ESB #2 Bottling
Bottled ESB #2 today. 4.5 gallons yielded 47 12oz bottles, with minimal spillage. I primed with 100g corn sugar.
FG was 1009 - a big drop from 1016 when racked to secondary. Fermentation was stil relatively active after racking to secondary. Therefore ABV is 5.7% and AA is 83%. This is a lot higher than Wyeast's spec of 67-71% at 64-72°F. (http://www.wyeastlab.com/beprlist.htm) Maybe this is because of somewhat higher fermentation temp (~78degF).
Tasting: fairly dry (as to be expected with such a high AA). Hop profile is much more subtle than that of ESB #1. This presumably is mostly due to substituting the Bullion hops with Challenger hops. I believe this is much more in line with what an ESB should be like. The Bullion hops made ESB #1 much more like an American IPA.
FG was 1009 - a big drop from 1016 when racked to secondary. Fermentation was stil relatively active after racking to secondary. Therefore ABV is 5.7% and AA is 83%. This is a lot higher than Wyeast's spec of 67-71% at 64-72°F. (http://www.wyeastlab.com/beprlist.htm) Maybe this is because of somewhat higher fermentation temp (~78degF).
Tasting: fairly dry (as to be expected with such a high AA). Hop profile is much more subtle than that of ESB #1. This presumably is mostly due to substituting the Bullion hops with Challenger hops. I believe this is much more in line with what an ESB should be like. The Bullion hops made ESB #1 much more like an American IPA.
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