JWB
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I have been extract brewing for over 12 months now adding my own combination of hops and adjuncts.
After boiling for an hour adding kettle hops and flavour hops in the last 10 minutes I force cool and top up the fermenter with cold water to the 20ltr mark and ferment with saflager yeast at 12C in the fridge.
I rack after 7 days and and leave for another 7 days or until I have an empty keg. Then carbonate and start drinking about 2 weeks later.
My SG is usually around the 1050 mark or a bit lower but I dont seem to be able to ferment it out further than FG 1010.
This leaves the beer a little thicker than I like. Almost like an Irish Ale which is ok sometimes but for summer drinking I am looking for something with a little bit less body and dare I say it h34r: like a VB
I was thinking of using less malt but there must be a way to get the final gravity down a little more
Any thoughts on the matter?
Cheers
JWB