G'day all,
With a bit of assistance from the members of this forum I have brewed a couple of kick ass ales which were demolished at my sons 21st. (Strangely the oldies wouldn't try the "home brew" but the youngsters wouldn't drink anything else.)
Last night I started on my first lager. A bit less drama than the first 2 ... not even any fires, but I have ended up with only 16 litres in the fermenter. I haven't pitched yet and I'm wondering if I am running any risk adding a litre of 2 of distilled water before I start fermenting. The SG was 1030 before the boil and is now spot on 1050 but as I say it's only 16 litres and I'll probably lose another 1/2 to a litre in the trub. I am shooting for 1008 after 2 week primary at 10 deg and a 3 week secondary at 7 deg. My Beersmith says if my orig SG was 1045 I will end up with a 4.8% whereas I am currently likely to get 5.5%.
Any suggestions or is this idea heresy?
With a bit of assistance from the members of this forum I have brewed a couple of kick ass ales which were demolished at my sons 21st. (Strangely the oldies wouldn't try the "home brew" but the youngsters wouldn't drink anything else.)
Last night I started on my first lager. A bit less drama than the first 2 ... not even any fires, but I have ended up with only 16 litres in the fermenter. I haven't pitched yet and I'm wondering if I am running any risk adding a litre of 2 of distilled water before I start fermenting. The SG was 1030 before the boil and is now spot on 1050 but as I say it's only 16 litres and I'll probably lose another 1/2 to a litre in the trub. I am shooting for 1008 after 2 week primary at 10 deg and a 3 week secondary at 7 deg. My Beersmith says if my orig SG was 1045 I will end up with a 4.8% whereas I am currently likely to get 5.5%.
Any suggestions or is this idea heresy?