jhough wrote:Ting, WOW. That was a huge jump. What were the readings during your brew day? Seems like something was a bit off in the beginning . Not that a Dunkel is bad at that ABV. Another 2 months should smooth it out and be a nice brew.
I'm hoping your right,it was quite drinkable just wish i had used the 500ml bottles
I didn't fill all the Biabacus in, my gravity into boil was supposed to have been 1.045 and was 1.038 , I might have the gravity of the ambient wort in my notebook.
The fermentation stopped at 1.030 after trying upping the temp repitching shaking etc nothing . fired in the Lo-carb Enzyme (Amyloglucosidase) and it took off like a rocket quite scary really, made doubly sure it had finished before I put it anywhere near a bottle LOL.
When i tested the thermometer it was reading 10C on the low side and i had got into the bad habit of turning the urn back on if I saw the temps drop too much and also when i first started biabing it was in winter... when I did this it was just getting into summer and being outside in my pole barn workshop this also made a difference I believe.
Should also of agitated the mash when applying heat as it was a lot warmer than i thought.
But at the end of the day its still very drinkable and should add to the selection.
Now i get to strike temp stir the grain in and then cover it give it another stir halfway through and all seems good.
I seem to be getting a good stock in now, bottled 3 21 litre batches last week.
and one in the fermenter well on the way to being self sufficent in beer.
Edit just checked notes gravity of ambient wort was 1.050 also used a 1.25 litre starter
