Suggestins needed for Caribou Slobber

Suggestins needed for Caribou Slobber

by gvhorwitz

Howdy,

Earlier I posted a note regarding my first BIAB, http://biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3344

Mad_Scientist kindly pointed out some reasons for my low original gravity. Yesterday, I racked to a secondary and my gravity was 1.007 bringing my ABV to around 4.5. I'm assuming that I might get a little more attenuation, but not much, so I'm expecting a sweeter beer than expected.

Do you have any suggestions in balancing my brew? I've never dry hopped before, is this a viable solution? If so what type of hop do you recommend?

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance

Last edited by gvhorwitz on 24 Jul 2015, 00:22, edited 1 time in total.

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Post #2 made 10 years ago

by Rick

Unless I'm misunderstanding something, lower than expected OG with more attenuation than expected will produce a beer that is drier than expected ... not sweeter.

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Post #3 made 10 years ago

by mally

That does seem a little dry Greg. Was that with the supplied Windsor yeast too?

1.045 to 1.007 is approx 5% ABV with 84% attenuation. I would have expected windsor to stop around 70% attenuation.
Could there be a measurement error?

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