Help With High Alcohol% Brew..?

[Pumpy]

I don't think he needs that does he Pumpy? He's already got 75% attenuation. Sounds like it's probably done.

Sorry Stu I never read properly , I thought it had stopped :blink:

Pumpy

 

[Coodgee]

hooky, if you bottle that beer now, it will be 8.25% alcohol. I reckon pitch some champagne yeast and get it down to 1005, that should give you 10.25%. challenge your mates to 100 shots in 100 minutes.

 

[Screwtop]

hooky, if you bottle that beer now, it will be 8.25% alcohol. I reckon pitch some champagne yeast and get it down to 1005, that should give you 10.25%. challenge your mates to 100 shots in 100 minutes.

She'll be high allright, but so dry it'll turn your ears backwards :lol:

 

[Coodgee]

screwtop, Hooky needs to silence his swill drinking mates in the most practical way... loss of consciousness!!!

 

[Ross]

Champagne yeast won't make any difference - american ale yeast will easily handle higher alc than it's presently at... if it's finished it's finished B)

cheers Ross

 

[Boozy the clown]

Bottle half when it has stopped, then add the champers yeast to the rest. good for a comparison, I reckon you'll enjoy the champersless one better.

 

[Coodgee]

maybe another kilo of dextrose will give it that little kick that it may be missing now? ferment for another week. keep it cool, serve immediately.

 

[hooky]

If anyone is interested, I checked again last night and it had dropped again now at 1019 so i gave it a gentle swirl and held off on bottling. The samples taste very bitter, almost undrinkable to my liking. Would the extra Dex balance it out a bit Coogee? Open for suggestions. Champagne yeast, haven't really read much about that. Would the Dex + yeast be the way to go?

 

[hooky]

Apologies for highjacking your thread dane111, seems like we have a similar problem though.

 

[Boozy the clown]

There's a little here and there about champers yeast. I used it in half of 'The Sugar Monster', the stuff w/o it tasted so much better.

The rest was drinkable but really just too dry, not what I beer I really enjoy should taste like.

Do a half and half comparison, that will be the best way to decide for yourself - and give us all some good feedback.

 

[dane111]

hey,
yep in hindsight i probably should have saved the packet yeast for later. I used a quality safale yeast initially so im hoping that did the majority of the fermenting. in response to WHY im doing a high alcohol brew, its just because i want to try it. My friends would stop stealing so much of my beer if they were drunk i suppose! anyway its still in the fermenter, probably bottle friday, ill try the alcohol calulator you suggested. thanks again, dane

 

[dane111]

no worries hooky, hi-jack away. was interesting reading your probs aswell. Not too sure about the champagne yeast? i dont think ill bother with it, im about to bottle mine tomorrow but now im worried about the long necks exploding..i was planning on just filling them maybe 3/4 full and hoping for the best. ive got the plastic ones that came with the kit aswell, theyre probably a better idea but i just prefer glass. i reckon the glass should hold out, theyre pretty tough..i hope..let me know how yours go

 

[Stuster]

I wouldn't fill them 3/4 full. If they are going to blow, that won't stop them and there is just more risk of oxidation. Try using a few of the plastic bottles as testers. You can tell by squeezing them when the brew is carbonated. Then just do some quality testing every few days :chug: until you are sure they are right.

 

[Darren]

I wouldn't fill them 3/4 full. If they are going to blow, that won't stop them and there is just more risk of oxidation. Try using a few of the plastic bottles as testers. You can tell by squeezing them when the brew is carbonated. Then just do some quality testing every few days :chug: until you are sure they are right.

I think 3/4 full increases the chances of them exploding.

cheers

Darren

 

[hooky]

Well it's been two weeks since bottling and i'm a bit impatient so i'm gunna give some a whirl tonight. :unsure: I think a couple more weeks should mellow it a bit more though. won't hurt to crack a couple though. :chug: