Leftovers Brew - Everythings Going In

[black_labb]

oh, just noticed that you didnt end up putting the 2 kits in with the beer. i thought you were doing a super high gravity beer with the 2 1.7kg kits and 3kg of LDME+carapils. i was wondering why there wasnt anyone calling you crazy.

the 1055 sounds right, and the 4.3% should be right but i would have expected more attenuation. maybe the pitched yeast wasnt enough to get off to a running start.
i wouldnt call 1055 a particularly heavy brew. most of my brews end up around that level.
sounds like it should be a pretty good brew.

a fair bit of bittering in there but the high FG should mean some extra sweetness to counter the ibu's (i calculate around 65)

 

[manticle]

I'd be very surprised if any extract beer that started at 1055 got to 7% abv unless you put dry enzyme or a shit-ton of sugar in it.

1055 is not high OG. It's good that you're experimenting and it is your beer so I hope you enjoy it but there's nothing wrong with learning a few bits of information that's been accumulated over many, many years.

This stuff needn't be so complex. You made leftover beer with leftovers. The results were a bit patchy (flavour, attenuation etc) No real surprise. Not sure about your attribution of runs to the hops - I highly doubt you've just made the most hoppy brew known to man.

Beer does make me fart though.





Like a trooper

 

[Bandito]

I am sure I put the goo in too, 2 cans + 3kg LDME + carapils + goldings + hallertau + sazz. I am sure there was some fractionalisation of the gravity, and there is still a few litres of this unfermented stuff in a sealed jerrycan - thats probably where it went, as I did dilute it a lot before fermentation.

Pretty sure it is extremely hoppy - my pallet is slowly coming around, only just starting to taste like beer rather than orange juice! :huh: