Thursday, March 8, 2012

Fallen Friar

My much anticipated Mr. Beer order arrived with the hops I needed for my next brew! The Fallen Friar was the first recipe I made that requires the addition of hops. The hops were not boiled. They were added after the wort was boiled and everything was ready to be poured into the fermenter. I used the 2 packets of Mr. Beer yeast that came with the cans of Hopped Malt Extract. I am planning on doing a 3-2-2 or a 3-3-2 for this brew since I added the booster to increase the ABV. I have read that the increase in sugars will require a longer fermentation period with only two packets of the Mr. Beer yeast. Unfortunately, I forgot to take the original gravity (OG) reading with my new hydrometer (I was actually really excited about doing this too...). I will just have to use 1.060 as the OG that was estimated in QBrew. Since I now have a second fermenter, I am going to try and brew the American Devil IPA this weekend!

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