My second brew!

[christov]

Hi all,

I have just started my second brew.

The recipe is as follows:

1.7kg Coopers Dark Ale kit
1.5kg Morgans Masters Caramalt
500gr Dark Brown sugar

1 x US05 Safale yeast sachet

Fermenting away at approx 19 degrees.

Hoping for a delicious dark ale

OG was 1.047.

Any thoughts?

 

[spryzie]

Sounds tasty.

 

[warra48]

Nice, you will end up with beer.

Good luck, and happy drinking!

 

[Florian]

Nice, you will end up with beer.

Good luck, and happy drinking!

:icon_offtopic: (that was quick...)

I'm still hoping that one day you will revert back to your original profile pic, follicular challenged and all. Loved it, mainly because for years I mistook the dog for some big ass diving goggles.

 

[menoetes]

I'm very new at this. Does using brown sugar instead of regular brewing sugar give caramel or toffee tones to the beer? Have you ever used it in beer before? I think I've heard of people using it in stouts.

 

[yum beer]

I find brown sugar gives a litle caramelly sweetness and adds a litle colour. Its not a lot but you wouldn't want to add huge amounts just like any other sugar.
I like a cup or 2 in a pommy bitter/mild/pale but for a stout I'd rather treacle or molasses, suppose you could use the dark brown sugar to get a bit of the molasses effect.
I have heard brown sugar and treacle mentioned by pommy brewers as regular (though small) adjuncts.

 

[menoetes]

Thanks for the info Yum, I'm definitely going to have to give brown sugar a shot at some point. Maybe in a dark ale or porter even. I take it you boil it for a while first or add it from a freshly opened package to maintain a clean brew.

Sorry I seem to be going OT here, let us know how it turns out Christov

 

[christov]

Thanks for the feedback. I have used the Dark brown sugar specifically because it is mixed with molasses for that caramel sweetness and colour. Will post some picks of the finished product when ready!

 

[christov]

So far on day 7 of fermentation gravity is sitting at 1.006, OG was 1.047, making the approx alcohol percentage 5.5% already. The K&E spreadsheet showed that bottled alcohol volume would be 5.6%. Is this anything to be concerned about?

 

[Alex.Tas]

Nope. Priming can add a little boost. What was the predicted final gravity?