Can someone pls help with some calcs?

[timmy]

Hi all,

I don't have access to a good brewing calculator here and was hoping to work out the ABV for the brew I just bottled:
-Coopers Aust PA can
-2 kg BE2
-280g LDME
-Filled to 21L
-Bulk primed with 200g dex

It's been brewed/racked/cc'd for 7/7/14 days so it should be fermented fully (although I'm only using kit yeast)

Can someone please help out?

Cheers,

Tim

[drsmurto]

http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWe ... etails=120

I would do the calc myself but really cant be arsed finding out what BE2 contains...... a bag of sugar with some malt waved over it?

Bookmark this link as it is very useful when doing K&K and extract. It also gives you an idea of what the FG should be.

With that 7/7/14 regime you should have a nice beer on your hands altho with 200g of dex i reckon you will have a fizzy bastard... I add 160g for a 23L batch.

Cheers
DrSmurto

[KEG]

1kg of BE2 is 0.5 dex, 0.25 LDM, 0.25 maltodextrin.

[drsmurto]

1kg of BE2 is 0.5 dex, 0.25 LDM, 0.25 maltodextrin.

Ah! So as they waved the malt over the bag of sugar a bit fell in....

In that case, abv = 7.5%. Damn, fizzy, knock your socks off pale! Add the extra 0.5% for the priming sugar and your into the 8's.....

[KEG]

just noticed - 200g of dex priming 21L is going to be quite fizzy indeed hehe

timmy, want to swap some bottles at some stage, try each other's brews?

[timmy]

Sounds good KEG. I'm in Berwick so it's not too far.

I made a similar brew as my third HB (kit + Be2 in 23L) and it was fantastic. I've added LDME, reduced the volume and added temp control so this one should be a pearler.

[KEG]

hehe, i know you're in berwick, it was me who picked up the wyeast, hops etc

i'll get in touch with you sometime, once i've bottled a couple more batches

[mark_68]

Running the figures through John palmers formula i get OG of 1059,FG 1015 to 1019 and ABV 5.56%-6.1%.I have used the brewcraft calculator and it always seems to over estimate the OG of my recipes.