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robert rulmyr
Intermediate Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 315
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 07:54 pm: | 
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I have 10 gallons of Rye IPA that finished at 1.020...very sweet. I did fill a few bottles, I sampled one ( not good ). I only have room for two cornys in my serving fridge, don't want to waste the space on something I don't like. Thinking of putting just a couple of gallons in a keg and doing a quick ( shake it ) carb. I just can't dump it! Maybe after I drink several pints it'll grow on me.
I've only dumped one batch before, very early in my brewing career. A very difficult undertaking!
WacoBob |
Wykowski
Senior Member
Username: Bigearl
Post Number: 1083
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 08:00 pm: |
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breaks your heart, doesn't it 
try keg hopping it |
Mark Zgarrick
Junior Member
Username: Maz
Post Number: 78
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 08:08 pm: |
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What was the OG? Bigearl's got a good idea. Dry-hop the bejeezus out of it and maybe it will work out. |
Doug Pescatore
Advanced Member
Username: Doug_p
Post Number: 860
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 08:46 pm: |
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I'm not sure mine finished much lower, but I loved it. With all those hops and the sweet can through?
I would do a quick over hopped 2 or 3 gallon batch of pale ale using Nottingham yeast and blend. You'll have you answer in a week, if it is going to work.
-Doug |
Adam W
Intermediate Member
Username: Adam_w
Post Number: 287
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 08:46 pm: |
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Why don't you just blend it with something you brew to come out as dry as possible? |
Mark Tigges
Member
Username: Mtigges
Post Number: 107
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 09:39 pm: |
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I had a ryepa finish at 1.018 and, it was carbed and dry-hopped it was alright. I think that with the Rye punch in there and all the keg hops it makes it ok. Not great, but drinkable. |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 2084
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:37 pm: |
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This looks like a job for....BEANO!
Pull the keg out of the fridge, add a few drops of beano, and take a gravity reading, sampling the gravity reading every few days. When it tastes good or reached 1.012 (whichever comes first), put the keg back into the fridge and enjoy. |
danno
Advanced Member
Username: Danno
Post Number: 527
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 05:33 am: |
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I feel for you Waco. I just dumped 15 gallons yesterday. 10 of a Scottish that was infected, 4 of a Dubbel that wasn't but just didn't taste good and the last gallon of my gold medal koelsch that went lactic (actually, the gold medal stuff came from another keg but the same batch). I held onto that Dubbel for two years hoping something would change. I still have another 5 gallons of it. I'll be tasting it soon (different yeast bt not any better last time I tried it). I think I need to work on my keg sanitation a bit more. |
robert rulmyr
Intermediate Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 316
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 11:17 am: |
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I've thought of blending...but then, possible 20 gallons of dumperbrau.
I'll try Beano. Thanks Chumley, I know from reading over 2000 of your posts, you are truly one of the great brewers. Thanks to all.
WacoBob |
Magnus Graham
Member
Username: Cellarman
Post Number: 165
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 03:40 pm: |
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Get some isomerised hop extract and add a teaspoon at a time until it is bitter enough to balance the sweetness. I did this with some black stuff a month or so back. Either the beer grew on me or the little bottle did the trick. Where dry hopping adds flavour the isomerised extract adds the bitter (try a little).
Mag |
David S.
Junior Member
Username: Dsundberg
Post Number: 79
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 05:23 pm: |
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I agree with Chumley, get out the Beano. It always works for me. |
robert rulmyr
Intermediate Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 318
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 12:54 am: |
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Does beano need head space in the fermenter like an ale yeast? What does beano do to the sugar...convert it all to alcohol? CO2 production?
TIA.
WacoBob |
Stacy Roberts
New Member
Username: Swr
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 02:23 pm: |
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Beano just breaks down complex sugars into ones more readily digested by your yeast. |
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