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Date Created: 07/21/2008
Things went pretty well considering that I did 4 brews. The worst part, by far,
was coming to the realization that I may have had a old sack of pils sent to me
by a supplier. Both the Belgian Dark Strong Ale (55% pils) and the Biere de
Garde (51% pils) were just crazy low on efficiency. The Blonde Ale and the
Roggenbier ended up right in the range that I expected them to fall in.
When your processes and equipment are all the same, and 2 out of 4 batches turn
out just fine it almost has to come down to pils being the common
denominator.
The Belgian Dark Strong came in at a whopping 1.080 so last night I boiled up 1#
of DME and 1# of sucrose in about .5 gal. of water and pitched it in once the
krausen had started to fall. I'll check the gravity tonight and if it's down in
the range of 1.050 I may make up another condense starter wort to feed it. I had
intended on this being an 11% abv beer. My only concern is not knowing how to
calculate the actual abv after adding these concentrated worts to make up for my
poor efficiency thanks to the pils.
The Biere de Gard was insanely low as well. My preboil gravity should have been
1.062 according to beersmith. After getting debacled (thanks, Emmit Smiff) by
the Belgian Dark Strong on Saturday I decided that I should check pre-boil, it
was 1.038! Thankfully I had enough DME on hand to get it where I needed it and I
hit my OG dead on the money.
There's something seriously wrong with that pils. I want to see what kind of
extraction I'm actually getting out of it. I'd guess that I could just mash 1#
of it in 1 gallon of water for 60 minutes, drain, cool and take a gravity
reading but I'm not sure. This sounds like a post for some of the experts around
here.
In case you haven't seen the post I made yesterday, I have a silly amount of
beer now....
From L to R: Belgian Pale Ale, my EF clone, Roggenbier, Biere de Garde, Blonde
Ale, Belgian Dark Strong Ale, Apfelwein, Old Ale, Southern English Brown Ale,
American Brown Ale and IPA. |
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 | Warped04
07/24/2008 12:16 PM
That is a beautiful sight to see! |
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