floydmeddler
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Hi all,
Really worried about the alcohol content within my latest batch. Here’s the recipe I came up with. It is my own recipe and my first stab at using grains so worried I may have made a few schoolboy errors!
Dark Lager
Munton’s Premium Lager
1kg of Munton's Beer Enhancer
250g of crushed Chocolate Grain (20 mins)
50g crushed Roasted Barley (20 mins)
30g Hallertau (20 mins)
Half tsp Irish Moss (15 mins)
OGR: 1032.
Two days ago I did another check and it had fallen to 1010. I checked today and it had only fallen by 0002! So far it gives an alcohol reading of 3.25% which is pretty worrying. I want it to be around 4.5% when bottling. Is it realistic to think that t will fall by another 0006 over the next few days? If this is totally unrealistic, is there anything I can do to ‘up’ the alcohol content, i.e. adding more dextrose? Or is that just wrong?
Some other info: Beer has been fermenting for a total of 3.5 days.
Beer has been fermenting between at temps between 21c-24c.
Thanks.
P.S, feel free to criticize my recipe if need be… Have to learn after all!
Floyd.
Really worried about the alcohol content within my latest batch. Here’s the recipe I came up with. It is my own recipe and my first stab at using grains so worried I may have made a few schoolboy errors!
Dark Lager
Munton’s Premium Lager
1kg of Munton's Beer Enhancer
250g of crushed Chocolate Grain (20 mins)
50g crushed Roasted Barley (20 mins)
30g Hallertau (20 mins)
Half tsp Irish Moss (15 mins)
OGR: 1032.
Two days ago I did another check and it had fallen to 1010. I checked today and it had only fallen by 0002! So far it gives an alcohol reading of 3.25% which is pretty worrying. I want it to be around 4.5% when bottling. Is it realistic to think that t will fall by another 0006 over the next few days? If this is totally unrealistic, is there anything I can do to ‘up’ the alcohol content, i.e. adding more dextrose? Or is that just wrong?
Some other info: Beer has been fermenting for a total of 3.5 days.
Beer has been fermenting between at temps between 21c-24c.
Thanks.
P.S, feel free to criticize my recipe if need be… Have to learn after all!
Floyd.