Its timely for myself that you ask this question cause i brewed 30 L of the recipe below, 9L has been fermented and the 22L cube is awaiting for the first lot to chill and be kegged. My concern is the other way - will my brew finish too low on gravity.
I didn't add any crystal malt (only the touch of carafa), the first batch finished at 1.005 (from corrected refract reading, all of my recent brew seem to be finishing too low - maybe i should invest in a hydrometer, review mashing procedure etc). Should I add some crystal into the miniboil for the big batch?
Then again i am pretty sure the 32 no chill adjusted IBU calc by beermate isn't accurate either; not as bitter as expected.
Any advice appreciated?
Maybe i will reserve decision making until i taste the small first batch.
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Winter Falcon Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (P): 11.9 (actual 1.046~7)
Final Gravity (FG): 1.010 (P): 2.6 ()
Alcohol (ABV): 5.03 %
Colour (SRM): 6.9 (EBC): 13.6
Bitterness (IBU): 32.6 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
48.86% American 2-Row
32.57% Pilsner
9.77% Munich II
8.14% Wheat Malt
0.65% Carafa II malt
0.5 g/L Falconers flight (10.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 g/L Falconers flight (10.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 g/L Falconers flight (10.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 g/L Falconers flight (10.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
1.1 g/L Falconers flight (10.5% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)
0.2 g/L Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
0.3 g/L PH 5.2 @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
0.3 g/L Polyclar @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
0.2 g/L Whirlfloc Tablet @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 66C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 75 Minutes
Fermented at 17C with Wyeast 1272 - American Ale II
Notes: B
MASH started at 67 and 65 at 60 min
72 for 15 minutes.
78 for 10 minutes.
BOIL
60 minutes then first hop addition - 75 minute boil.
Split: 21L into cube with 0 min 15g FF hops in cube and 5g of amarillo and 9L into cube with 15 amarillo.
30L at 1.047 (!2P)
dunked into water after 30 minutes in cube.
9L finished at 1.005 (5.4P reading corrected using onebeer.net refractometer calculator. Dry hopped with 8g of amarillo and simcoe each.
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