Thursday, March 29, 2012

Dry Hopping

The keg on the left is the American Devil IPA and the keg on the right is the Fallen Friar. The American Devil IPA has been fermenting for 18 days. I dry hopped the beer, which just means adding hops that are not boiled. It is done towards the end of the fermentation period and enhances the aroma. The Fallen Friar has been fermenting for 21 days. I tasted the sample all 3 times and it was great, I am very excited about this beer! I would put it on par with a Sierra Nevada. I took the following three hydrometer readings:

Day 18: 1.018
Day 20: 1.011
Day 21: 1.010 - Bottline time!

My estimated ABV for this beer was 5.8%. Unfortunately, I forgot to take the original gravity (OG) reading when I brewed it. Calculating ABV using the estimated OG from QBrew and my third final gravity (FG) reading, the ABV for my Fallen Friar is 6.56% (estimated).

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