For my brothers birthday (slightly belated) I've made a Muntons IPA, with 1kg, of beer enhancer. Its fermented out well over the last 12 or so days and has stopped at 1.012 (from 1.060) which i'm pretty happy with.
I was planning on on bottling the whole lot as a gift, aout 36 bottles, but i'm curious about taking the SG lower.
My plan, developed 30 minutes ago in the pub while waiting on my wife, would be to bottle 24pints (a princely gift I feel) and bung a sachet of Dry beer Enzyme in the rest just to see how it goes from there.
Do you guys think its worth the faffing about?
D.
Dry Beer Enzyme in Muntons IPA
Dry Beer Enzyme in Muntons IPA
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Re: Dry Beer Enzyme in Muntons IPA
I doubt that a beer of that OG would come down much further.
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Re: Dry Beer Enzyme in Muntons IPA
I'm sure that it would go down further with the DBE, given enough time - but it's already at about 6.2 - 6.3% plus conditioning. If you got it down as far as 1002 (which is what my brews have reached when I've used DBE, FV time extended by a fortnight - OG at around 1044) my reckoning is about 7.6 - 7.7% plus whatever in the conditioning.
If it's a decent drink now (or has the promise of being), my inclination would be to forget the DBE. I can't comment on the Munton's IPA, the times that I have used DBE were with [stuck Muntons] Woodfordes Admiral Reserve & Nelson's Revenge. I do occassionally find it tempting to aim for a 'kick like a mule' though
- but yours has nigh on got that already! Blast! I'm beginning to change my mind and say go for it! 
If it's a decent drink now (or has the promise of being), my inclination would be to forget the DBE. I can't comment on the Munton's IPA, the times that I have used DBE were with [stuck Muntons] Woodfordes Admiral Reserve & Nelson's Revenge. I do occassionally find it tempting to aim for a 'kick like a mule' though
- but yours has nigh on got that already! Blast! I'm beginning to change my mind and say go for it! -
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Re: Dry Beer Enzyme in Muntons IPA
If you've never experienced the true head wrecking that happens when you use DBE I'd say go for it. Split the batch 50/50, bottle the "normal" ones, add the DBE to the remainder in the FV then in a week or so time bottle them, preferably in satanic red coloured bottles with a warning label on the front. It will make any decent beer taste pretty thin as it ferments all the remaining dextrins which give a beer it's body so you could end up with something akin to cider.