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If I brewed this & still got too much wort at too low a gravity, what steps would I need to correct. Final Volume? Volume adjustment? Likewise, If I brewed this & got too high a gravity & missed my volumes, what would I need to correct. Apologies for the somewhat silly questions but I'm...

45% Bourbon will add 1.1% if you add a pint to 5 gallons. You can calculate it like this: (ABV increase) = (ABV of Bourbon) x (ounces of Bourbon) ÷ (ounces of beer + ounces of Bourbon). It's helpful to know that 5 gallons is 640 ounces and a pint is 16 ounces. By the way, 6 cups is 3 pints, not 12. ...

For this American Premium Lager OG 1048 FG 1012 4.67% 20.7 IBU Grain bill weight 4Kg Pale Malt + 1Kg Rice Mash in volume 32L ( 6.4L/Kg ) Boil off 9.0L ( 90min boil ) Final volume @20degC 24L Volume adjustment -4.0L ( Trub in Braumeister after draining to fermenter ) Batch sparge volume 9.58L ( 33.4...

What I'm basically trying to say is if my Braumeister leaves behind 4.0L of trub when draining to my fermenter when i mash in i select my vessel which has 4.0L of loss. Do i set my final volume as 20.0L which is 20.0L net or do i go into volume adjustment tab & select -4.0l then set my final vo...

Your help is greatly appreciated slothrob. I think the discrepancy may have been in my mash in editor. If I don't select a vessel to mash in & just select none, my figure precisely matches your sparge volume, 5.58L. So I have taken out the vessel option & selected none for all my recipes &a...

For this American Premium Lager OG 1048 FG 1012 4.67% 20.7 IBU Grain bill weight 4Kg Pale Malt + 1Kg Rice Mash in volume 32L ( 6.4L/Kg ) Boil off 9.0L ( 90min boil ) Final volume @20degC 24L Volume adjustment -4.0L ( Trub in Braumeister after draining to fermenter ) Batch sparge volume 9.58L ( 33.4...

Thanks so much slothrob, you sir are a legend. I'm brewing on a 50L Braumeister & can split my sparges in two. When going into my batch sparge tab & locking it to kettle volume, it does work out my sparge volume. So to make sure I have it all set right, I am aiming for 20L of wort into my f...

Ive had a bit more of a play around with sparge volumes & didnt realise my in vessel volume was changing. So, if my kettle volume is 32.96L @100deg estimated pre boil, should I be aiming for a sparge volume that gets me to that figure that will show in the in vessel column on the shedule tab pa...

I can't speak from experience at the 1 barrel size, but that's about a 45 gallon pot, which would be the 50% headroom for a 30 gallon/1 barrel batch that works well at the 5-6 gallon size. Hopefully, someone with actual experience at this scale will have something to add.

jawbox wrote:Sloth,

Have you used the WLP833? Planning a long overdue attempt at a Festbier/Marzen in a week.

Thanks,
Jaw

Yes! Ayinger is one of my favorite breweries, and I couldn't wait to try this one in a Dunkel. It is a well behaved and clean strain that I would particularly recommend for any malty lager.

wingsfan61 wrote:Thanks, I used Wyeast 2035 American Lager.

A common off-flavor with that yeast is acetaldehyde, which has an apple-like flavor. When you package the beer, you can taste it for that.

Also, what boil length do you have entered for that hop addition?

Lagering is mostly about dropping the beer clear and aging out any off flavors. If the yeast is a clean one, like Wy2124 or WLP830, and the fermentation went well, you should have few, if any, off flavors to age out. Also, those can be removed faster at warmer temperatures. Dropping the beer clear w...

bpylant wrote:It still has a slight sharpness in the flavor that I think is water chemistry, I plan to modify my mash water targets slightly for the next batch but I'm still very very happy with where this is.

Backing off the sulfate, perhaps replacing it with CaCl2, could be the last tweak you need.

Like ColoradoBrewer, I've had luck with getting odors out with an afternoon of sun exposure. That seemed to help get rid of the plastic smell of a new cooler and a musty smell in an old bucket. An oxygen cleaner could help; something like Oxyclean or PBW. Bleach would probably do the job, but replac...