.

The beer will be lighter, but at this point who cares? And it's no like I've even tried the original. I get to call this one my own!

yeah, i'd keep the planned hop schedule if you're gonna add dme.

 

[pksmitty]

And keep the hop schedule as I planned, I assume.

The beer will be lighter, but at this point who cares? And it's no like I've even tried the original. I get to call this one my own!

Unfortunately, you'll NEVER be able to reproduce it! (And even if it's good, you may not WANT to go through all this again!)

 

[mhochman]

And keep the hop schedule as I planned, I assume.

The beer will be lighter, but at this point who cares? And it's no like I've even tried the original. I get to call this one my own!

Lighter in color, I mean.

 

[hopsalot]

Oh how I love homebrewtalk.

Assuming SG: 1.041 Preboil volume: 6.5 gal and Final volume:5.5 gal

 

[mhochman]

Alright, 1.5 lbs of DME added, along with my first hop addition (.75 of magnum).

I am calling this brew (Since it is no longer a shark bite clone) "BJ's Mustache," since so many people say M*A*S*H got ruined as soon as BJ grew his mustache.

 

[Lyikos]

I was in a similar position 2 weeks ago. I was doing BIAB but failed epically and let the nylon bag sit on the kettle bottom and burn a hole in it. I planned to so a pseudo spare after removing the mash water, but had to skip that step and lost a lot of efficiency. I ended up saving the batch, but only made 2 gallons instead of 3.5. My fermentation got stuck at 1.03 because there was also unmashed starch, I suspect a faulty thermometer was to blame and my mash temp was about 10 degrees higher. I added amylase to secondary fermentation to get the gravity down to 1.02. But in the end the taste turn out great.

TL;DR: Go on ebay buy amylase, add during secondary.

 

[mhochman]

I can't figure out how to account for the mash problems in my "new" recipe in brew smith 2. I want to show a multi-step mash 146, 152, 160, 156. I want to try to re-create it so I can get my actual pre-boil grav to be my expected pre-boil grav.

 

[mhochman]

I can't figure out how to account for the mash problems in my "new" recipe in brew smith 2. I want to show a multi-step mash 146, 152, 160, 156. I want to try to re-create it so I can get my actual pre-boil grav to be my expected pre-boil grav.

Never mind. Figured out how to manual steps. Now just need to tweak numbers until I get it right.

 

[mhochman]

With a minute left in the boil, my volume is about 5.75 gallons. I think I'll let it go about 5 extra minutes, then add the flame out hops.

Can't wait to see the OG.

 

[mhochman]

OG=1.061.

I sh*t you not.

Got just under 5 gallons of wort. I can't thank all of you enough. I'll update this thread about a month from now.

 

[huge1s]

This is a great thread! I had a similar gravity issue to yours and solved it with DME... but had to add it to the fermenter since I didn't have any on hand at boil time.

 

[huge1s]

OG=1.061.

I sh*t you not.

Got just under 5 gallons of wort. I can't thank all of you enough. I'll update this thread about a month from now.

Was that calculated from BeerSmith? or is that from an actual reading?

 

[mhochman]

Was that calculated from BeerSmith? or is that from an actual reading?

That's my actual post boil (cooled)/pre pitch hydrometer reading.

 

[hopsalot]

there you go. brewday saved. huzzah

As motorbrewer said, Huzzah