Xmas Beer

[andy.mi]

A progress update -

This morning I racked the beer from primary into a secondary. (It took a long time for the initial fermentation to finish, which I'm putting down to a combination of the high OG and some of the issues with liquid yeasts which have been discused recently.) The gravity is down to about 1016, so I'm hoping that with a couple of weeks in secondary it will finish around 1014, which would be spot on for 80% as per the yeast specs. I have to say it tastes very good at the moment (not too sweet, a good hop / malt balance and flavours), and I think it will turn out to be deceptively drinkable for the strength. I'll give it a couple of weeks, then make up the spiced infusion for the priming malt, bottle and condition till Christmas Day. I'll update again then.

Cheers!

Andy









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[david]

Andy said:

[mat]

I've used 007 a few times, and it does ferment quite dry. It does not have a great flavour profile in my opinion. I prefer the Wyeast strains like London ale yeast, or Special London ale yeast.

London ale yeast (Wyeast 1028) will happily ferment upto 12%. I know because I've done it!





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[andy.mi]

I should have known it wouldn't be that simple! Thanks for the info - I'll have a look at Wyeast 1028, and see how I get on with the current brew. It will be interesting to see what gravity it ends up as.

Andy





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