HenrikF Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 So yesterday i put down the fruit salad ale, but between our 3 month old and SWMBO they must have disturbed me enough to make a mistake.. At 2 o'clock last night i woke up screaming (true story;) was the fruit salad ale only supposed to go up to 21 liters?? Grapped my phone to search the recipe.. Yep.. Damn I made it to 23 liters[crying] Did add 250 grams of glucose though.. Should i do something? It's propably going to be OK right? I still have 70 grams of Cascade and Amarillo dried hops to spare, should I dry hop to make up? Hope you lovely beermaking people have some ideas, or at least some comforting words..[love] Thanks in advance[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Relax man, its only beers.. You will make... Wait for it... Beer.. Throw 30g in as a dry hop, wait 2 months Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I wouldn't worry about that at all. The beer should taste very good at 23 litres, what with the 1 kg of DME and 50 grams of hops. Don't sweat it, man. And the glucose you added makes up for the lost alcohol, too! [devil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Jimmy's right (and he's also an Alestorm fan[biggrin]). There's more malt in your recipe than the suggested Pale Ale directions, so you'll be fine. FAR worse accidents have happened for me (oh no! The tap's still open!) [crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thanks you guys, I figured it wasn't all that bad..[biggrin] And some how I knew Yob would back me up on the dryhopping[bandit] Should I mix the two? say 15 g of each Yob? And just throw them in at day 2-3 after initial fermentation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Jimmy's right (and he's also an Alestorm fan[biggrin]). As am I [biggrin] \\m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Jimmy's right (and he's also an Alestorm fan[biggrin]). As am I [biggrin] \\m/ Set sail and conquer, brothers! [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 when the krausen starts to drop back or when it gets to about 1020.. heave em in... 15 of each seems good to me.. I rarely DH more than about that amount these days myself [rightful] Yob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Will do, just need me something like a bag to put the hops in. - thank you all for your replies..[roll] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hi Henrik Agree with Yob - I made the fruit salad ale and it's quite nice, but if I did it again I would dry hop - even at 21 litres. It was my first go with hops so didn't really know how it would turn out. I love hops [love] [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Will do, just need me something like a bag to put the hops in. - thank you all for your replies..[roll] Save the money and the effort, just throw the hops in loose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 But won't that clog up the "drain" I only have the one FV..[pinched] I've found the cloth at the local sewing shop at 1,6$ per meter, soo won't make me poor[cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I pondered about it clogging the tap for ages then when i finally went commando style as they say had no problem 3 times now. The first time i noticed all the hop matter floating at the top as it normaly does and as i moved the fv from its water bucket to chest freezer where i bottle some sunk down. I bottled fine using sedement reducer maby the last few bottles were a bit hoppier and i lost some beer due to where the hops were thick but most of it stuck to the fv wall on way down as bottled. The next few times i sanastised a house hold strainer and dug the hops out to make cleaning easier and not the loss of beer not that it was much. If you do this be ready for mess unless have a better set up than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hmm.. think i'll try the cheap cloth this first time.. Seems easier to me at least, maybe I will learn something[biggrin] Thanks again[wink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenrikF Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 So, I've been reading a bit on the web, and it seems alot of people just chuck in the hops day 3-4-ish.. Mine is dried flowers, is that any different then using pellets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The next few times i sanastised a house hold strainer and dug the hops out to make cleaning easier and not the loss of beer not that it was much. If you do this be ready for mess unless have a better set up than me. Blink blink.... WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 So' date=' I've been reading a bit on the web, and it seems alot of people just chuck in the hops day 3-4-ish.. Mine is dried flowers, is that any different then using pellets?[/quote'] In this case it is best to use a bag, loosely tied and with a weight in it, something stainless and sanitised, like a spoon or two, marbles, anything to make the bag sink, dried flowers tend to float so you need to get em down the bottom. Yob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The next few times i sanastised a house hold strainer and dug the hops out to make cleaning easier and not the loss of beer not that it was much. If you do this be ready for mess unless have a better set up than me. Blink blink.... WTF? For the love of god Jimmy! Tell us it aint so [crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 what isnt so digging them out with strainer before bottoling? why does it matter i dont CC so it doesnt all sink to bottom this is reason for this. Its strange that people say strain boiled hops into Fv but then go camando while dry hopping and leave it whats the reason for this? either way i find both leaving and not leaving them in seem to work just leave long enought to settle before bottoling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Last time I dry hopped a brew I used a bag for them, some of it still escaped the bag, but I only found the first 4 or 5 bottles had any hop matter in them, the rest were as normal. So it's no big deal for me. Wouldn't it stir up the trub and stuff by digging them out too? Cheers, Kelsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 No not the trub only skimmed off what was at the top perhaps i worded wrong by saying dig them out. It mixed the brew a little at top but waited an hour before bottoling after done it to let settle. From now on i know ill be leaving it and just spending longer to clean fv afterwards just putting different options out there i think they all work fine depends on preferance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 anything floating on the surface will be drawn to the side because of surface tension on the top of the beer... no need to skim. I totally read it as though you were diggin it up from the bottom[roll] Yob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Yob, you've just convinced me to try dry hopping without a bag. Boiling the bag every time to sanitize it isn't really that big of an ordeal, but rinsing the damn thing afterwards is a kind of a pain in the ass. [annoyed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I've only done a few brews with added hops, and each time I've tied the pellets up in a chux, steeped them in near boiling water, then chucked the whole bunch, bag and all, into the brew before pitching the yeast. Can I just ask those more experienced, what is the difference (in the resulting beer) between the way I've been doing it and dry hopping? BTW, my last effort was an all malt pale ale with NS hops and it smells and tastes awesome. I know word on the street is NS is a bit overpowering, but it suits me just fine. [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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