AdamH1525226084 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Hi brewsters, I've just put this down and wondering what y'all think.... I'm aiming for a lower alcohol beer cos every other one I've made was 5.5% 1.5 kg Coopers Amber Malt 1kg DME 200g Med. Crystal 30g Galaxy flowers @ 40 mins 10g Galaxy flowers @ 20 mins 20g Nelson Sauvin pellets @ 10mins Danstar Windsor yeast 21 L OG was 1.043 - which is what IanH's spreadsheet suggested it would be. Plan to dry hop with 10g galaxy flowers and 10g Nelson Sauvin pellets when the krausen goes down. HOPSES [love] Should be around 55 IBU's and acomohol approx. 4.1% once bottled. Am hoping it's not too bitter for the lower alcohol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Windsor can finish a bit earlier than other yeast. Let us know what FG you get. You may find the alcohol following secondary fermentation is closer to 5% [sideways] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hi Adam, It looks to me to be a nice brew. I have never used Galaxy hop before. What was there AA%. Using mostly Amber malt along with some Crystal grains should bring the balance up to suite the bitterness althought 55 IBUS is a good ol' wack of hops. I've used Nelson Sauvin and like it in the brews I've made. I has a wine like effect/flavour that is quite nice and unique. I find it combines nicely with citrus/fruity style hops and with oak chips![love] Your choice in the Danstar Windsor is an interesting choice combined with the not so English hop styles.[surprised I'm becoming a fan of full body and flavoured beer low on the ABV% side as I seem to get into more then I really should.[annoyed] Let us know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 @Adam - Looks like a nice drop mate, I just finished drinking an all-Galaxy IPA partial that I made with the TC kit and it was one of the best I'd done. @Chad - from memory the AA of the Galaxy I'd used was around 14.5% [w00t] [w00t] [w00t] [w00t] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Hola everyone. I'll post the FG and the approximately real ABV once it's done. RE the AA% - I think they're 12.5% - the galaxy pellets I have are 14.5% I think, like Philbo, but I wanted to use up the flowers. I went for the 40 min boil as I'd heard a few people say the high AA hops like galaxy can be harsh if boiled for too long. Nelson is fantastic - used it in Weggl's Amber Yak (plus I dry hopped that mofo) and every single person who tries it goes [w00t] [w00t] [w00t] The reason I went with the english instead of american yeast was so it had the fruity yeast character as well as the hops. I will find out if the choice was a bad one in about 5 weeks [lol] Lastly, I forgot to say the temp is set to 20 [devil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 OMG the smell coming out of the fridge is enough to make Yob [w00t] [love] I am sure. Looking forward to tasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 I bottled this on Sunday - FG was 1.015 (which it achieved after 3 days) so ABV before bottling is approx. 3.6% (sound right) = so approx. 4.1% in the bottle? I dry hopped at day 3 once the krausen died down. It was in the FV for 2 weeks total. Racked to secondary and bulk primed with 128g of Dextrose. It's nice and bitter, and very florally. Looking forward to tasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 First test tonight and [love] Very hoppy, but not so much on the bitterness (it's meant to be around 55!!)- I think the Nelsons may be overpowering the bitterness. Will have to up it next time [devil] But, I think the combination of Galaxy and Nelson seems to be a good one! Got the tick of approval from SWMBO too! I think definitely a full strength IPA would be better (around 5.5% - 6%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Hiya AdamH. Nice recipe. I think you'll find that your final ABV is closer to 4.8% due to the fact you brewed to 21 litres, & bottled, as against force carbonating through kegging. The secondary ferment of priming sugar should add approx. 0.5% to your final ABV calculations. Nice try at a low alcohol beer though! [lol] [tongue] [lol] Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hiya AdamH. I think you'll find that your final ABV is closer to 4.8% due to the fact you brewed to 21 litres, & bottled, as against force carbonating through kegging. The secondary ferment of priming sugar should add approx. 0.5% to your final ABV calculations. Certainly a mid strength based on the SG readings 1.043 down to 1.015 and the amount of dextrose (128g) used to bulk prime. The 0.5% added for bottling is reliant on the method (bulk priming vs bottle priming) and the amount of sugar added. In this case add 0.3%. So I reckon its 3.9%, but that depends on Adam\u2019s accuracy with the SG readings, spreadsheet suggests 4.5%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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