the_fuzz
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I dont get that, why boil water for testing hydros?
To remove everything - this gives a true read or used distilled water
I dont get that, why boil water for testing hydros?
I dont get that, why boil water for testing hydros?
I have also done several of this brand fresh wort packs, with varying results.
The first I tried was a Pilsner, brewed with w34/70 yeast at 12 deg, lagered for a month at 1 deg. Tasted great but would not clear even after 2 months in the keg.
I then did the Cerny Pivo which come out great.
I have since done an Amarillo ale, 2 x Hefe's and the lager. The Hefe's are definately the pick of the ones of which I have done. All were brewed at the recommended temps and yeasts.
The main gripe I have with them is I can't get the ales and lagers to clear, even if I use finings, rack, lager etc etc.
However, I am more than pleased with their taste.
Sorry to bump up an old topic, but bjl, do you remember what your starting and finishing gravities were for the pilsner?
Just curious, because I have one down atm and it started at 1.037 and seems to have stopped at 1.010 - makes for a pretty week beer...
Just wandering if I need to bring it back to 12c to try to ferment off a little more... it spent 4 days at ~21c (Yeah a little too warm - but couldn't help it), 6 days at ~14c and then 5 days at close to 0c
Thanks,
albyone
Albyone,
The Pilsner I did started at 1.040 and finished at 1.010 with the recommended 5l of water added. How much water did you add?
BJL
Only the 5L specified... Maybe my hydrometer is up the creek... There was talk of temperature of beer when doing the reading - could that affect it? It would have been close to 0 when I did the FG reading.
Albyone
Only the 5L specified... Maybe my hydrometer is up the creek... There was talk of temperature of beer when doing the reading - could that affect it? It would have been close to 0 when I did the FG reading.
Albyone
Hi All,
Thought I'd add my experiences with fresh wort.
I've done the;
Brewers Selection Celtic Red Ale - S.G. 1.037 F.G. 1.006 Yeast: WhiteLabs WLP004 Irish Ale - Good result
Brewers Selection Lager - S.G. 1.040 F.G. 1.013 Yeast: WhiteLabs WLP838 Southern German Lager - Fair to Good result, brewed a bit warm
Brewers Selection Celtic Red Ale - S.G. 1.037 F.G. 1.006 Yeast: WhiteLabs WLP004 - Good result
EzyBrew American Pale Ale - S.G. 1.038 F.G. 1.020 Yeast US-05 - Very Low Alcohol, but good tasting beer. Yeast was good. Active starter.
Brewers Selection Amarillo Ale - S.G. 1.048 F.G. 1.011 Yeast US-05 This is very good beer
Bottom line: All have had the 5L as per instruction added. Some seem to be lower alcohol than would be expected. Still, pretty happy with the results.
A couple of weeks ago i purchased a fresh wort IPA, as i haven't had much chance to brew lately stocks are dwindling. I finally got around to putting it down yesterday and was disappointed. Here is why; the blurb about the IPA described it as "A deep tasting ale very true to its style" However when i measured the OG it was only 1.037.. I would have thought a true to style IPA would have an OG of at least 1.060. I only added the reccomended 5 Litres of water, I would have just made it up as 15 Litres if i had of known what the gravity was before hand. Anyone else tried one of these and have any thoughts??
I just did one of these kits (Brewers Selection IPA), and the OG was 1.052 made up to 20 ltrs.
Just thought you might like to know...
As you can see above I had done one Ezybrew American Pale Ale before. I did like this beer a lot even though the Alc was a bit low. Just finished brewing another Ezybrew APA. S.G. 1.050 F.G. 1.020. Yeast Whitelabs WLP001 California Ale. WTF 1.020 again?? :huh: The S.G. 1.050 can be attributed to adding less water this time.
So, 1.020 using US-05 and WLP001. Anyone fermented out this APA below 1.020?
Points of interest. Temp control is AOK & Hydrometer checked out 1.000 in water. Yeast was 1st generation, activated.
Maybe brewworld.com can shed some light?
Let me be clear - this beer tastes damn good. So no problems there, just a bit low on Alc, considering an S.G. of 1.050 - if you call 4.0% a bit low.
I thought it was just me.
I kegged one last week when I couldn't get it below 1018 (using US05) - tested with both my hydro & refractometer. I suspect maybe a high mash temp was used?
It can get a little heavy after 1 or 2, which is a bit of a shame, but it's seriously one of the best wort kits I've ever tried.
I spoke to Dave today and he got in contact with the brewer who stated that the OG of the 15L in the cube should be in the low 1.050's and when diluted it should go down to around 1.043 give or take, not as far as 1.037.
Anyone brewed one undiluted? Kinda makes it worse value, but it'd be interesting. I was meaning to do a double-undiluted-batch (30-ish litres) of the chocolate porter sometime. It's a fantastic porter diluted to 20L, but I'd like it a bit stronger. EDIT - It's similarly about 1052 diluted iirc
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