maltoftheearth
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I'm new to all grain brewing and tried a small batch of Imperial IPA recently. This one was a bit of a challenge and I would like some advice:
1. When I initially brewed for a 2.5 gallon batch I did not account for boil off and wound up with a 1.0 (approx) gallon batch. The O.G. of this 1.0 gallon batch was 1.1 O.G. I boiled some more water, let it cool to 60 degrees, and added it to the wort the day after my boil. I added enough to bring the total amount to 2.5 gallons.
Yesterday I measured the gravity and it was 1.005. How can I tell the alcohol content of this beer? Can I?
2. At 1.005 this beer seems ready for bottling. On Beer Smith it has "Carbonation 2.4 volumes" -- can someone give me a reference to better understand this? I understand everything else in that section and am glad to have this information available.
Thank you! This beer has been a real chore from the get-go but I tasted some of the wort after sampling the gravity and man, it is worth it. Great citrus, candy and hops all at once. I can't wait to drink a cold one!
1. When I initially brewed for a 2.5 gallon batch I did not account for boil off and wound up with a 1.0 (approx) gallon batch. The O.G. of this 1.0 gallon batch was 1.1 O.G. I boiled some more water, let it cool to 60 degrees, and added it to the wort the day after my boil. I added enough to bring the total amount to 2.5 gallons.
Yesterday I measured the gravity and it was 1.005. How can I tell the alcohol content of this beer? Can I?
2. At 1.005 this beer seems ready for bottling. On Beer Smith it has "Carbonation 2.4 volumes" -- can someone give me a reference to better understand this? I understand everything else in that section and am glad to have this information available.
Thank you! This beer has been a real chore from the get-go but I tasted some of the wort after sampling the gravity and man, it is worth it. Great citrus, candy and hops all at once. I can't wait to drink a cold one!