szechman
Apprentice
Hi everyone,
I am trying to make something that my wife will actually drink. She hates beer but will drink those funky malt coolers. (Seagram's, etc.). So this is what I tried...
1 lbs Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 1 25.0 %
3 lbs Light Dry Extract (5.1 SRM) Dry Extract 2 75.0 %
2.0 pkg Cooper Ale (Coopers #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 5 -
1.00 oz Strisslespalt [2.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 4.5 IBUs
5.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 1.0 mins) Other 6 -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 3 -
I know I have 25% adjuncts but don't really care about taste yet. Just want to get the alcohol up. Beersmith says that the ABV should be around 3.5. Perfect. Then I figured after fermentation, I would keg and force carbonate. I was going to add like those frozen lemon aid mixes you get at the grocery store, to taste.
Well.... I have not gotten that far yet. Here is my problem.
I heated up my water (3 gal) to about 170 and turned off my propane burner. Added my DME and my sugar. I stirred and stirred until I was sure that everything was dissolved. Turned the heat back on, started the boil (15min) added my hops and Irish moss (15 min), chilled with wort chiller, added water to final vol (5 gal) and the color is not 3.5 srm like beersmith says it should be. It is closer to a 25 or 30 srm!!! :-\
I did pitch my yeast but had to leave for vacation so I cannot check on it for another week.
Anyone know why it is so dark? What did I do wrong? ???
Thanks,
Scott
I am trying to make something that my wife will actually drink. She hates beer but will drink those funky malt coolers. (Seagram's, etc.). So this is what I tried...
1 lbs Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 1 25.0 %
3 lbs Light Dry Extract (5.1 SRM) Dry Extract 2 75.0 %
2.0 pkg Cooper Ale (Coopers #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 5 -
1.00 oz Strisslespalt [2.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 4.5 IBUs
5.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 1.0 mins) Other 6 -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 3 -
I know I have 25% adjuncts but don't really care about taste yet. Just want to get the alcohol up. Beersmith says that the ABV should be around 3.5. Perfect. Then I figured after fermentation, I would keg and force carbonate. I was going to add like those frozen lemon aid mixes you get at the grocery store, to taste.
Well.... I have not gotten that far yet. Here is my problem.
I heated up my water (3 gal) to about 170 and turned off my propane burner. Added my DME and my sugar. I stirred and stirred until I was sure that everything was dissolved. Turned the heat back on, started the boil (15min) added my hops and Irish moss (15 min), chilled with wort chiller, added water to final vol (5 gal) and the color is not 3.5 srm like beersmith says it should be. It is closer to a 25 or 30 srm!!! :-\
I did pitch my yeast but had to leave for vacation so I cannot check on it for another week.
Anyone know why it is so dark? What did I do wrong? ???
Thanks,
Scott