Cujo Ale - Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Young Cujo 11 Gallons I wanted to make a darker beer so as to just go from the carboys to the keg/bottles. Day before brewday, I noticed I was short of RO water. I already decided to go with well water, but still needed some RO water to balance out my calcium and too high of alkaline water. I got lazy and went with 50/50 in the mash and 100% well in the sparge tank. The colour was around 13, so that was good. The wort was really cloying. A little like a mild soy sauce. I have gone through this before when I used too much crystal malt with well water. This time I used Caramunich III @ only 2%. It was still cloying, so I guess the problem is not crystal malt. Water? Hell, I don't know. Wait and see. One time my IPA wort tasted great, was very clear and tasted like shit after it was fermented. This still may be okay, so I will wait and see. 20 lbs. OiO 2 lbs. Toasted Wheat Flakes 1 lb. Special Roast Malt 8 ozs. Caramunich III 4 ozs. Chocolate Malt 4 ozs. Carafa Special II...