We brewed this beer on 1/29/10. The starting gravity was 1.061 @ 71 Degrees.
To the wort we deviated from the recipe and added extra Perle hops with the bittering hops to boost hop profile as an experiment. Also we tweaked the recipe we used by adding .6 ounces of Cascade hops at the aroma addition instead of .3.
What that all means. I don't really understand because I haven't read all the beer brewing books that my husband has.. I should have him write a guest entry. What I do understand is that this beer tastes good. It has been at three weeks since bottling and the beer is really starting to shape up. It is smooth to the palate with a strong chocolate aftertaste. Yummy.
We bottles it on 2/13/10. It had an ending specific gravity reading as 1.019 at 69 degrees.
A home brewer can go to this website - Alcohol Content Calculator - and put in the starting and ending gravity and it calculates the alcohol content for you! I love technology.
This beer comes in at 5.5%.
We spent 39.45 on the ingredients for this beer and it would have cost us $56 dollars at the store. Saving us 16.55 and leaving us 97.08 in the hole after cost of equipment.
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