jbeukelman
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I tried to brew the mentioned recipe (as found in BS2) over the last weekend. I got some strange results and was wondering if anyone else has tried to make this brew, and if so what their results were.
It's been years since I brewed a batch, so I'm re-learning a bunch so please bear with me.
- I double and triple checked all measurements and ingredients
- After steeping the specialty grains, I removed them, and added hops, extract and corn sugar and brought to a boil.
- Boiled 60 mins
- Added orange and coriander at last 5 mins.
After the wort was cool and before pitching the yeast, I took a hydrometer reading. 1.070! No where near the ballpark for this recipe and not within a respectable margin of error (recipe says 1.048). Also, I noticed that the color is much darker than a Wit should be (borderline amber in color)
I can only think of catestrophic errors which could account for being so far off. (pound instead of an ounce, dark extract instead of light, etc) What on earth could I have screwed up?
This is day 4 in the primary fermenter, and there are still bubbles every 6-8 seconds in the airlock. Though maybe not a Wit, whatever is fermenting in my closet could still be drinkable. *shrug*
Ideas? Thanks!
It's been years since I brewed a batch, so I'm re-learning a bunch so please bear with me.
- I double and triple checked all measurements and ingredients
- After steeping the specialty grains, I removed them, and added hops, extract and corn sugar and brought to a boil.
- Boiled 60 mins
- Added orange and coriander at last 5 mins.
After the wort was cool and before pitching the yeast, I took a hydrometer reading. 1.070! No where near the ballpark for this recipe and not within a respectable margin of error (recipe says 1.048). Also, I noticed that the color is much darker than a Wit should be (borderline amber in color)
I can only think of catestrophic errors which could account for being so far off. (pound instead of an ounce, dark extract instead of light, etc) What on earth could I have screwed up?
This is day 4 in the primary fermenter, and there are still bubbles every 6-8 seconds in the airlock. Though maybe not a Wit, whatever is fermenting in my closet could still be drinkable. *shrug*
Ideas? Thanks!