Hi all,
I made another all grain batch of an American pale ale a couple of weeks ago that I have done many times before. It has always turned out to be 5% give or take.
For whatever reason, the wort ended up at a much higher gravity this time and has ended up resulting in a beer of about 6.5%. I am not fond of the taste of the higher alcohol. Is it a simple matter of adding some cold water to the finished beer before I keg it to drop it down a little bit? Working out how much I need to add isn't that difficult, but has anyone ever done this, and if so, did it taste the same as a lighter beer that has made with the correct FG reading to start with?
I made another all grain batch of an American pale ale a couple of weeks ago that I have done many times before. It has always turned out to be 5% give or take.
For whatever reason, the wort ended up at a much higher gravity this time and has ended up resulting in a beer of about 6.5%. I am not fond of the taste of the higher alcohol. Is it a simple matter of adding some cold water to the finished beer before I keg it to drop it down a little bit? Working out how much I need to add isn't that difficult, but has anyone ever done this, and if so, did it taste the same as a lighter beer that has made with the correct FG reading to start with?