phildo79
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phildo79 said:phildo79 said:I bottled my brew last night. Got 37.5 pints worth. I added 190 grams of sugar and 60 sweetner tabs to it before bottling (dissolved in boiled water and added to the batch). I will leave for one week in a warm-ish place (boiler cupboard) before trying one.
It took 12 days to ferment out. FG was 995 but the OG was only 1040 and i used 2.8KG of sugar. Did I do something wrong when taking the OG? Like not leaving it long enough to cool down? If not, then it'll be about 6%ABV. I was hoping for more but as long as it's tasty, I'm sure I'll work my way through them.
Slainte
Cracked open a couple last night to try. I think the sweetener tabs did the trick; not as dry as feared. Still a hint of dryness, mind, and a definite sharpness but nothing unpleaseant. The only thing that is missing is the real lack of ginger flavour. I was expecting a very gingery taste but was left disappointed. Maybe this will improve with time but I'm not optimstic. I'll try another batch and up the ginger root content to 3lbs.
hashtag somewhat unhappy FFS
hashtag - a lot happier now
Well a little extra time did some good. This stuff has definitely improved. I would like it to be more gingery though so I'll treble the ginger content next time. And I'll blitz it in the blender as grating it is a pain in the ****. Having a few at the moment and I'm starting to think I messed up the ABV calculation as I can already feel the effects :shock: