Jul 16, 2009

Brew Batch #33 XX Ale

Pulling experience from the olden days, where one brewed with molasses and just about anything that had fermentable sugar in it, I'm trying my hand at an XX ale. This batch ended up at 1.062+ 0.001 @ 73.7F. This is the first time I have brewed with treacle, which was a deep black half pint oil change of a 57' Chevy. this stuff was so sugar concentrated that when I scooped out the last bit, there were sugar crystals in the bottom, no wonder it sounded like I was a rolling sandpaper around in tar??!! This will go into 22oz bottles, everything else is going into the kegs for kegerator enjoyment.